Linear and Nonlinear Equivalent Circuit Modeling of CMUTs

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2163-2172

  Lohfink, Annette ^a,b   Eccardt, Peter Christian ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MINIATURIZATION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644868274     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1563260     Document Type: Article

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