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Loss Mechanisms in Piezoelectrics

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Losses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

K. Uchino
Affiliation:
International Center for Actuators and Transducers, Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa 16802, kenjiuchino@psu.edu
J. Zheng
Affiliation:
International Center for Actuators and Transducers, Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa 16802, kenjiuchino@psu.edu
Y.H. Chen
Affiliation:
International Center for Actuators and Transducers, Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa 16802, kenjiuchino@psu.edu
X. Du
Affiliation:
International Center for Actuators and Transducers, Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa 16802, kenjiuchino@psu.edu
S. Hirose
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa 992, Japan
S. Takahashi
Affiliation:
Research and Development Group, NEC Corporation, 4-1-1 Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki 216, Japan
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Abstract

Losses in piezoelectrics are considered in general to have three different mechanisms; dielectric, mechanical and piezoelectric losses. This paper deals with the phenomenology of losses, first, then how to measure these losses separately in experiments.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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