Feasibility of transparent flexible ultrasonic haptic actuator

Asma Akther; Abdullahil Kafy; Hyun Chan Kim; Jaehwan Kim

doi:10.1117/12.2219654

16 April 2016 Feasibility of transparent flexible ultrasonic haptic actuator

Asma Akther, Abdullahil Kafy, Hyun Chan Kim, Jaehwan Kim

Proceedings Volume 9802, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2016; 98021S (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219654
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

Ultrasonic haptics actuator is a device that can create a haptic feedback to user’s hand. The modulation of ultrasonic frequency can give different textures to the users. In this study, a feasibility of the ultrasonic haptic actuator made on a flexible piezoelectric substrate is investigated. As the piezoelectric substrate helps to propagate flexural waves, a pair of interdigital transducer (IDT) with reflectors can produce standing waves, which can increase the vibrational displacement of the actuator. A pair of IDT pattern was fabricated on a piezoelectric polymer substrate. A finite element analysis is at first performed to design the actuator. A sinusoidal excitation voltage is applied on IDT electrodes at ultrasonic frequencies and the displacement waveforms are found. The displacement waveforms clearly represent how ultrasonic waves propagate through the piezoelectric substrate.

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Asma Akther, Abdullahil Kafy, Hyun Chan Kim, and Jaehwan Kim "Feasibility of transparent flexible ultrasonic haptic actuator", Proc. SPIE 9802, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2016, 98021S (16 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219654

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