Videos

CTS Corp Ferroperm Piezoelectric Video

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CTS Corporation Piezoelectric Ceramic Plant Tour Tianjin, China

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CTS Series 286 Overview Video

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Piezoelectric Ceramics and Their Properties

In this webinar, Dr. Erling Ringgaard, principal materials scientist at CTS Corporation, explains the fundamental electromechanical principles and behaviour of piezoelectric ceramics.

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Fundamentals of Ultrasonic Transducer Design

In this webinar, Thomas Kelley, sensors manager at Precision Acoustics, introduces key design principles of immersion and contact type ultrasonic transducers used a range of applications including medical imaging, High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT).

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Application-Specific Shaping Technologies

In this webinar, Rasmus Lou-Møller, director of engineering and business development at CTS Corporation, introduces some of our most unique PZT products, designed to accomodate recent development trends such as miniaturization, MEMS-integration and flexible substrate compatibility. Highlighted technologies include our InSensor™ thick film and our uniquely flexible PiezoPaint™.

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Piezocomposites: Properties and Design Optimization via Finite Element Modeling

In this webinar, CTS piezo line product manager Charles Mangeot and CTS R&D Engineer Wei-Yi Chang examine the strengths and drawbacks of piezoelectric composites and offer advice on how to design them using finite element modeling.

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Measuring d33 - Pitfalls and Best Practice Advice

The piezoelectric charge coefficient d33 is one of, if not the most important parameter for piezoelectric components. Measurement of d33 is typically carried out using commercial 'Berlincourt'-style piezo meters. This approach comes with certain downsides, however, and will occasionally lead to errors that originate either in the equipment itself or in the way values are calculated. In this webinar, we take a metrological deep dive into the complications surrounding the measurement of d33 and present ways of circumventing them.

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The Piezoelectric Matrix: Determination and Use for Modeling

In this webinar, we examine the various coefficients in the piezoelectric matrix, exploring how each of them can be determined, and how they are affected by factors such as temperature, time and frequency. Furthermore, we provide instructions on how to establish a rudimentary finite element analysis model, including building it using COMSOL software and obtaining results in COMSOL, OnScale and PZFlex, respectively.

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Textured Piezoelectric Ceramics - Relationship between Processing and Properties

Textured piezoelectric ceramics bridge the gap between traditional polycrystalline ceramics, such as PZT, and single crystal materials. Created by adding seed crystals to the ceramic powder slurry, textured piezoceramics can approach the high piezoelectric performance of single crystals at a considerably lower cost, making them desirable in many applications. In this webinar, we will discuss the connections between processing, preferred microstructure alignment and the electro-mechanical properties of the end material, focusing mainly on the Mn-doped PMN-PZT material family. The engineering challenges associated with each step of the manufacturing process to yield tailored properties will be outlined and linked to the ability to control the process in a repeatable fashion. We will discuss performance parameter and material trade-offs for both transmit and receive applications. Presenters: Dr. Mark Fanton, Research Associate Professor at Penn State University. Dr. Gerald Stranford, Senior Engineering Manager at CTS Corporation.

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