Ceramic-Heterostructure-Based Magnetoelectric Voltage Transformer with an Adjustable Transformation Ratio
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Research and Education Center “Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices”, MIREA–Russian Technological University, 119454 Moscow, Russia
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East Bavarian Centre for Intelligent Materials (EBACIM), Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Materials 2020, 13(18), 3981; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13183981
Received: 6 August 2020
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Revised: 3 September 2020
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Accepted: 7 September 2020
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Published: 9 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Magnetoelectric Materials and Their Applications)
A voltage transformer employing the magnetoelectric effect in a composite ceramic heterostructure with layers of a magnetostrictive nickel–cobalt ferrite and a piezoelectric lead zirconate–titanate is described. In contrast to electromagnetic and piezoelectric transformers, a unique feature of the presented transformer is the possibility of tuning the voltage transformation ratio K using a dc magnetic field. The dependences of the transformer characteristics on the frequency and the amplitude of the input voltage, the strength of the control magnetic field and the load resistance are investigated. The transformer operates in the voltage range between 0 and 112 V, and the voltage transformation ratio K is tuned between 0 and 14.1 when the control field H changes between 0 and 6.4 kA/m. The power at the transformer output reached 63 mW, and the power conversion efficiency was 34%. The methods for calculation of the frequency response, and the field and load characteristics of the transformer are proposed. The ways to improve performance characteristics of magnetoelectric transformers and their possible application areas are discussed.
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Keywords:
magnetoelectric effect; voltage transformer; composite material; magnetostriction; piezoelectric effect
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Saveliev, D.; Chashin, D.; Fetisov, L.; Shamonin, M.; Fetisov, Y. Ceramic-Heterostructure-Based Magnetoelectric Voltage Transformer with an Adjustable Transformation Ratio. Materials 2020, 13, 3981. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13183981
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Saveliev D, Chashin D, Fetisov L, Shamonin M, Fetisov Y. Ceramic-Heterostructure-Based Magnetoelectric Voltage Transformer with an Adjustable Transformation Ratio. Materials. 2020; 13(18):3981. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13183981
Chicago/Turabian StyleSaveliev, Dmitri, Dmitri Chashin, Leonid Fetisov, Mikhail Shamonin, and Yuri Fetisov. 2020. "Ceramic-Heterostructure-Based Magnetoelectric Voltage Transformer with an Adjustable Transformation Ratio" Materials 13, no. 18: 3981. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13183981
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