Broadband omnidirectional ultrasonic transducer for air ultrasound based on EMFi

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 812-815

  Ealo, Joao L ^a,b   Jimenez, Antonio R ^a   Seco, Fernando ^a   Prieto, Carlos ^a   Roa, Javier ^a   Ramos, Francisco ^a   Guevara, Jorge ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND TRANSDUCERS; BROADBAND ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; COMMONLY USED; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DIRECTIVITY; DIRECTIVITY PATTERN; ELECTRET FILMS; ELECTROSTATIC TRANSDUCERS; EXCITATION LEVELS; FINLAND; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MULTI FREQUENCY; NARROW-BAND ULTRASONIC; NONRESONANT; OBSTACLE DETECTION; PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE; PVDF FILMS; RADIATING PATTERN; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; TECHNICAL RESEARCH; ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTERS;

ELECTRETS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; POLYETHERIMIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; TRANSMITTERS; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 43349107594     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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