EP4034312A1 - Dispositif pour nettoyer un support recouvert d'un liquide - Google Patents
Dispositif pour nettoyer un support recouvert d'un liquideInfo
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- EP4034312A1 EP4034312A1 EP20775644.6A EP20775644A EP4034312A1 EP 4034312 A1 EP4034312 A1 EP 4034312A1 EP 20775644 A EP20775644 A EP 20775644A EP 4034312 A1 EP4034312 A1 EP 4034312A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
- B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
- B06B1/00—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency
- B06B1/02—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy
- B06B1/06—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction
- B06B1/0607—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction using multiple elements
- B06B1/0622—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction using multiple elements on one surface
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- B08B17/00—Methods preventing fouling
- B08B17/02—Preventing deposition of fouling or of dust
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- B08B7/00—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass
- B08B7/02—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by distortion, beating, or vibration of the surface to be cleaned
- B08B7/026—Using sound waves
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- B08B7/00—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass
- B08B7/02—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by distortion, beating, or vibration of the surface to be cleaned
- B08B7/026—Using sound waves
- B08B7/028—Using ultrasounds
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
- B60S1/56—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices specially adapted for cleaning other parts or devices than front windows or windscreens
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method for moving a liquid, in particular a drop, a puddle or a liquid film, on a support, in particular in motion, by means of an ultrasonic surface wave.
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- autonomous motor vehicles include a large number of sensors in order to determine the distances and speeds of other vehicles on the road.
- sensors for example lidars
- lidars are also subject to inclement weather and splashing mud and require frequent cleaning.
- a wiper is unsuitable for cleaning a small area of such a sensor.
- WO 2012/095643 A1 describes a method for removing raindrops from a windshield by ultrasonic spraying.
- the amplitude and frequency of vibration are chosen so that the raindrops falling on the windshield are vaporized as soon as they enter the zone of vibratory movement of the surface of the windshield.
- the powers necessary for the setting in vibration of a support are high, which limits their practical implementation, in particular for the development of stand-alone devices. It is also well known that vaporization requires energies greater than those necessary to move drops on a support.
- the invention aims to meet this need, and it achieves this by providing an electroacoustic device comprising:
- At least two wave transducers acoustically coupled with the support and each being configured to generate an ultrasonic surface wave propagating in the support, the directions of propagation of the ultrasonic surface waves generated by the transducers being different,
- control unit configured to control at least one of the transducers, from the estimation of the orientation of the external force, so that the acoustic force is applying to the liquid, produced by the interaction between the ultrasonic surface wave (s) and the liquid, is oriented in a predetermined direction.
- the invention facilitates the movement of the liquid on the medium, by combining the effect of external force and the effect of acoustic force.
- external force is meant any force different from the acoustic force.
- external force are the weight of the liquid or an aerodynamic force induced by the flow of a fluid over the liquid.
- Those skilled in the art easily know how to determine the orientation of the acoustic force applied to a liquid placed on a support, and which is induced by a surface wave generated by a transducer.
- the acoustic force is oriented along the wave vector associated with the plane wave.
- the liquid is moved to the focal point of the transducer.
- the phenomena at the origin of the displacement of the liquid can be nonlinear.
- the acoustic force can therefore be substantially proportional to the intensity of the radiated acoustic wave and to the electrical intensity supplied to the transducer.
- the control unit may in particular include:
- a storage module for example a flash memory in which are recorded, for example in the form of a table, said set of orientations of the acoustic forces and the associated characteristics of the electric currents controlling the transducers, and
- a synthesis module configured to compare the estimated orientation of the external force with all the orientations of the acoustic forces recorded in the module and to supply the transducers with the associated electric control currents.
- control unit is configured to control the transducer (s) so as to minimize the angle between the orientation of the acoustic force projected onto the support and the estimated orientation of the external force projected onto the support, in order to to facilitate the movement of the liquid on the support.
- the evacuation of the liquid from the face of the support is thus accelerated.
- the control unit can be configured to choose transducers that generate an ultrasonic surface wave oriented in a direction close to the external force projected onto the media.
- Near direction is meant that the angle between the direction of the external force and the direction of propagation of the wave is less than 90 °, or even less than 45 °.
- the control unit can be configured to control each of the transducers thus chosen, so that the acoustic energy of the wave generated by the corresponding transducer is proportional to the angle between the external force projected on the support and the direction wave propagation.
- control unit is configured to control the transducer (s) so that the orientation of the acoustic force projected onto the support is substantially parallel to the orientation of the external force projected onto the support.
- the control unit may include a plurality of switches each configured to electrically open or close an electrical circuit for supplying a corresponding transducer.
- the control unit may include an electrical amplification member configured to amplify an electrical current supplied to one of the transducers.
- the control unit can be configured so that at least two of the transducers generate surface ultrasonic waves of different amplitudes.
- the fundamental frequency of the ultrasonic surface wave generated by at least one of the transducers, or even by each of the transducers is preferably between 0.1 MHz and 1000 MHz, preferably between 10 MHz and 100 MHz, for example equal to 40 MHz.
- the amplitude of the surface ultrasonic wave generated by at least one of the transducers, or even by each of the transducers, can be between 1 picometer and 500 nanometers. It can in particular depend on the fundamental frequency of the wave. It corresponds to the normal displacement of the face of the support on which the ultrasonic surface wave propagates and can be measured by laser interferometry.
- the ultrasonic surface wave can be a Rayleigh wave or a Lamb wave.
- it can be a Rayleigh wave when the medium has a thickness greater than the wavelength of the ultrasonic surface wave.
- a Rayleigh wave is preferred because the energy of the wave is concentrated on the face of the medium on which it propagates, and can thus be transmitted efficiently to the liquid.
- the analysis unit is configured to estimate, when a liquid is placed on the holder, the orientation of the external force applied to the liquid.
- the device comprises a measurement unit connected to the analysis unit and configured to measure at least one physical quantity. It is configured to receive the physical quantity, in particular with a frequency greater than 1 Hz, or even greater than 10 Hz, for example equal to 50 Hz.
- the physical quantity can characterize the support.
- the physical quantity can be chosen from the speed of the support with respect to a frame of reference and the position and / or orientation of the support in a frame of reference.
- the physical quantity is the speed of a motor vehicle comprising the electroacoustic device.
- the repository can be an absolute repository.
- An “absolute frame of reference” designates a geodetic frame of reference in which the location of an object on earth can be defined unambiguously.
- the absolute reference can be chosen from the following: French Geodetic Network 1993 (RGF93), World Geodetic System (WGS84), International Terrestrial Rotational Service (ITRS) or European Terrestrial Reference System (ETRS).
- the measurement unit can be connected to the analysis unit by means of an electric cable.
- the connection between the measurement unit and the analysis unit can be made by an electromagnetic wave link.
- the electroacoustic device may include the unit of measurement.
- the measurement unit can be remote from the device.
- the support is a surface of a motor vehicle and the measuring unit is disposed in the gearbox and is configured to convert the speed of the motor shaft to the speed of the vehicle, or is disposed in a wheel of the vehicle and is configured to measure the rotational speed of the wheel and convert it to the speed of the vehicle.
- the measurement unit can be a GPS transmitter / receiver configured to measure the position and / or orientation of the media.
- the physical quantity can characterize the liquid. For example, it can be the area of the liquid covering the support or the thickness of the liquid.
- the physical quantity can be the speed of a fluid, for example air, flowing around the medium.
- a measurement unit capable of measuring the speed of the fluid is, for example, a Pito probe or an MEMs sensor which can be mounted on the support.
- the device comprises a plurality of measurement units as described above.
- the device may include a communication module configured to communicate with a remote data server and to receive meteorological information from the data server, for example. the mean speed and / or the mean orientation of the wind, relative to the position and / or the orientation of the support.
- the communication module may in particular include a means of telecommunication, in particular cellular, for communicating with the data server.
- the analysis unit is configured to estimate the orientation of the external force by means of a digital estimation model taking as input data the physical quantity, the orientation of the support with respect to the horizontal and optionally the meteorological information provided by the communication module.
- the communication module can be configured to communicate with at least one other remote device which is provided with an analysis unit configured to estimate the orientation of the external force applied to the liquid, the communication module being further configured to receive the estimate of the orientation of the external force from the analysis unit of the other device.
- the device and the other device may be more than 1 m apart, or even more than 5 m and / or less than 1 km, or even less than 100 m.
- the device is mounted on a motor vehicle and the other device is mounted on another motor vehicle.
- Vehicles can follow the same path and the device mounted on the vehicle upstream in the path can transmit the estimate of the external force to the device mounted on the vehicle downstream.
- a person skilled in the art knows how to develop such an estimation model. For example, in a variant where the support is carried by a vehicle or is a surface of a vehicle, those skilled in the art can determine the air flow paths in different zones of the envelope of a vehicle. moving at a determined speed, based on an aerodynamic test in a wind tunnel. It can further determine the local velocity of the air flow in each of said zones, and thereby calculate an estimate of the force applied to the liquid in each of the zones.
- the analysis unit can estimate the orientation of the external force applied to a liquid, for example raindrops, on the external face of a support such as a windshield or a protective member.
- a sensor of a vehicle from the measurement of the speed of the vehicle, the orientation of the vehicle transmitted by a GPS transmitter / receiver, and the average speed and the average direction of the wind obtained from the server of data.
- the displacement of the liquid induced by the ultrasonic surface wave can in particular result from an acoustic streaming effect and / or from a radiation pressure effect induced by the ultrasonic surface wave (s).
- the liquid can be in the form of at least one drop, or in the form of a plurality of drops which may be of different sizes.
- the liquid can be in the form of at least one film, continuous or discontinuous.
- film is meant a thin film formed on the support.
- the liquid may be in the form of a puddle.
- the liquid can be aqueous.
- it can be rainwater or dew water.
- Rainwater and / or dew water may in particular contain fatty particles.
- Dew water forms a mist on the surface of a support. It results from the condensation on the support, under appropriate pressure and temperature conditions, of water in vapor form contained in the air.
- the device may include a detection unit configured to detect the presence of the liquid on the support.
- the detection unit can be configured to process a stream of images acquired by a camera and to detect when the camera is blinded by liquid.
- the sensing unit can be configured to process a flow of information from a LiDAR to detect the liquid-induced reduction in LiDAR range.
- the detection unit can be configured to measure and analyze a surface wave emitted by at least one of the transducers, in order to detect the presence of the liquid in contact with the support.
- the detection unit can be configured to measure the wave transmitted between two of the transducers arranged opposite each other on the support.
- the device can be configured so that one of the transducers generates an ultrasonic wave in the form of a pulse, for example a pulse or a Dirac, and to measure whether a response wave is produced by interaction between the liquid and the impulse, if the liquid is in contact with the support.
- surface wave transducers can themselves be used to detect the presence of liquid on the support, either by measuring the signal transmission between two transducers located opposite each other, or by sending pulses and measuring the echo generated by the reflection of the wave by the liquid.
- the support can be made of any material capable of propagating an ultrasonic surface wave. Preferably, it is made of a material for which the absorption length of the ultrasonic surface wave in the material is at least more than 10 times, or even at least more than 100 times greater than the surface of the support.
- the face of the medium on which the longitudinal surface wave propagates may be planar. It can also be curved, provided that the radius of curvature of the face is greater than the wavelength of the ultrasonic surface wave.
- the face may be rough. It may have roughness Ra less than the wavelength.
- the support may in particular be in the form of a flat plate, or having at least one curvature in one direction.
- the thickness of the plate can be less than 10 cm, or even less than 1 cm, or even less than 1 mm.
- the length of the plate may be greater than 1 cm, or even greater than 10 m, or even greater than 1 m.
- thickness of the support we consider the smallest dimension of the support measured in a direction perpendicular to the surface on which the ultrasonic wave propagates.
- the support can be laid out flat with respect to the horizontal. As a variant, it may be inclined relative to the horizontal by an angle a greater than 10 °, or even greater than 20 °, or even greater than 45 °, or even greater than 70 °. It can be arranged vertically.
- the support can be optically transparent, in particular to light in the visible.
- the method is thus particularly suitable for applications in which the improvement of the visual comfort of a user observing his environment through the medium is sought.
- the support can be made of a material chosen from piezoelectric materials, polymers, in particular thermoplastics, in particular polycarbonate, glasses, metals and ceramics.
- the support is made of a material other than a piezoelectric material.
- the support is chosen from the group formed by:
- an automotive surface for example chosen from a windshield of a vehicle, a glazing of a rear-view mirror, or
- an optical device for example chosen from a lens of a camera, a glass of a telescope, and a sensor, in particular a probe, for example a Pitot probe, or a lidar, and
- the support can be an element of the structure of an aircraft, for example a wing, a fuselage or an empennage.
- the device has at least two transducers.
- the device preferably comprises at least three, even at least four, better still at least eight wave transducers, preferably distributed regularly around an axis normal to one face. support.
- the device comprises at least two, or even at least three, better still at least four pairs of transducers, the transducers of the same pair being arranged so as to generate ultrasonic surface waves propagating in the same direction but in different directions. different meanings.
- the transducers of the same pair are arranged facing each other according to the direction of propagation of the waves that they can generate.
- the device may include an even number of transducers.
- the transducers can be fixed, and preferably glued, to the support. In particular, they can be arranged on an edge of the support.
- the transducers can at least partially cover the support, in particular the face of the support on which the liquid rests.
- At least one of the transducers, or even each of the transducers can directly generate the ultrasonic surface wave.
- at least one of the transducers, or even each of the transducers can generate an ultrasonic guided wave, which propagates at the interface between the medium and the transducer, and then transforms into the ultrasonic surface wave along it. a portion of the support disposed at a distance from said transducer.
- At least one of the transducers, or even each transducer may be in direct contact with the support or with an intermediate layer, for example formed of adhesive, disposed on the support.
- each transducer comprises first and second electrodes respectively forming first and second combs, the first and second combs being interdigitated and being arranged on the support and / or placed in direct contact with the support and / or in contact with an intermediate substrate in contact with, in particular placed on, the support, the substrate being made of a piezoelectric material.
- the piezoelectric material can be selected from the group consisting of lithium niobate, aluminum nitride, lead titanozircanate, zinc oxide, and mixtures thereof.
- the piezoelectric material can be opaque to light in the visible.
- the support is formed from the piezoelectric material and at least one of the transducers includes the support.
- the first and second combs are then preferably placed in contact with the support.
- the support is made of a material other than a piezoelectric material and the electrodes are arranged on the intermediate substrate.
- the first and second electrodes can be deposited by photolithography on the support and / or on the substrate.
- the first and second electrodes can be sandwiched between the support and the substrate, which preferably has a thickness at least once or even at least twice as much as the fundamental wavelength of the ultrasonic guided wave.
- the substrate can be sandwiched between the support and the first and second electrodes, and preferably has a thickness less than the fundamental wavelength of the ultrasonic guided wave.
- the first and second combs may preferably have a base from which extends a row of fingers, the fingers preferably being parallel to each other.
- the fingers may have a width of between one-eighth of the wavelength of the ultrasonic surface wave and half of said wavelength, preferably equal to one-quarter of said wavelength. The width of the fingers partly determines the fundamental frequency of the ultrasonic surface wave.
- the spacing between two consecutively adjacent fingers of a row of the first comb, respectively of the second comb may be between one eighth of the wavelength of the ultrasonic surface wave and half of said length d 'wave, preferably equal to a quarter of said wavelength.
- the row of fingers of the first comb and / or the row of fingers of the second comb may each comprise more than 2 fingers, or even more than 10 fingers, or even more. 40 fingers. Increasing the number of fingers increases the quality factor of the transducer.
- the substrate can be a thin film deposited, for example by chemical vapor deposition or by spraying on the support.
- the substrate can be self-supporting, that is, sufficiently rigid not to flex under the effect of its own weight.
- the self-supporting substrate can be fixed, for example glued, on the support.
- the portion of the liquid furthest from the transducer can be disposed at a distance several times the attenuation length of the surface wave in the holder.
- the device may include an electric generator, for example a battery, to supply each transducer electrically.
- the generator can be connected to the control unit. It can power the analysis unit.
- the electrical generator can deliver at least one of the transducers, or even each of the transducers, a power between 10 milliwatts and 50 watts.
- the invention also relates to a motor vehicle chosen from among a car, a bus, a motorcycle and a truck, the vehicle comprising a device according to the invention.
- the vehicle comprises a frame and the device is fixed relative to the frame.
- the invention also relates to a method comprising the provision of a device, in particular as according to the invention, comprising a support covered with a liquid and at least two wave transducers acoustically coupled with the support and each being configured to generate an ultrasonic surface wave propagating in the medium, the directions of propagation of the ultrasonic surface waves generated by the transducers being different, the method comprising estimating the orientation of the external force applied to the liquid, and by depending on said estimate, the power supply of at least one of the transducers to propagate one or more ultrasonic surface waves in the support so that the acoustic force applied to the liquid, produced by the interaction between the one or more ultrasonic surface waves and liquid, or oriented in a predetermined direction.
- the device is mounted on a motor vehicle and the estimation of the external force comprises the measurement of the speed of the vehicle.
- the invention finally relates to a motor vehicle comprising a vehicle speed sensor and an electroacoustic device, in particular according to the invention, comprising:
- At least two wave transducers acoustically coupled with the support and each being configured to generate an ultrasonic surface wave propagating in the support, the directions of propagation of the ultrasonic surface waves generated by the transducers being different, and
- control unit configured to control, by means of the speed of the vehicle, at least one of the transducers so that, when a liquid is placed on the support, the acoustic force applied to the liquid, produced by the interaction between the ultrasonic surface wave (s) and the liquid is oriented in a predetermined direction.
- Figure 1 shows, in a perspective view, a motor vehicle comprising an example of a device according to the invention
- FIG 2 is an enlargement of Figure 1 showing a portion of the device according to the invention
- FIG 3 is a schematic representation of the device of the example
- Figure 4 illustrates an example of a method for choosing the transducers to activate
- Figure 5 shows an embodiment of a transducer of an example device
- Figure 6 shows another embodiment of a transducer of an exemplary device.
- FIG. 1 represents a motor vehicle 5 which contains an example of a device 10 according to the invention.
- the device comprises a plurality of ultrasonic surface wave transducers 15a-h and a support 20, defined by a porthole mounted in a window 25 formed in a protective case 30 of a lidar, on which the transducers are arranged.
- the device further comprises an analysis unit 35 and a control unit 40 of the transducers, both housed in the vehicle.
- the window is transparent to visible light and is for example made of glass or polycarbonate.
- a lidar is housed in the protective housing and emits an L laser beam through the window, in order to detect obstacles 45, pedestrians and other vehicles located in the vicinity of the vehicle.
- the window is flat, but in a variant, it can be curved.
- transducers are arranged on the contour of the external face 50 of the window, exposed to the wind and to the rain. They are also arranged regularly around the axis X passing through the center C of the window and which is perpendicular to the face.
- transducers for example referenced 15 a and 15 e, arranged symmetrically relative to the center form pairs, each transducer of a pair of ultrasonic wave emitting surface, e.g. Wa, in an opposite direction to the direction of the wave, for example We, emitted by the transducer of the other pair.
- each transducer is configured to propagate an ultrasonic surface wave W ae oriented substantially towards the center C.
- at least one transducers of the device can be controlled to generate a surface wave capable of inducing an acoustic force whose component projected onto the support is oriented substantially parallel to the projected external force.
- transducers can be envisaged.
- the number of transducers is not limiting, and can be reduced or increased.
- the analysis unit is housed in the vehicle, for example under the front hood or in the passenger compartment. It is connected by means of electric cables 53 to a vehicle speed measuring unit 55 arranged in a wheel 60 of the vehicle and is configured to measure the rotational speed of the wheel and convert it into the speed of the vehicle.
- Unity analysis is further connected and to a GPS transmitter / receiver 65 which measures the position and orientation of the vehicle, and which can further estimate the speed of the vehicle.
- the analysis unit can receive the speed, orientation and position of the vehicle.
- the analysis unit is connected to a cellular communication module 70 to interrogate a remote weather data server and receive from the server the direction and speed of the wind, in the position of the vehicle.
- the analysis unit estimates the orientation of the external force using a digital estimation model taking as input the speed, vehicle position and orientation, and weather information.
- the estimation model also takes into account the position of the window relative to the horizontal to estimate the component related to the weight of the liquid.
- G analysis unit can estimate the orientation OF e of the external force and transmit it to the control unit 40.
- the control unit is electrically connected to the analysis unit and to a multi-channel current generator 75.
- Each 80a-h channel of the current generator is electrically connected to a corresponding 15a-h transducer to supply power to the transducer.
- the control unit further includes a plurality of switches 85ah, each electrically disposed between the current generator and the transducer.
- the control unit further comprises a synthesis module 90.
- the synthesis module chooses, from among all the transducers of the device, the transducers generating an ultrasonic surface wave having an angle ⁇ of less than 90 ° with the orientation of the device. the projected external force OF ep on the support. For example, in Figure 3, the transducers 15d, 15 e and 15f are selected because they have angles ot df less than 90 °.
- the control unit places the switches of the electrical circuits supplying the selected transducers in the open position and the other switches in the closed position. It then controls the current generator so that the intensity of the current transmitted to each of the selected transducers is proportional to the angle ⁇ .
- the acoustic force generated by the interaction between the acoustic waves of the selected transducers and the liquid, projected onto the OF ap support is substantially parallel and oriented in the same direction as the force external projection onto the support.
- the liquid is then subjected to a force of greater intensity than the only external force, which facilitates its detachment and its displacement on the support.
- Figure 5 illustrates an example of the arrangement of one of the transducers on the support of the example shown in Figure 1.
- the transducer comprises a substrate 100 on which are arranged first 105 and second 110 electrodes.
- the substrate is for example lithium niobate cut at 128 °.
- the electrodes are deposited by photolithography. They consist of a layer of bonding to the intermediate substrate formed of titanium and a thickness equal to 20 nm and a conductive layer of gold with a thickness of 100 nm.
- the first and second electrodes form first 115 and second 120 combs.
- Each comb has a base 125,130 and a row of fingers 135,140 extending parallel to each other from the base.
- the first and second combs are interdigitated.
- the spacing between the fingers determines the resonant frequency of the transducer which one skilled in the art can easily determine.
- the alternating electrical voltage of the first and second electrodes induces a mechanical response of the piezoelectric material disposed between two consecutive fingers of the first and second combs, which results in the generation of an ultrasonic surface wave W which propagates in the support according to a direction of propagation P, perpendicular to the fingers of the first and second combs.
- Figure 6 illustrates another arrangement of the transducers on the support.
- the transducer comprises a self-supporting substrate 100 and the first 105 and second 110 electrodes are deposited on the face of the substrate 50 bonded to the support 100.
- the transducer When an electric current passes through the first and second electrodes, the transducer generates an ultrasonic guided wave G, which propagates between the support and the substrate.
- the guided wave reaches the end 150 of the substrate along its direction of propagation, it is transformed into an ultrasonic surface wave W which propagates in the portion 160 of the support separated from the substrate, in substantially the same direction of propagation. than the guided wave.
- the transformation of the guided wave into a surface wave results from the absence of an interface between two solids in the portion of the support.
- the arrangement of the transducer illustrated in FIG. 6 has the advantage of protecting the first and second electrodes.
- the device illustrated in FIG. 4 can include a protection member 155 which defines with the support a housing for the transducer. This prevents objects which strike the device from damaging the transducer.
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