Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices
Patent
1991-09-18
1993-07-20
Budd, Mark O.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Piezoelectric elements and devices
310328, 310357, 310358, 310366, H01L 4108
Patent
active
052296806
ABSTRACT:
A piezoelectric transformer includes a substrate of piezoelectric material, preferably a single crystal of LiNbO.sub.3. The substrate is uniformly polarized in a selected direction thereof and vibrated in a direction of the length thereof. An input voltage is applied across both sides of a portion of the substrate in a direction of the thickness thereof and thus excites a vibration by way of piezoelectric effect. Thereby another voltage is caused in the direction of the thickness of the substrate in a portion other than the portion to which the input voltage is applied, and taken out as an output voltage. As a result, it is possible to decrease the output impedance to obtain a large load current and thus fully heighten a step-up ratio of the piezoelectric transformer.
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Adachi Yoshinori
Nakamura Kiyoshi
Sato Masuji
Wakatsuki Noboru
Budd Mark O.
Dougherty Thomas M.
Fujitsu Limited
Nakamura Kiyoshi
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