Piezoelectric Basics

GENERAL INFORMATION (Includes brief introduction to piezoelectricity, manufacturing process, typical
applications, definitions of piezoelectric properties – their notations and relationships, vibration modes, soldering instructions & references for further reading)

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MEASURING PROPERTIES OF PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS
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References

• Cady, W G; ‘Piezoelectricity’;McGraw Hill, New York (1946) Reprint : Dover Press, New York (1964)
• Jaffe, B W.Cook & H Jaffe ‘Piezoelectric Ceramics’; Academic Press, London (1971)
• Mason W.P; ‘Applications of Acoustical Phenomena’; Jour Acoustical Soc America 50(5) Partz (1980)
• Mason W.P; ‘Piezoelectricity, Its History and Applications’ Jour Acoustical Soc America 70(6) (1981)
• American National Standard on Piezoelectricity ANSI / IEEE Standard 176 (1987)
• Piezoelectric Ceramic for Sonar Transducers (Hydrophones & Projectors) Military Standard US DOD MIL STD 1376 A (SH) (1984)
• Silk MG ‘Ultrasonic Transducers for Non Destructive Testing (1984) Adam Hilger Ltd, Bristol
• Fraden J, ‘Handbook of Modern Sensors’ (2nd Edition) Americal Institute of Physics Press, Woodbury, NY (1997)
• Uchino K, ‘Ferroelectric Device’ Marcel Dekker, New York (2000)
• Burfoot J.C.,TaylorG.W.; ‘Polar Dielectrics and their Applications’; University of California Press. 1979.
• Levies M.E., Glass A.M; ‘Principles and Applications of Ferroelectrics and Related Phenomena’; Oxford University Press. 1978.
• ‘Acoustic Waves : Devices, Imaging & Analog Signal Processing’; Prentice Hall. 1987
• Moulson A.J., Herbert J.M.; ‘Electroceramics’; Chapman & Hall. 1990