2016-08-242016-08-242007-08-14http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72566A method and apparatus attains high voltage gain by using a composite structure of an elastic section of piezoelectric layers bonded between magnetic and electric sections of magnetostrictive layers, with a harmonic magnetic field being applied along the layers at a mechanical resonance frequency of the composite structure, through coils around the laminate carrying current, such as to produce a continuity of both magnetic and electric flux lines, and achieving a high voltage output.application/pdfen-USPatenthttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/32/565/072/0.pdf11073763310/358H01L41/007256532