The illustrative electronic device 900 of FIG. 9 includes a mobile communication circuit, a touch sensitive display, wellness sensors, a near field communication circuit, a global positioning system device, an infrared sensor, twin microphones configured for selective beam steering, and a cover layer configured
with piezoelectric sensors so as to function as an acoustic transducer and input control device.
The proximity sensor has been replaced by ultrasound, the earpiece has been replaced
with a piezoelectric speaker that uses the metal frame to generate sound, and the front - facing camera is relocated to the bottom (though the phone can thankfully be rotated upside down for more flattering selfies).
Under the plastic hood is a 2.2 - liter, 16 - valve, four - cylinder turbodiesel engine
with piezoelectric fuel injectors.
The new diesel is equipped
with piezoelectric injector common - rail direct fuel injection that allows a lower compression ratio and a VD (Variable Diffuser) / VG (Variable Geometry) turbocharger.
With piezoelectric injector common - rail direct fuel injection that allows a lower compression ratio and with a VD (Variable Diffuser) / VG (Variable Geometry) turbocharger, the clean diesel unit delivers a maximum output of 150 kW (204 PS) and maximum torque of 420 Nm (42.8 kg - m).
The sophisticated power unit engine features high - pressure common - rail fuel injection
with piezoelectric injectors, a variable nozzle turbine (VNT) turbocharger, a variable swirl system and an uprated engine management system for optimum combustion efficiency.
We used a 20x water - immersion objective lens (NA = 0.5; Carl Zeiss) mounted
with a piezoelectric - activated lens mover (P - 725K085 PIFOC, Physik Instrumente GmbH & Co..
This is often done
with piezoelectric materials, which are able to change shape in the presence of an electric voltage.
«Synthesizing the special mechanism
with piezoelectric readout is a big step forward towards commercialization of the technology,» said Neal Hall, an assistant professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin.
Most other atomically thin materials
with piezoelectric properties don't maintain their piezoelectricity when stacked, Zelisko said.
Not exact matches
«Some of Pradeep's prior work identified that pure graphene
with triangular holes can effectively become
piezoelectric,» Zelisko said.
Now, the M.D. Anderson Chair Professor and mechanical engineering department chairman at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, Pradeep Sharma, and his doctoral student, Matthew Zelisko, in collaboration
with scientists at Rice University and University of Washington, have identified one of the thinnest possible
piezoelectric materials on the planet — graphene nitride.
Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and Northwestern University teamed up
with cardiologists at the University of Arizona to develop what they call
piezoelectric nanoribbons, which attach to the outside of the heart muscle, much like a Band - Aid.
A team of University of California scientists is experimenting
with an alternative to lead - based compounds in
piezoelectric systems
A
piezoelectric yarn is made up of 24 fibres each as thin as a strand of hair,
with each fibre having an electrically conducting core surrounded by an insulating and
piezoelectric polymer.
To optimize
piezoelectric harvesting
with plastic films, the team deployed an analytical approach.
«The
piezoelectric yarn in combination
with a commercial conducting yarn constitute an electric circuit connected in series.»
White remains cautious, though, and would like to see more work looking at whether some of those 10 watts might be coming from the
piezoelectric properties of the tantalum oxide, rather than from its interaction
with the droplets.Ten watts would be enough to power a mobile phone, a military radio, a GPS device, even a small laptop, Krupenkin says.
The researchers report finding a viable alternative in specially prepared bismuth ferrite film that has
piezoelectric properties on par
with lead - based compounds.
The team still needs to improve the material's
piezoelectric response, says Muhtar Arhart, a materials researcher at the Carnegie / Doe Alliance Center in Washington DC, not involved
with the research.
They then coupled diamond, a material that changes its shape very little
with electric voltage,
with aluminum nitride, a
piezoelectric material, and embedded the IDT inside their new SAW device.
The sensors, which the researchers have already shrunk to a 1 millimeter cube — about the size of a large grain of sand — contain a
piezoelectric crystal that converts ultrasound vibrations from outside the body into electricity to power a tiny, on - board transistor that is in contact
with a nerve or muscle fiber.
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Caption text hereCompletely unfolded, the milliDelta
with 15 mm - by - 15 mm - 20 mm roughly compares to a cent piece, and uses
piezoelectric actuators, and flexural joints in its three arms to control high - frequency movements of a stage on top.
The most powerful diesel version of the compact BMW X model features a four - cylinder engine
with TwinPower Turbo technology and Common Rail direct injection, the
piezoelectric injectors of which operate at a maximum pressure of 2,000 bar.
In fact, what makes the
piezoelectric so special is its ability to pick up up to 10 distinct inputs which means typing using all 10 fingers is definitely a possibility
with the 10 tablet.
This 65 mV increase is significantly higher than the 10 mV increase it took when the power cell was separated into a PVDF
piezoelectric generator and Li - ion battery
with the conventional polyethylene separator.
We write about
piezoelectric generators from time to time, like sneakers that can power your gadgets or kinetic - energy harvesting sidewalks or wave - powered speakers that let us communicate
with dolphins, all of which generate energy from movement.
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While the original Mi MIX came
with a cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic technology backed virtual earpiece, the new Mi MIX 2 comes
with the regular earpiece but is hidden under the display.
The cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic technology is now replaced
with the physical speaker which is placed under the display.
CEO Lei Jun said the company spent three years coming up
with a speaker replacement, before finally using a
piezoelectric speaker inside the handset that generates sounds through vibrations.
Xiaomi has also replaced the cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic earpiece
with a hidden sound - guided speaker having 50mW power.
The phone is supposed to be sporting
piezoelectric module which is an alternative to the ear piece speaker and hopefully Xiaomi will improve its performance
with this phone.
While the cantilever
piezoelectric ceramic acoustic technology replaces the regular earpiece, the IR proximity sensor is replaced
with the ultrasonic proximity sensor.
Samsung has already filed a patent for an on - screen fingerprint sensor, and they will include this on the Samsung Galaxy Z. Also, it will also be having a
piezoelectric earpiece that will help to take calls even
with the Full sized display.
That's because Xiaomi had to replace the
piezoelectric acoustic earpiece
with a regular one, which makes the top bezel a little more noticeable.
What's new is a standard earpiece located just above the display,
with Xiaomi moving away from the
piezoelectric motor it used last time around.
In doing so, it switched out the proximity sensor
with an ultrasonic distance sensor, moved the front camera sensor to the bottom of the screen, and used a
piezoelectric ceramic driver in lieu of the earpiece.