Operation Performance of Self-Oscillation Ultrasonic Vibrating Device for Liquid Atomization

Abstract

An ultrasonic vibrating device, composed of a rectangular piezoelectric ceramic plate and a metal plate is described for liquid atomization. The resonance is used for the self-oscillation, which arises from the coupling between two vibration modes in the ceramic plate. The best operation occurs when one of the resonant frequencies of the vibrating device is equal to that of the piezoelectric ceramic plate without the metal plate. The ceramic plate has two electrodes on one of the two surfaces. A power feeding circuit is composed of the piezoelectric ceramic plate with three electrode terminals, which functions as a resonant element as well as a vibration source, and a power amplification transistor. The metal plate with minute holes functions effectively for liquid atomization.