Simulation study of the beam steering characteristics for linear phased arrays

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 39-57

  Wooh, Shi Chang ^a   Shi, Yijun ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC PRESSURE FIELD; DYNAMIC BEAM STEERING; OPTINUM ARRAY TRANSDUCER DESIGN; PHASED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0033342658     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022645204774     Document Type: Article

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