New approach to the excitation of plate waves for piezoelectric thick-film devices

Ultrasonics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 697-706

  De Cicco, Giorgio ^a   Morten, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

NDT devices; Piezoelectric layers; Plate waves; Sensors; Thick film technology

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TRANSDUCERS;

ACTIVE REGIONS; ALUMINA PLATES; CERAMIC SUBSTRATES; DEVICE DESIGNS; ELECTRODE SYSTEMS; FERROELECTRIC LAYERS; FILM DEVICES; FILM TECHNOLOGIES; FILM TRANSDUCERS; GUIDED WAVES; LAMB MODES; METAL ELECTRODES; NDT DEVICES; NEW APPROACHES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEFORMATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC LAYERS; PIEZOELECTRIC PLANES; PLATE WAVES; PROTOTYPE STRUCTURES; PURE SHEARS; SPATIAL PERIODICITIES; STANDARD PROCEDURES; THICK-FILM TECHNOLOGY;

THICK FILM DEVICES;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; PHYSICS; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; PHYSICS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 55749106910     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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