Performance Analysis and Prospect of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Transducers Based on Vibration Modes

Abstract

 With the maturity of ultrasonic transducer technology, as a traditional ultrasonic transducer, piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer has leaped into the public view. This article briefly summarizes the development of ultrasonic transducers and the classification of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers. In practical applications, different piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers are mostly selected based on the different sound source vibrations in the application scenarios. The principle analysis and structure introduction of longitudinal vibration type ultrasonic transducers, longitudinal bending vibration mode conversion type ultrasonic transducers, and torsional vibration piezoelectric ceramic ultrasonic transducers are conducted respectively, and the application fields are pointed out. Besides, heat dissipation is an important link that affects the energy transfer efficiency of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers. For traditional air-cooled heat dissipation and phase change heat dissipation, the heat dissipation ability is investigated and analyzed separately, and the advantages and disadvantages of the two are compared. It is concluded that phase change heat dissipation can effectively solve the impact caused by excessive temperature difference inside the transducer, while traditional heat dissipation methods cannot solve this problem.