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Title

Ferroelectric devices / Kenji Uchino.

Author

Uchino, Kenji, 1950-

Publication

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2000], ©2000.

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Description

x, 308 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Summary

• "This versatile reference/text provides a comprehensive introduction to fundamentals of ferroelectrics, including available materials, device designs, drive/control techniques, and essential applications - examining high-permittivity dielectrics, piezoelectric devices, pyroelectric sensors, and electrooptic devices.".
• "Containing over 800 references, drawings, and photographs, Ferroelectric Devices serves as an excellent reference for materials, electrical, electronics, optical, electromechanical, solid-state, and robotics engineers, and a superb text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Materials engineering ; 16

Uniform Title

Materials engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ; 16.

Subject

• Ferroelectric devices

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. General View of Ferroelectrics. 1.1. Crystal Structure and Ferroelectricity. 1.2. Origin of Spontaneous Polarization. 1.3. Origin of Field Induced Strain. 1.4. Electrooptic Effect. 1.5. Example of Ferroelectrics. 1.6. Applications of Ferroelectrics -- 2. Mathematical Treatment of Ferroelectrics. 2.1. Tensor Representation of Physical Properties. 2.2. Phenomenology of Ferroelectricity -- 3. Material and Device Designing and Fabrication Processes. 3.1. Material Designing. 3.2. Fabrication Processes of Ceramics. 3.3. Device Designing. 3.4. Grain Size Effect on Ferroelectricity. 3.5. Ferroelectric Domain Contributions -- 4. High Permittivity Dielectrics. 4.1. Ceramic Capacitors. 4.2. Chip Capacitors. 4.3. Hybrid Substrate. 4.4. Relaxor Ferroelectrics -- 5. Ferroelectric Memory Devices. 5.1. DRAM. 5.2. Non-Volatile Ferroelectric Memory -- 6. Pyroelectric Devices. 6.1. Pyroelectric Materials. 6.2. Temperature/Infrared Light Sensors.
• 6.3. Infrared Image Sensors -- 7. Piezoelectric Devices. 7.1. Piezoelectric Materials and Properties. 7.2. Pressure Sensors/Accelerometers/Gyroscopes. 7.3. Piezoelectric Vibrators/Ultrasonic Transducers. 7.4. Surface Acoustic Wave Devices. 7.5. Piezoelectric Transformers. 7.6. Piezoelectric Actuators. 7.7. Ultrasonic Motors -- 8. Electrooptic Devices. 8.1. Electrooptic Effect - Review. 8.2. Transparent Electrooptic Ceramics. 8.3. Bulk Electrooptic Devices. 8.4. Waveguide Modulators -- 9. PTC Materials. 9.1. Mechanism of PTC Phenomenon. 9.2. PTC Thermistors. 9.3. Grain Boundary Layer Capacitors -- 10. Composite Materials. 10.1. Connectivity. 10.2. Composite Effects. 10.3. PZT:Polymer Composites. 10.4. PZT Composite Dampers -- 11. Future of Ferroelectric Devices. 11.1. Market Share. 11.2. Reliability Issues. 11.3. Development of Bestseller Devices.

ISBN

0824781333 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99058683

OCLC

ocm42888123

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries