High frequency PMN-PT 1-3 composite transducer for ultrasonic imaging application

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-128

  Sun, Ping ^a,b   Wang, Gaofeng ^a   Wu, Dawei ^b   Zhu, Benpeng ^b   Hu, Changhong ^b   Liu, Changgeng ^c   Djuth, Frank T ^c   Zhou, Qifa ^b   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c Geospace Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

1 3 composite; PMN PT; Ultrasonic transducer

Indexed keywords

1-3 COMPOSITES; AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; DRY ETCHING PROCESS; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; FLAT TRANSDUCERS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; PHANTOM IMAGES; PMN-PT; TUNGSTEN WIRES;

ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FERROELECTRICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLASMA ETCHING; TRANSDUCERS; TUNGSTEN; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79955698595     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150193.2010.485546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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