TY - JOUR AU - Yamada, Ken AB - The authors have presented a new technique that employs a piezoelectric thickness vibrator operating in a trapped-energy mode for detecting a small-scale variation in liquid level. In this study, the feasibility of applying backward-wave-type energy trapping to liquid level sensing is investigated. It has been found that backward-wave-type energy trapping shows a sensing property slightly different from those obtained using conventional trapped-energy modes. Gradual variations in resonance characteristics with liquid level have been observed for backward-wave-type energy trapping when the liquid surface is in the surrounding electroded region. TI - Use of Trapped-Energy Mode of Backward-Wave-Type Thickness Vibration for Liquid-Level Sensing JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics DO - 10.1143/JJAP.49.07HC05 DA - 2010-07-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/iop-publishing/use-of-trapped-energy-mode-of-backward-wave-type-thickness-vibration-LcmvxDK8oR SP - 07HC05 VL - 49 IS - 7S DP - DeepDyve ER -