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Archive for April, 2012

Apple uses piezo sensor technology in new patent

Interesting new stuff from Apple! According to AppledInsider.com: A recently published patent application from Apple reveals the company has looked into a flat keyboard that would detect acoustic pulses from users' taps instead of relying on physical key presses. (1) Apple’s new keyboard apparently relies on both a captive touch sensor and
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APC Piezo Transducers in Impulse Devices’ System

Using American Piezo's piezoelectric transducers Impulse Devices, Inc. has developed a solution to overcome destructive interference patterns of transducer resonance with the overall system resonance in an inertial cavitation application. With their solution, Impulse Devices has created a turnkey acoustic resonating system utilizing the consistency and quality of the APCI
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Piezoelectric Powder Characterization

Electroceramic materials are often classified as either hard or soft. Soft materials involve the use of a donor dopant and hard materials require the use of an acceptor dopant. In both cases, the dopant creates changes in the resulting crystal structure and enhances the characteristics of the materials. With the
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Value-Added Services

APC Offers a wide range of value-added services that can save your company time, effort, and expense. At APC we regularly:   - Solder leads to piezoelectric ceramics - Test the physical and electrical parameters of our piezoelectric ceramics and devices - Sort, bin, and pair our piezoelectric ceramics and devices - Bond and pot
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