2017 results about "Transductor" patented technology

Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave device with transverse mode suppression. The acoustic wave device can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode, a temperature compensation layer, and a mass loading strip. The mass loading strip can overlap edge portions of fingers of the interdigital transducer electrode. The mass loading strip can have a sidewall that is tapered inwardly from a bottom side of the mass loading strip to a top side of the mass loading strip. The top side can be shorter than the bottom side.

Aspects of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave devices on stacked die. A first die can include first acoustic wave device configured to generate a boundary acoustic wave. A second die can include a second acoustic wave device configured to generate a second boundary acoustic wave, in which the second die is stacked with the first die. The first acoustic wave resonator can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and high acoustic velocity layers on opposing sides of the piezoelectric layer. The high acoustic velocity layers can each have an acoustic velocity that is greater than a velocity of the boundary acoustic wave.

The invention discloses a planar phased array ultrasonic transducer, and relates to the technical field of transducers, the planar phased array ultrasonic transducer comprises a 1-3 type piezoelectric composite board, a common positive electrode panel and a flexible circuit board, the 1-3 type piezoelectric composite board comprises a polymer frame and a plurality of PZT piezoelectric ceramic columns, all the PZT piezoelectric ceramic columns are embedded in the polymer frame in an array, and the PZT piezoelectric ceramic columns are connected with the flexible circuit board. One end of each PZT piezoelectric ceramic column is a positive electrode end, the other end of each PZT piezoelectric ceramic column is a negative electrode end, the common positive electrode panel is connected with the positive electrode ends of the PZT piezoelectric ceramic columns, the flexible circuit board is provided with a bonding pad area and at least one pin area, the bonding pad area is fixedly provided with a plurality of bonding pads, the pin area is fixedly provided with a plurality of pins, and the flexible circuit board is provided with a plurality of conductive terminals. All the pins, all the bonding pads and all the negative electrode ends of the PZT piezoelectric ceramic columns are in one-to-one correspondence, the bonding pads are electrically connected with the pins, and the bonding pads are connected with the negative electrode ends of the PZT piezoelectric ceramic columns; according to the invention, the PZT is applied to the planar phased array ultrasonic transducer.

The technology described herein is directed towards resonators that incorporate or are closely coupled to transducers from which energy is harvested. The resonators can be unit cells of a metasurface configured for narrowband sound absorption by phase cancellation of the acoustic wave Electroacoustic transducers such as piezoelectric transducers can be positioned, e.g., at the neck ports of the resonators, to generate electricity as the air pressure of incoming acoustic waves enters the unit cells. Energy can be harvested from the electricity, and stored for usage and / or used directly to power a device. Such a device powered by the harvested energy can change the resonant frequency of the device, e.g., by changing temperatures in the resonators' air cavities, changing respective dimensions of the respective air cavities, or changing the resonant frequency of the unit cells resonators by changing respective airflow in the respective air cavities.

The present invention relates to multi-stake underwater transducers and arrays for the generation and reception of sound waves in water. The invention provides the design and fabrication of compact piston-type underwater transducers of low-to-mid operating frequency made of piezoelectric single crystals without the need of any pre-stress mechanism. The invention uses a multi-stake pipe-like motor section made of piezoelectric single crystals of high transverse mode piezoelectric coefficients and low acoustic impedance, and small-diameter and light head mass(es). The present invention also discloses various means of increasing the bandwidth of the multi-stake underwater transducers as well as derivative transducers and arrays made of them, including compact 2D and 3D omni-directional transducers, planar, conforming and shaped arrays of various designs, high-density arrays and low-drop-down-ratio parametric arrays of either single or dual frequency bands.

A mounting system for a front view sonar transducer. The mounting system has a mounting assembly a mounting bracket affixed to a boat and to a mounting clamp. The mounting clamp has a clamping portion configured to clamp around an outside perimeter of a support tube. The mounting system further includes a waterproof motor housing positioned above the mounting bracket, the motor housing secured to a flange on the support tube. A tubular shaft extends through the waterproof motor housing and support tube, the tubular shaft having an upper portion extending upwardly from the waterproof motor housing and a lower portion configured to receive a front view sonar transducer. The tubular shaft directionally controlled by a motor in the motor housing. A trolling motor shaft extending through the tubular shaft with a motor for directionally controlling the trolling motor in the motor housing. The mounting system further includes one or more foot pedal assemblies configured to operate one or both of the electric motors within the waterproof motor housing.

The invention relates to the technical field of fault detection, in particular to a high-voltage connector loosening fault detection method and device and an automobile, and the method comprises the following steps: forming a surface acoustic wave resonator array based on an interdigital transducer array, an acoustic wave resonator and a flexible waveguide; butting a signal source radio frequency cable with the pin interdigital electrode chip, triggering data acquisition, performing Fourier transform on original data, and judging the loosening risk of the connector according to each parameter threshold value; carrying out three-dimensional modeling on the connector plugging interface, carrying out modal analysis on the model, and obtaining surface acoustic wave frequencies, group velocities and phase distribution under different pre-tightening forces so as to identify a contact force abnormal region; based on a multi-stage early warning mechanism, rapid locking is achieved through electrorheological fluid, and displacement is finely adjusted through a magnetostrictive rod. According to the invention, the loosening hidden danger can be quickly and accurately locked, a tight protection system is constructed by multi-stage early warning and mechanical self-locking, and the loosening risk of the high-voltage connector can be greatly reduced from early warning to active intervention.

The invention relates to the technical field of hemispherical harmonic oscillator assembly, in particular to a welding method and device for an assembled hemispherical harmonic oscillator, and the device comprises a vibration welding platform and a clamping assembly located above the vibration welding platform; the vibration welding platform is used for bearing the sensitive base and providing a thermal field and a vibration field needed by welding, and the clamping assembly is used for clamping the center shaft and sending the center shaft into a center hole of the base. A heating unit and a composite vibration ultrasonic transducer are arranged in the platform, and the platform is configured to apply high-frequency vibration formed by superposition of vertical longitudinal waves and horizontal torsional waves to the base. The high-frequency vibration thixotropic effect is used for reducing the viscosity of the molten solder, the ultrasonic cavitation effect is used for forcibly discharging bubbles at the bottom of the blind hole, and the sound radiation pressure generated by the vibration standing wave field is used for driving the center shaft to achieve friction-free self-centering in the hole. According to the device, the problems of air bolt pseudo soldering and rigid assembly clamping stagnation in the traditional process are solved, and the assembly coaxiality and the connection strength of the harmonic oscillator are remarkably improved.

The invention provides a compensation balance system and method of an electrodynamic transducer, and aims to solve the following problems in the prior art: a traditional electrodynamic sound source transducer needs to realize large-volume displacement in a low-frequency application scene, but the flexibility of an elastic suspension support of the traditional electrodynamic sound source transducer is insufficient to bear hydrostatic pressure; meanwhile, traditional passive and active compensation modes have challenges in the aspects of delay and stability. In order to solve the problems, the compensation balance system and method of the electrodynamic transducer mainly comprise an underwater acoustic transducer, a low-pressure middle cabin and a high-pressure gas cylinder, and a system self-checking function, a transducer piston position balance control function and a transducer fuzzy self-adaptive control function are integrated. The defects in the prior art are effectively overcome, and balance between the inner cavity of the transducer and the external hydrostatic pressure can be rapidly achieved. In addition, the control process is further simplified by determining the target control quantity, and the overall performance of the system is improved.

Example systems and methods are provided herein for conserving power on a marine electronic device while conveying information to a user. Some such systems include a marine electronic device configured to change to a power-saving mode, in which the marine electronic device operates by drawing a reduced amount of power from a power source and does not provide real-time marine data from the sonar transducer. A second device uses power from a second power source. The marine electronic device includes a processor that receives second device real-time marine data from the second device and causes presentation of a representation of the second device real-time marine data on a screen of the marine electronic device while still operating in the power-saving mode. The second device real-time marine data is gathered or determined via the second device.

Unlocking insights from Geo-Data, the present invention relates to improvements in sustainability and environmental developments: together we create a safe and livable world. Described are systems and techniques for high-speed multibeam echosounder (MBES) surveying using a gondola attached to a semi-displacement or planing hull vessel. A housing encloses a multi-head MBES transducer array, with a nose fairing extending from a maximum width of the housing and a tail fairing extending from a minimum width of the housing. A hydrofoil strut segment has first and second hydrofoil surfaces orthogonal to the housing, and includes at a first distal end a coupling for flush attachment to an upper surface of the housing and at a second distal end a coupler portion for attachment to the semi-displacement or planing hull vessel. The first and second hydrofoil surfaces can generate opposing hydrodynamic forces during high-speed MBES surveying by the semi-displacement or planing hull vessel.

The invention provides a flexible magnetoelectric piezoelectric switching device, a wearable patch and a preparation method and application of the wearable patch, and relates to the field of sensors. The device comprises a flexible film substrate, a transducer and a sensor, the transducer, the flexible thin film substrate and the sensor are sequentially coupled to form the flexible magnetoelectric piezoelectric switching device. According to the flexible magnetoelectric piezoelectric switching device prepared by the invention, the piezoelectric characteristic of the flexible film substrate is combined with the magnetoelectric effect of the MENPs, so that the device can accurately control the conversion between the magnetization state and the potential, and ultrahigh controllability is realized.

The invention provides an ultrasonic detection method for internal defects of an insulating part of a power system based on a piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer, and belongs to the technical field of insulating part detection. After wavelet denoising and deep attenuation compensation are carried out on echo signals, sound path distance time delay and sound pressure amplitude parameters are extracted, defect identification and position estimation are carried out by utilizing a layered variational auto-encoder, a high-frequency transducer is switched to aiming at tiny defects, a harmonic component is extracted by adopting a nonlinear ultrasonic method, and a characteristic size is calculated; a defect distribution space feature matrix is generated based on a synthetic aperture focusing technology, a unified or personalized processing strategy is selected according to an acoustic characteristic homogenization degree evaluation value, a complete defect detection result is output, and the technical problem that deep weak defects in the electric insulation part are difficult to accurately detect and recognize is solved.

A multilayer piezoelectric substrate acoustic wave device including an active region having a center region and a border region is disclosed. The acoustic wave device can include a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer over the support substrate, and an interdigital transducer electrode in electrical communication with the piezoelectric layer. The interdigital transducer electrode includes a bus bar and a finger extending from the bus bar. The finger in the border region has a first portion, a second portion between the center region and the first portion, and a third portion between the center region and the second portion. The first portion and the third portion have liner densities greater than liner densities of the second portion and the finger in the center region.

According to the method for regulating and controlling the stability amplitude through the ultrasonic power source, the output of the ultrasonic power source is dynamically adjusted through intelligent control and a feedback mechanism, the amplitude of the transducer is stable under different loads, and the machining precision and efficiency are improved. An equivalent model is constructed through a power supply output characteristic equation and a dynamic response relationship, voltage, current and mechanical information are monitored in real time by combining a high-precision sensor, expected power output is predicted by applying a neural network after deep preprocessing, a power error is calculated by using a PID algorithm, and power supply output is dynamically adjusted. According to the method, through continuous feedback and correction, it is ensured that the amplitude of the system is reasonable and stable under the complex working condition, the stability and applicability of the ultrasonic transducer system are remarkably enhanced, and the method is particularly suitable for ultrasonic machining equipment in the complex load environment.

The present embodiments relate to a near field transducer for thermally-assisted magnetic recording (TAMR) with a hybrid plasmonic bottom layer. In a first example embodiment, a thermally-assisted magnetic recording (TAMR) write head is provided. The TAMR write head can include a main pole and a near field transducer (NFT). The NFT can include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer can include a first plasmonic material (e.g., rhodium, iridium, platinum). Further, the first layer can be disposed adjacent to the heat sink. The second layer can include a portion of a second plasmonic material (e.g., gold) and a first plasmonic portion (e.g., comprising rhodium). The first plasmonic portion of the second layer can be disposed adjacent to the ABS. The hybrid second layer (e.g., plasmonic bottom layer) can provide an improved NFT reliability during TAMR writing.

The invention discloses an electromagnetic transducer modeling and dynamic distribution parameter confirmation method considering electro-magnetic-mechanical-acoustic coupling. The method comprises the following steps: constructing a dynamic multi-physical field distribution parameter model DPM of an electromagnetic transducer system; a PGA model optimization method based on a parallel genetic algorithm; the dynamic multi-physical field distribution parameter model DPM comprises the following steps: constructing an excitation loop equivalent model, wherein the excitation loop equivalent model comprises a plurality of excitation main loop units, a plurality of air gap magnetic flux leakage loop units and a plurality of permanent magnet loop units; and constructing a mechanical structure equivalent model, wherein the mechanical structure equivalent model comprises physical models such as a system radiation panel, a spring system and a rubber panel. According to the method, parameters of the DPM are optimized through the PGA algorithm, the performance efficiency of the electromagnetic transducer is improved, and a new method is provided for design of the electromagnetic transducer.

The invention discloses an ultrasonic non-transformer driving transducer circuit, which comprises a driving circuit, an isolation damping circuit, a receiving circuit and a transducer, and is characterized in that the driving circuit is connected with the transducer through the isolation damping circuit; the driving circuit comprises an ultrasonic chip, a resistor R2 and a capacitor C1, the resistor R2 is arranged between a DVS power supply end and a DV2 pin of the ultrasonic chip, and the capacitor C1 is connected between the resistor R2 and the DVS power supply end in parallel; the isolation damping circuit comprises a transistor, a resistor R1 and a capacitor C2, a collector electrode of the transistor is connected to a DV2 pin of the ultrasonic chip, an emitting electrode of the transistor is connected with the transducer, the resistor R1 is connected between a non-grounding end of the capacitor C1 and a base electrode of the transistor, and the capacitor C2 is connected between the emitting electrode and the base electrode of the transistor. According to the invention, through the driving circuit, the isolation damping circuit, the receiving circuit and the transducer, the functions of driving, isolation, damping, noise reduction and the like are realized through a simple circuit, and the problems of high voltage transformation cost, overlarge occupied space and the like are effectively solved.

A negative-stiffness audio transducer can include a frame, a voice coil, and a suspension assembly resiliently attaching the voice coil to the frame. The suspension assembly provides a negative stiffness to axial movement of the voice coil. The transducer further includes a diaphragm coupled to the voice coil such that the voice coil moves the diaphragm in an axially inward direction or an axially outward direction in response to an electrical signal. A stabilizer can be used to selectively move the diaphragm axially inward or outward to maintain the audio transducer in an operational state.

Embodiments of the present application provide a chip for an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic transducer, a device, and a chip manufacturing method. The chip is provided under an acoustic layer. The chip comprises: a substrate; a circuit module, provided in the substrate; and a conductive shielding layer, provided between the circuit module and the acoustic layer, wherein the projection of the conductive shielding layer on the substrate at least covers the projection of the circuit module on the substrate, and the conductive shielding layer is grounded. The embodiments of the present application reduce the situation in which a high voltage generated during polarization of an acoustic layer could easily cause breakdown in closely-spaced metal blocks and floating metal blocks within a circuit module, thereby improving the yield rate of chips.

A transducer assembly comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that defines a sound output port from an interior chamber of the enclosure; a sound radiating surface having a voice coil coupled thereto and dividing the interior chamber into a front volume chamber coupling a first side of the sound radiating surface to the sound output port and a back volume chamber coupled to a second side of the sound radiating surface; a magnet assembly having a magnet coupled to a yoke that defines in part the back volume chamber and an acoustic port from the back volume chamber; and a valve coupled to the acoustic port to close or open the acoustic port depending on whether the transducer assembly is in a distress mode or a non-distress mode.

The invention relates to the technical field of oil sludge resource regeneration, and discloses a water oil sludge resource regeneration device based on a composite ultrasonic field and application. The device comprises an oil sludge parameter acquisition module, a resonant frequency analysis module, a sound field coupling control module, a phase shift interference analysis module and a separation strengthening execution module. The oil sludge parameter acquisition module acquires a rheological characteristic data set of the oil-containing sludge in real time; the resonance frequency analysis module generates a dual-target resonance frequency parameter based on the data set; the sound field coupling control module drives the piezoelectric transducer array to generate a focused ultrasonic field, and a sound field coupling model is constructed; the phase shift interference analysis module corrects the phase offset of the model and outputs a multi-band sound energy injection sequence; and the separation strengthening execution module regulates and controls the rotating speed gradient of the mechanical centrifugal unit, triggers membrane stack pulse backwashing, and finally generates regenerated base oil and a purified water phase product. According to the device, efficient regeneration of water-oil sludge resources is realized through cooperation of multiple modules.

A MEMS AE transducer system is provided that takes advantage of the low power consumption and lightweight characteristics of MEMS AE transducers, while also achieving higher sensing sensitivity. To address the problem of low sensitivity typically associated with MEMS AE transducers, electrical responses of multiple MEMS AE transducers operating at different frequency ranges are combined to increase the bandwidth and sensitivity of the MEMS AE transducer system. As the frequencies are constructive, the combined response on a single channel is the actual summation of two signals with an improved signal to noise ratio. Additionally, each frequency can be decomposed because they are well separated from each other due to the super narrowband response and high Quality factor of MEMS AE transducers.

An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a transducer, and a depression. The transducer is disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and includes a first bus bar, a first electrode, a second bus bar, and a second electrode. The first bus bar and the second bus bar extend along a second direction. The first electrode has a first end and extends from the first bus bar along a first direction. The first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other, and a gap is formed between the first end of the first electrode and an edge of the second bus bar. The depression is formed in the piezoelectric substrate and is depressed from the surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The first end of the first electrode is continuously joined to a sidewall of the depression along a depth direction.

An in-ear electronic device comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that defines an interior chamber surrounding a transducer and an opening from the interior chamber to an ambient environment surrounding the enclosure; and an acoustic valve comprising a driven member coupled to a driving member having a lever and a shape memory alloy operable to cause the driven member to open and close the opening upon application of a current.

A multilayer piezoelectric substrate acoustic wave device including an active region having a center region and a border region is disclosed. The acoustic wave device can include a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer over the support substrate, and an interdigital transducer electrode in electrical communication with the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer has a trench in the border region. The interdigital transducer electrode includes a bus bar and a finger extending from the bus bar. The finger in the border region has a first portion with a first width, a second portion with a second width between the center region and the first portion, and a third portion with a third width between the center region and the second portion. The second width is narrower than the first width and the third width.

An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer electrode disposed over the piezoelectric layer. The interdigital transducer electrode is thicker in a center region of the interdigital transducer electrode than in a gap region of the interdigital transducer electrode to thereby reduce a mass loading of the interdigital transducer electrode in the gap region. The interdigital transducer electrode has a layer of more dense material disposed of a layer of less dense material.

The invention discloses a reconfigurable L-shaped dynamic impedance matching network system of an ultrasonic transducer, which realizes real-time optimization of power transmission efficiency by adjusting impedance matching parameters and structures in real time. According to the invention, by adjusting the inductor and capacitor combination and the connection mode in the matching circuit, the load change of the ultrasonic transducer can be responded in real time, the load capacity of the driver is adapted, and the driver is ensured to stably operate within a proper load range. Besides, by dynamically adjusting impedance, the power transmission efficiency of the system can be improved, and equipment failure or performance reduction caused by load mismatching can be effectively prevented, so that high efficiency and stability in applications such as ultrasonic treatment and the like are ensured.

The invention belongs to the technical field of fluid control and atomization, and particularly relates to a main control system, a liquid supply system, a generation system and an auxiliary system. The generating system comprises a water storage tank, a porous steel sheet arranged at the bottom of the water storage tank, conical micropores formed in the porous steel sheet, a piezoelectric transducer fixed to the bottom of the porous steel sheet, a soaking copper plate arranged at the top of the water storage tank and an electric heating layer installed on the soaking copper plate. Due to the fact that an existing annular transducer cannot meet the requirement for generation of a single water drop or multiple water drops and cannot meet the requirement for accurate and controllable sizes of the water drops, a rectangular transducer pair is adopted as an excitation device, surface wave superposition can be generated through vibration of the transducer, meanwhile, the liquid level of a water storage tank is controllable, and the energy storage efficiency is improved. High-temperature pulses are applied to the air layer on the upper surface of the water layer, so that the pressure in the water tank is controllable during spraying, and inconsistent diameters of water drops caused by uncontrollable pressure are avoided.

The invention provides a capacitive pressure sensor core, a preparation method thereof and a capacitive pressure sensor. Specifically, the capacitive pressure sensor core comprises a deformable diaphragm, a ceramic substrate and a capacitive performance transducer. The capacitive performance transducer comprises a first electrode comprising a first measuring electrode part and a first capacitive shielding electrode part, a second electrode comprising a second measuring electrode part and a second capacitive shielding electrode part, and a gap separator, wherein the first measuring electrode part comprises a first measuring electrode central part, the second measuring electrode part comprises a second measuring electrode central part, and the area of the first measuring electrode central part is smaller than that of the second measuring electrode central part; wherein the first measuring electrode part, the first capacitance shielding electrode part, the second measuring electrode part and the second capacitance shielding electrode part are formed by reducing and sintering organic metal conductor paste.