Broadband ferroelectret transducers

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 393-397

  Sessler, G M ^a   Hillenbrand, J ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne ultrasonics; Cellular electrets; Ferroelectrets; Piezoelectric coefficient; Ultrasonic transducers

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC FILMS; POLYPROPYLENES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

AIRBORNE ULTRASONICS; CELLULAR FILMS; FERROELECTRETS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTIVITY; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; POLY-PROPYLENE FILM; SOUND PRESSURES; ULTRASONIC RANGE;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 77952833671     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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