Welcome to the Piezo SHOCK Show #15. To people normally working in power ultrasonics, where devices either have bending (transverse) or longitudinal (bulk acoustic) resonating operation, surface acoustic waves are quite strange.

In this video, I explain some of the nuances of such devices. You can better understand power ultrasonic devices by understanding the differences between surface acoustic waves and traditional transducers.

Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/_OH_wAvSB-c

I've posted the video notes below: