Abstract
This study presents an industrial-grade piezoelectric-based multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) force sensor. In order to increase the sensitivity and reduce the variation of different MLCCs, a simple re-poling process is adopted by applying an external electric field at the Curie temperature of MLCCs. Results indicate that the re-poling treatment improved up to 100-fold for the force detection sensitivity and reduced the variation for the output force response by 10-fold in comparison with the MLCC sensors without re-poling.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 142904 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 102 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Apr 8 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)