Waveform Improvement Method and Ultrasonic Transducer Capable of Optimizing Acoustic Impedance

    公开(公告)号:US20230226572A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US17994408

    申请日:2022-11-28

    申请人: QISDA CORPORATION

    发明人: Fu-Sheng Jiang

    摘要: A waveform improvement method includes providing a piezoelectric material coupled to a matching material, generating a plurality of first grooves in a matching layer of at least one matching layer, packaging an isolation material into the plurality of first grooves, and providing two input voltages to the piezoelectric material for generating an ultrasonic signal by the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material includes at least one piezoelectric layer. The matching material includes at least one matching layer. The matching material is used to match acoustic impedance of the piezoelectric material. The plurality of first grooves in the matching layer are used to optimize the acoustic impedance and a vibration isolation effect.

    Micro-electro-mechanical device with a shock-protected tiltable structure

    公开(公告)号:US11655140B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-23

    申请号:US17126929

    申请日:2020-12-18

    摘要: A micro-electro-mechanical device is formed by a fixed structure having a cavity. A tiltable structure is elastically suspended over the cavity and has a main extension in a tiltable plane and is rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the tiltable plane. A piezoelectric actuation structure includes first and second driving arms carrying respective piezoelectric material regions and extending on opposite sides of the rotation axis. The first and the second driving arms are rigidly coupled to the fixed structure and are elastically coupled to the tiltable structure. During operation, a stop structure limits movements of the tiltable structure with respect to the actuation structure along a planar direction perpendicular to the rotation axis. The stop structure has a first planar stop element formed between the first driving arm and the tiltable structure and a second planar stop element formed between the second driving arm and the tiltable structure.

    ACTUATOR DEVICE BASED ON AN ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER

    公开(公告)号:US20180309042A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-25

    申请号:US15774022

    申请日:2016-12-13

    摘要: An active matrix array of electroactive polymer actuators (36) is provided, each electroactive polymer actuator (36) having a switching arrangement (34). The switching arrangement comprises an input which is connected to a respective data line (30) and an output which is connected to a first terminal of the associated electroactive polymer actuator (36), wherein a second terminal of each electroactive polymer actuator is connected to a control line (110). A driver provides drive signals which comprise at least first and second drive levels for application to the data lines and third and fourth drive levels for application to the control line. Use is made of of common electrode driving (i.e. the control line driving) to enable low transistor control voltages to be used to switch larger voltages across the electroactive polymer actuators.