Ultrasound Transducer Models for Piezoelectric Polymer Films

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 313-318

  Brown, Lewis F ^a   Carlson, David L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS--IMPEDANCE; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PLASTICS FILMS--DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

AIR-LOADED BROADBAND IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROMECHANICAL MODEL SIMULATIONS; MASON'S MODEL; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER FILMS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER MODELS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0024664544     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.19169     Document Type: Article

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