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Electrical Transducers

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Depending on whether electrical or magnetic quantities are associated with mechanical quantities, in Chap. 7 it has been demonstrated that electromechanical interactions can be described by two basic types of transducers namely the electrical and magnetic transducer. The electrostatic and piezoelectric transducer belong to the group of electrical transducers.

With the electrostatic transducer, the electromechanical coupling is provided between moving electrodes – plates or diaphragms – of a capacitor comprising an isotropic dielectric. With the piezoelectric transducer, the coupling is provided within an anisotropic dielectric of a solid.

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  1. Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dresden University of Technology, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01069, Dresden, Germany

    Professor Dr.-Ing habil Arno Lenk & Professor Dr.-Ing habil Günther Pfeifer

  2. Karl Mayer Textile Machinery, Bruehlstr. 25, 63179, Obertshausen, Germany

    Dr.-Ing Rüdiger G. Ballas

  3. Darmstadt University of Technology, Institute for Electromechanical Design, Merckstr. 25, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Professor Dr.-Ing habil Roland Werthschützky

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Lenk, A., Ballas, R.G., Werthschützky, R., Pfeifer, G. (2011). Electrical Transducers. In: Electromechanical Systems in Microtechnology and Mechatronics. Microtechnology and MEMS. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10806-8_9

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