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Document Type
Thesis - University Access Only
Award Date
1993
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Lewis F. Brown
Abstract
Piezoelectric materials have become very important in the production of transducers for ultrasound and other applications. Virtually all piezo electric film development and production work requires accurate electromechanical characterization of the material since its production has many variables that lead to different material/transducer performance. In order to design transducers that perform to desired specifications, the material characteristics must be accurately known. At the time this project was started, a piece of piezoelectric film could be characterized in twenty to thirty minutes with an interactive routine on a 486DX33-class personal computer. Atochem North America., a major manufacturer of piezoelectric polymer materials and transducers, considered this to be unacceptably long and funded this project to address that problem. The purpose of the project was to develop a high-speed technique for the precise characterization of the electromechanical properties of piezoelectric polymers.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Piezoelectric materials -- Electric properties -- Data processing
Piezoelectric materials -- Mechanical properties -- Data processing
Format
application/pdf
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Brugger, Phillip C., "A Technique for the High-Speed Characterization of Electromechanical Properties of Lossy Piezoelectric Materials" (1993). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5836.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/5836