Materials & Manufacturing
TBT has unique, patent-protected materials and processing expertise to manufacture customized piezoelectric ceramics for a wide range of applications.
TBT's material expertise includes:
- Conventional PZT piezoelectrics (Navy type II, IV,VI)
- Lead-based & lead-free piezoelectric development
- New generation of piezoelectrics with high Curie temperature (Tc>350°C) and high performance (d33>700 pC/N under electric field) for high-temperature actuator applications
- Development of custom dielectrics
- Custom ceramic tape development
- Custom thick & thin film circuit deposition
UNIQUE PROCESSING CAPABILITIES:
(a) High resolution scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of the cross-section
of the co-fired multi-layer and electroded material at 2500X magnification.
(b) Optical microscopy image of screen printed conductive lines of 0.002 inch wide
with identical line pitches at 50x magnification