Influence of phased array element size on beam steering behavior

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 737-749

  Wooh, Shi Chang ^a   Shi, Yijun ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam directivity; Dynamic steering; Element width; Phased array transducers; Pressure profile

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; APPROXIMATION THEORY;

BEAM DIRECTIVITY PATTERNS; LINEAR PHASED ARRAYS; PHASED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; TAYLOR'S SERIES EXPANSION;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032040903     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(97)00164-9     Document Type: Article

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