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  • Equivalent circuit model of a PbZr0.6Ti0.4O3 ceramic using impedance spectroscopy
  • Pramod Chaitanyaa, O. P. Thakurb, Vinod Kumarc, Alok Shuklad and Lakshman Pandeye,*
  • a NMR and Ceramics Laboratory, Department of Physics & Electronics, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur-482001, India b Electroceramics Division, Solid State Physics Laboratory, Lucknow Road, Delhi 110054, India c Department of Electronics Engineering, Star Academy of Technology & Management, Indore-452010, India, d Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur-495009,India e NMR and Ceramics Laboratory, Department of Physics & Electronics, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur-482001, India
Abstract
The ceramic system PbZr0.6Ti0.4O3 was prepared by a solid state method and impedance measurements were carried out as a function of frequency (100 Hz-10MHz) in the temperature range 370 K-869 K. Equivalent circuit models that represent the data below and above the transition temperature were arrived at by comparing the experimental plots with the computersimulated behavior obtained for model circuits. Below the transition temperature the equivalent circuit model comprises a series LCR combination connected in series with a parallel RC network where as for higher temperatures it contains three parallel RC circuits connected in series. Variation of the values of the components as a function of temperature was also studied.

Keywords: PZT, Impedance, immittance, modeling, ceramic, equivalent circuit.

This Article

  • 2011; 12(3): 247-258

    Published on Jun 30, 2011