A complete range of tape-cast piezoelectric thick films for high frequency ultrasonic transducers

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 2003-2006

  Levassort, F ^a   Bove, T ^b   Ringgaard, E ^b   Tran Huu Hue, L P ^a   Holc, J ^c   Lethiecq, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b Ferroperm Piezoceramics A/S   (Denmark)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COATING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

COUPLING FACTORS; INTEGRATION ACCURACY; MECHANICAL LOSSES; SINTERING SHRINKAGES;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 4143077284     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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