A high-frequency annular-array transducer using an interdigital bonded 1-3 composite

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 206-214

  Chabok, Hamid Reza ^a   Cannata, Jonathan M ^a   Kim, Hyung Ham ^a   Williams, Jay A ^a   Park, Jinhyoung ^a   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-3 COMPOSITES; ARRAY ELEMENTS; ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; BACKING LAYERS; CENTER FREQUENCY; FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND IMAGING; INTERDIGITAL; METAL ELECTRODES; NEAREST-NEIGHBORS; NOVEL METHODS; PORCINE EYE; PULSE ECHOES;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRODES; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; TRANSDUCERS;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

LEAD; LEAD TITANATE ZIRCONATE; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; SWINE; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; CERAMICS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE; LEAD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SWINE; TITANIUM; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 78751671230     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1787     Document Type: Article

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