A very low frequency (VLF) antenna based on clamped bending-mode structure magnetoelectric laminates

  • Lizhi Hu
  • , Qianshi Zhang
  • , Hanzhou Wu
  • , Haoran You
  • , Jie Jiao
  • , Haosu Luo
  • , Yaojin Wang
  • , Chungang Duan
  • , Anran Gao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As the development of wireless communication devices tends to be highly integrated, the miniaturization of very low frequency (VLF) antenna units has always been an unresolved issue. Here, a novel VLF mechanical communication antenna using magnetoelectric (ME) laminates with bending-mode structure is realized. ME laminates combines magnetostrictive Metglas amorphous ribbons and piezoelectric 0.7Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.3PbTiO3 single crystal plates. From the simulation, we confirmed that the ME laminates can reduce the resonance peak from 18 kHz to 7.5 kHz by bending-mode structure. Experiment results show the resonance frequency can be farther reduced to 6.3 kHz by clamping one end of the ME antenna. The ME laminate exhibits a giant converse ME coefficient of 6 Oe cm V−1 at 6.3 kHz. The magnetic flux density generated by the ME antenna has been tested along with distance ranging from 0 to 60 cm and it is estimated that a 1 fT flux could be detected around 100 m with an excitation power of 10 mW.

Original languageEnglish
Article number414002
JournalJournal of Physics Condensed Matter
Volume34
Issue number41
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Oct 2022

Keywords

  • bending-mode structure
  • electromechanical resonance frequency
  • magnetoelectric antenna
  • magnetoelectric effect

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