Forty-channel phased array ultrasonic probe using 0.91pb(zni/3nb2/3)o3-0.09pbtio3 single crystal

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 152-157

  Saitoh, Shiroh ^a   Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Harada, Kouichi ^a   Slümaiiuki, Senji ^a   Yamashila, Yoliachi ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRASONIC DISPERSION;

PHASED ARRAY ULTRASONIC PROBES;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032762688     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.741526     Document Type: Article

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