Resonance Magnetoelectric Effect and Voltage Gain Effect in TERFENOL-D/PZT Laminates

Monday, 11 October 2004 - 4:20 PM

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Resonance Magnetoelectric Effect and Voltage Gain Effect in TERFENOL-D/

PZT Laminates

Shuxiang Dong, Materials Science & Engineering, Virginia tech, Materials Science & Engineering,
Virginia tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061

We have found that laminate composites consisting of longitudinally magnetized magnetostrictive

Terfenol-D and longitudinally poled piezoelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 layers have dramatically enhanced
magneto-electric (ME) effects when driven near resonance. The maximum induced ME voltage at
resonance was ~10 Vp/Oe, which is ~102x higher than previous reports at sub-resonant frequencies, see
Fig.1. Furthermore, we have discovered that this ME laminate shows an extreme high voltage gain effect
under resonance drive: the induced voltage from this laminate is about 300 times higher than input
voltage for magnetic excitation, see Fig.2. The resonance ME and ME voltage gain effects may have
importance for power device applications.

Contact Author: Shuxiang Dong 306 Holden Hall, Materials Science & Engineering, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. Phone: 540-231-2327, Fax: 540-231-8919, E-mail: sdong@vt.edu.

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