압전 단결정 재료를 이용한 이식형 인공중이용 적층 액츄에이터 개발

Development of a Multi-Layer Actuator With Piezoelectric Single Crystals for an Implantable Hearing Aid

  • 발행 : 2005.04.01

초록

이식형 인공중이용 트랜스듀서는 주파수 특성 및 구동 성능이 우수해야 하고 크기가 작아야 한다. 이러한 트랜스듀서로서 단결정 압전 재료인 PMN-PT를 이용한 적층형 액츄에이터를 제안하였고, 유한요소해석 및 제작실험을 통해 그 타당성을 밝혔다. 실험에서는 두께 $0.2{\cal}mm$를 갖는 시편을 14층으로 쌓아 최종적으로 $1{\cal}mm{\times}1{\cal}mm{\times}2.8{\cal}mm$ 크기의 PMN-PT 적층형 액츄에이터를 제작하였다. 제작된 PMN-PT 액츄에이터의 성능은 Impedance Spectrum과 구동변위 측정을 통해 PZT 액츄에이터와 비교, 평가하였고, 이를 통해 단결정 재료인 PMN-PT를 이용할 경우 우수한 성능의 인공중이용 액츄에이터 제작이 가능함을 확인하였다.

Transducers for implantable hearing aids need to be small and to have good performance in frequency responses and vibration properties. From this viewpoint, we Proposed a multi-layer actuator with the piezoelectric single crystal, PMN-PT. for the implantable hearing aid. and verified its adequacy through finite element analyses and experiments. PMN-PT multi-layer actuator samples were fabricated by stacking fourteen layers of the PMN-PT crystal. Each layer were $0.2{\cal}mm$ thick and the actuator sample was $2.8{\cal}mm$ thick in total. We evaluated the performance of the PMN-PT actuator through impedance analyses and vibration displacement measurements, and compared the result with that of a PZT actuator. Results of all the process confirmed the feasibility of the PMN-PT actuator as a good transducer for an implantable hearing aid.

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