Micromachines (Oct 2023)

Research on Stacked Piezoelectric Cymbal Vibrator

  • Xinhu Liu,
  • Yajun Zheng,
  • Yanming Guo,
  • Ningdong Hu,
  • Hongping Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14112039
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 11
p. 2039

Abstract

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As demand for haptic feedback increases, piezoelectric materials have become one of the best candidate materials due to their small size, high electromechanical coupling coefficient, and fast response. A stacked piezoelectric cymbal vibrator is proposed based on the common cymbal-type transducer, which is composed of a piezoelectric stack to drive and a cymbal disk to amplify displacement. A coupling theoretical model between the piezoelectric stack and the cymbal-type structure is established. The longitudinal and radial displacements of the stacked piezoelectric cymbal vibrator are calculated in the low frequency range (<1000 Hz) by the theoretical model and the finite element method. The theoretical and numerical results are in good agreement. The results show that the radial displacement can be converted into longitudinal displacement and then effectively amplified by the cymbal disk with an amplification ratio of 30. The feature is conducive to its widespread application in the field of consumer electronics.

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