Characterizing ultrasonic transducers using radiation efficiency and reception noise figure

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-566

  Rhyne, T L ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECEPTION QUALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL NOISE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; TRANSMITTERS;

MATCHED IMPEDANCE DESIGN; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; THEVENIN SOURCE;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032072173     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.677600     Document Type: Article

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