Piezoelectric two-layer stacks of cellular polypropylene ferroelectrets: transducer response at audio and ultrasound frequencies

Piezoelectric cellular polypropylene films, so-called ferroelectrets, are assembled in a stack with two active transducer layers. The stack is characterized with respect to its linear and quadratic response in a frequency range from 1 kHz to 80 kHz. A relatively smooth frequency response in the soun...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 2005-09, Vol.52 (9), p.1601-1607
Main Authors: Wegener, M., Bergweiler, S., Wirges, W., Pucher, A., Tuncer, E., Gerhard-Multhaupt, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic distortion
Acoustic transducers
Acoustics
Biological materials
Cellular
Distortion
Exact sciences and technology
Frequency ranges
Frequency response
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
General equipment and techniques
Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy
Microphones
Physics
Piezoelectric films
Piezoelectric transducers
Piezoelectricity
Polypropylenes
Stacks
Transducers
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonic transducers
Ultrasonics, quantum acoustics, and physical effects of sound
Ultrasound
Voltage
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Summary:Piezoelectric cellular polypropylene films, so-called ferroelectrets, are assembled in a stack with two active transducer layers. The stack is characterized with respect to its linear and quadratic response in a frequency range from 1 kHz to 80 kHz. A relatively smooth frequency response in the sound-pressure level is found for the individual layers as well as for both layers driven in phase. The piezoelectric response of the two-layer stack is twice the response of an individual layer over a rather broad frequency range. Furthermore, the influence of the preparation conditions on the resonance frequency and the effect of the quadratic distortion on the radiated sound are investigated both for the individual transducer films in the stack and for the stack system as a whole.
ISSN:0885-3010
1525-8955
DOI:10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1516033