Ultra-low noise front-end electronics for air-coupled ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation

NDT and E International

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-100

  Turo, A ^a   Salazar, J ^a   Chavez, J A ^a   Kichou, H B ^a   Gomez, T E ^b   De Espinosa, F Montero ^b   Garcia Hernandez, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air coupled ultrasound; Low noise amplifier; Non destructive evaluation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC INSPECTION;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0037373457     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(02)00091-9     Document Type: Article

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