We use a high pattern-fidelity technique on piezoelectric electrodes to selectively excite high-order vibration modes, while isolating other modes, in multi-layered through-wall ultrasound power transfer (TWUPT) systems. Physical mechanisms, such as direct and inverse piezoelectric effects at transmitting and receiving piezoelectric elements, as well as wave propagation across an elastic barrier and coupling layers, all contribute to TWUPT. High-order radial modes in a TWUPT system feature strain nodes, where the dynamic strain distribution changes sign in the direction of disks' radii. This study explains theoretically and empirically how covering the strain nodes of vibration modes with continuous electrodes results in substantial cancelations of the electrical outputs. A detailed analysis is given for predicting the locations of the strain nodes. The electrode patterning for creating the transmitter and receiver shapes is determined by the regions where local force and charge cancelation do not occur, i.e., the two modal principal stress components have the same sign. Patterning for creating the electrode shapes is performed by high-fidelity numerical modeling supported by experiments. Using differential excitation on the transmitter side while monitoring transmitted power and efficiency on the reception side at various vibration modes is made possible by the unique nature of TWUPT systems. Due to an improvement in system quality and power factors, it is determined that employing the proposed electrode pattern designs enhances overall device efficiency and active power. The suppression of other modes makes up a filter feature that is paired with the enhancement at the mode under consideration.
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20 March 2023
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March 20 2023
Electrode pattern definition in ultrasound power transfer systems
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Moustafa Sayed Ahmed
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Moustafa Sayed Ahmed
(Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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Shima Shahab
Shima Shahab
a)
(Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: sshahab@vt.edu
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: sshahab@vt.edu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 122, 124101 (2023)
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Received:
December 23 2022
Accepted:
March 03 2023
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Moustafa Sayed Ahmed, Shima Shahab; Electrode pattern definition in ultrasound power transfer systems. Appl. Phys. Lett. 20 March 2023; 122 (12): 124101. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0139866
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