Magnetoelectric transducer with high quality factor for wireless power receiving

To achieve strong power coupling, a resonance-type magnetoelectric (ME) transducer with high quality factor is developed to achieve strong ME coupling. The ME transducer employs a type of iron-nickel-based ferromagnetic alloy with constant elasticity and piezoelectric Pb(Zr, Ti)O-3 (PZT8) material. The dynamic magnetomechanical behavior of the ferromagnetic alloy is investigated, The result indicates that the strain coefficient of the ferromagnetic alloy at resonance achieves 557.07 nm/A due to the high effective mechanical quality factor of the alloy. The transducer is designed to operate as a half-wavelength, longitudinal resonator. The dynamic performance of the transducer is evaluated by measuring its electrical and vibrational characteristics, The results reveal that (1) the resonance of the transducer occurs at the frequency of 26.9336 kHz with a strain coefficient of 314.74 nm/A, an effective mechanical quality factor of 1600; (2) the ME voltage coefficient achieves 30.07 V/Oe (i.e., 375.875 V/cm Oe) at resonance; (3) the ME Output power density at optimal load resistance of 25 k Omega achieves 0.956 mW/cm(3) under 0.3 Oe root-mean-square AC magnetic field. The performances indicate that the transducer is promising for ME energy conversion application. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.