Modeling and characterization of piezoelectric transducers by means of scattering parameters. Part I: Theory

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-18

  Paganelli, Rudi P ^a   Romani, Aldo ^b   Golfarelli, Alessandro ^b   Magi, Michele ^b   Sangiorgi, Enrico ^b   Tartagni, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colloids; Electromechanical model; Piezoelectric device; Resonance; S parameters

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RESONANCE; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TRANSDUCERS;

DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; SECOND ORDER EFFECT;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77954244826     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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