A 35 MHz PCMUT phased array for NDE ultrasound

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7294, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Snook, Kevin ^b   Jiang, Xiaoning ^b   Hu, Changhong ^c   Geng, Xuecang ^d   Liu, Ruibin ^c   Welter, John ^a   Shung, Kirk ^c   Hackenberger, Wesley S ^b  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b TRS TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d Blatek Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

NDE; NDT; PC MUT; Phased array; Piezoelectric composites; Single crystal piezoelectrics

Indexed keywords

NDE; NDT; PC-MUT; PHASED ARRAY; PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES; SINGLE CRYSTAL PIEZOELECTRICS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; MULTIUSER DETECTION; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 66749122669     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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