PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC TRANSFORMER USING PIEZOELECTRIC LATERAL EFFECT ON INPUT AND ON OUTPUT

Recently, the authors have investigated the characteristics of many pi ezoelectric ceramic materials for high-power use. As a result, some ad vanced materials suitable for high-power ultrasonic devices hale been identified. Using these materials, new piezoelectric transformer desig ns different from Rosen's design can be utilized for high-voltage supp ly. In this paper, a piezoelectric transformer using piezoelectric lat eral coupling on Input and on output is presented and simulated transf ormer characteristics are shown.