Piezoceramic ultrasonic transducer with frequency controlled radiation pattern

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kellner, J ^a   Schweinzer, H ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angle measurement; Annular array; Beam controlling; Piezoceramics; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; MICROPHONES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PRODUCT DESIGN; ULTRASONICS;

ANNULAR ARRAYS; BEAM CONTROLLING; PIEZOCERAMICS; QUALITY FACTORS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 34648830895     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/imtc.2007.379134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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