A stepped horn transducer driven by lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-93

  Xu, W C ^a   Lam, K H ^a   Choy, S H ^a   Chan, H L W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lead free piezoceramics; Piezoelectric ceramics; Stepped horn; Transducer

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149112615     PISSN: 10584587     EISSN: 16078489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584580601077609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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