Effect of kerf filler on the electromechanical coupling coefficient of an ultrasonic transducer array element

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Jungsoon ^a   Kim, Moojoon ^b   Cao, Wenwu ^c  

^a Tongmyong University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; ENERGY CONVERSION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POLYMERS;

ARBITRARY ASPECT RATIO; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; KERF FILLER;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 35248843536     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2795333     Document Type: Article

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