Morgan Electro Ceramics Introduces Its Piezoelectric Multi-Layer Actuators

organ Electro Ceramics (MEC), a manufacturer of electro ceramic products, including high voltage and RF capacitors and microwave and piezoelectric ceramics introduces its piezoelectric multi-layer actuators. With over 50 years of experience in the development and production of electro ceramic materials and components for the electronics industry, MEC offers a wide range of high efficiency, low voltage, multi-layer actuators for a variety of applications, including the positioning of mirrors in the laser and optical industry.

Meeting the industry demand for precise, controllable and repeatable displacement devices in the micrometer and sub-micrometer range, MEC's piezoelectric multi-layer actuators are capable of microns of expansion, kilonewtons of force and tens of microseconds of response time. MEC's multi-layer manufacturing capability ensures a reduction in component size, yielding a faster response time and higher resonant modes, thereby allowing for higher frequencies of operation.

MEC's multi-layer actuators are comprised of many thin layers and then stacked and co-fired at high temperatures in order to achieve a high electric field from a low voltage. This reduced layer thickness allows for the generation of displacements with a reduction in drive voltages, resulting in safer handling and operating conditions as well as a simplified circuit design. With an electrical field of <3kV/mm, large displacements per unit volume can be achieved with high reliability. MEC offers layer thickness between 20 mm and 60 mm, as well as design flexibility, in order to suit customers specifications.

SOURCE: Morgan Electro Ceramics