Dual layer matching (20 MHz) piezoelectric transducers with glass and parylene

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1172-1174

  Thiagarajan, Sekar ^a   Martin, Roy W ^a   Proctor, Andy ^a   Jayawadena, Indira ^a   Silverstein, Fred ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COATING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FABRICATION; SEMICONDUCTING GLASS;

MATCHING COATING; PARYLENE; PROTECTION COATING;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031235158     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.655643     Document Type: Article

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