DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : P.V.SURESH.
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : AEIE
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic for women, Srikakulam
Semester : VI
Subject : Industrial Electronics, PLC and SCADA
Subject code : AEI-602
Topic : Ultrasonics
Duration : 50 Minutes
Sub topic : Piezo-electric effect
Teaching aids : ppt, Animation, Photographs, Diagrams.
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 Objectives

On the completion of the period you would be able

to understand

• Piezo- electric effect.

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 Piezo-electric effect
• Piezo-electric effect occurs only in non-conductive
materials.

• Piezo-electric materials can be divided into two groups

crystals and cermaics

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 Piezo-electric effect…

• The examples of piezo-electric materials are Quartz,

Barium titanate,lead niobate,lead zirconate titanate

• The piezoelectric material has the ability to produce the

voltage output in response to a applied stress.

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 Piezo-electric effect…

• The piezo-electric material has the ability to produce a

strain output in response to an applied voltage.

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 Piezo-electric effect…

• Piezo-electric effect means production of a potential

difference across the opposite faces of a substance, due
to contraction or expansion between the opposite faces.

• This voltage appears due to the crystal lattice

deformation.

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 Piezo-electric effect…

• The application of force to a crystal of quartz or rochelle

salt produces a voltage across the crystal.

• The application of an electric field may cause the crystal

to expand or contract in certain directions.

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 Piezo-electric effect…

• The piezo-electric deformations are directly proportional

to the electric field and changes sign when the field is
reversed.

• Piezo-electric effect is possible only in crystals that do

not possess a centre of symmetry.

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 Piezo-electric effect…
Equivalent circuit of a quartz crystal.

Fig 1.1
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 Piezo-electric effect…

• The values R, L,C in the figure 1.1 represent the series

resonant circuit of a quartz crystal.

• The component C’ represent the electrodes and holder

assembly capacitance.

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 Piezo-electric effect…

• The electrode capacitance C’ show parallel resonance.

• In quartz crystal the parallel resonant frequency is a bit

higher than the series resonance frequency.

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 Summary

We have discussed

• Piezo- electric effect.

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 Quiz
1. The application of a force to a crystal of quartz or
rochelle salt produces a _____________ across the
crystal.

c) voltage.

e) Current.

g) Resistance.

i) None of them.

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 Quiz
1. The application of an electric field may cause the
crystal to __________or ____________ in certain
directions.

c) voltage, current.

e) Current, quartz.

g) Expand, contract.

i) None of the above.

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 Frequently Asked Questions

2) Define piezo-electric effect.

5) Explain piezo-electric effect with the equivalent circuit

of a quartz crystal.

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