A magneto-mechano-electric coupling equivalent circuit of piezoelectric bimorph/magnets composite cantilever

Abstract

In this study, a magneto-mechano-electric (MME) composite cantilever made of a piezoelectric bimorph and magnets for low-frequency magnetoelectric (ME) coupling was analyzed theoretically and its MME coupling equivalent circuit was developed. Based on equivalent circuit analyses, the dependences of the ME performances, i.e., the ME voltage and charge coefficients, upon the material constants and geometrical parameters of the MME composite cantilever are numerically evaluated. The obtained ME equivalent circuit model provides a theoretical basis to understand and improve the performance of the MME composite cantilever for low-frequency ME coupling.