Industrial Technology Research Institute

Shu-Fen Liao

Syh-Yuh Cheng

Yun-Tien Chen

Yu-Lin Lee

Wen-Chin Yeh

A type of piezoelectric transformer (PT) which vibrates in length extensional mode is provided. The piezoelectric transformer (PT) has a piezoelectric substrate which has a first dimension, a second dimension and a third dimension with the first dimension being longest and the third dimension being shortest. The substrate has two polarization directions parallel to the first dimension near two terminals of the first dimension and at least two opposite polarization directions on a central portion of the substrate transversely to the first dimension. The substrate further has at least two electrodes on a portion horizontal to the first dimension. Comparing with traditional piezoelectric transformers, the new one can solve the polarization difficulties and reduce audio noise output without sacrificing the electrical properties or even have better voltage transformation characteristics.

Multi-mode adjustable piezoelectric transformer

An apparatus for poling a piezoelectric ceramic includes a first and a second electrode which are connected to a DC power supply and spaced away from one another at a certain distance, and an insulated medium provided between the first and second electrodes. The second electrode is adapted to carry the piezoelectric ceramic which is spaced away from the first electrode. In this way, a piezoelectric ceramic can be poled by a poling field created between the first and second electrodes and prevented from being scraped by the first electrode or damaged by the ripples caused by an unstable voltage because of the separation of the piezoelectric ceramic to be poled from the first electrode and the buffering effect caused by the insulated medium between the first and second electrodes. In addition, the second electrode may be specifically in the form of a power-driven metal conveyor so that the piezoelectric ceramic to be poled can continuously pass through and be poled by the poling field.

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