Reducing fluid coupled crosstalk between membranes in CMUT arrays by introducing a lossy top layer

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 594-597

  Berg, Sigrid ^a   Rønnekleiv, Arne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM-STEERING; CAPACITIVE MICROMACHINED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; DEFORMATION GRADIENTS; HIGH-Q RESONANCES; LONGITUDINAL WAVELENGTH; LOSS TANGENT; LOSSLESS; OFF-AXIS; POLYMER MATERIALS; SURFACE LAYERS; TANGENTIAL FORCE; TRANSDUCER ARRAY; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

DEFORMATION; RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 48149086372     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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