The effect of relative humidity, temperature and electrical field on leakage currents in piezo-ceramic actuators under dc bias

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-186

  Lipscomb, I P ^a   Weaver, P M ^b   Swingler, J ^a   McBride, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Humidity; Leakage current; PZT; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIAS; BIAS TESTING; CERAMIC MICROSTRUCTURES; DC BIAS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; ELECTRICAL FIELDS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE CHANGES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRODE MATERIALS; HARSH ENVIRONMENTS; HUMIDITY; IONIC MIGRATIONS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; PIEZO CERAMICS; PIEZO-CERAMIC ACTUATORS; POWER CONSUMPTION; PZT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SOFT PZT; SYSTEMATIC STUDIES; TWO STAGES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MOISTURE; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LEAKAGE CURRENTS;

EID: 64549163650     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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