Exact one-dimensional computation of ultrasonic transducers with several piezoelectric elements and passive layers using the transmission line analogy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1120-1131

  Dion, Jean Luc ^a   Cornieles, Ernesto ^a   Galindo, F ^a   Agbossou, Kodjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INTERFEROMETERS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; RESONATORS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

FREQUENCY SCANNING METHOD; ULTRASONIC SPECTROSCOPY;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031237057     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.655637     Document Type: Article

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