Japanese electronics company Kyocera has developed an innovative new transducer to replace outmoded—and underperforming—speakers in a phone. Whereas conventional phone speakers transmit sound waves to ...

Airmar Technology Corp. has introduced a new line of three ultra-wide transducers featuring ­single-frequency elements. These chirp-ready 1 kW transducers feature medium frequencies (60 to 100 kHz) ...

Electromagnetic motors and drivers are have been optimized for more than 100 years. They can be found applications from toys to aerospace systems. With all their advantages, there are limitations such ...

Motion and positioning devices play an integral role in the life-science and medical engineering fields, fulfilling their many different requirements. The spectrum extends from simple low-energy drive ...

Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers play a critical role in modern sensing and actuation by converting electrical signals into high‐frequency mechanical vibrations and vice versa. Recent advances ...

Before humans discovered ultrasound for a variety of medical, technical and military applications, nature had perfected it over millions of years for navigation under and above water. Dolphins and ...

Sonar systems with expanded capabilities are emerging because of new transducer drive materials. The design limits of nickel and piezoelectric ceramic sonar began to be reached over 25 years ago. At ...

The unit uses a 12-Vpp sine wave to produce 103-dB sound output in the frequency range of 3.3 ±0.5 kHz. The alarm operates over a temperature range of 40 to 70°C and is housed in a 46.5-mm-diameter ...