▪ Piezoelectric devices are widely used as sources to generate sound waves or receivers to detect acoustic signals ▪ The same transducer can be used as a transmitter to send a source signal and receiver to detect echoes ▪ Use cases: Ultrasound imaging Nondestructive testing
▪ This model shows how to model a piezoelectric device that acts as a transmitter and receiver at the same time using COMSOL Multiphysics® ▪ Transient analysis when time of flight is an output of interest Model Setup rigid walls
▪ 2D axisymmetric configuration ▪ Transducer is a lead zirconate titanate (PZT-5H) disc with dimensions: Radius = 2 mm Thickness = 1 mm ▪ The piezo device sits in an infinitely large baffle and radiates a sound pulse to the water PML water domain that fills the space in between the sound baffle and rigid walls on the top ▪ The water domain extends to infinity in the radial direction ▪ A perfectly matched layer (PML) is used to truncate the domain PZT-5H sound baffle Model Setup Using the Terminal Feature
▪ Piezoelectric Effect and Pair Acoustic-
Structure Boundary couple Pressure Acoustics, Transient (water resistor domain) Solid Mechanics (piezo domain) 1000 Electrostatics (piezo domain) voltage source ▪ Electrical Circuit Simple circuit that excites the transducer PZT and receives detected signals Gaussian modulated sine wave with a terminal 1 central frequency f = 0.5 MHz Very simple circuit that can be extended to include more elements for real devices. Model Setup Using the Terminal Feature
▪ Connecting the transducer to the electrical circuit:
Add a Terminal node to the Electrostatics interface and set the Terminal type to Circuit On the boundary selection, add the boundary where the electrode is connected to the electrical circuit Add a Ground node to the Electrostatics interface and apply it to the other electrode of the piezo device Add an External I-Terminal node to the Electrical Circuit interface and set the Electrical potential of the external terminal to Terminal voltage (es/term1) Results: Pressure at a Point
first echo second echo
A plot of the acoustic
pressure at the center point of the top surface of the transducer. Results: Signals at the Terminal
transmitted signal received signal
Transient Solver Setup
Change Method to Generalized alpha
and change Steps taken by solver to Manual Contact Us comsol.com/contact
