C-Axis Zig-Zag ZnO film ultrasonic transducers for designing longitudinal and shear wave resonant frequencies and modes

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1062-1068

  Yanagitani, Takahiko ^a   Morisato, Naoki ^b   Takayanagi, Shinji ^b   Matsukawa, Mami ^b   Watanabe, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MASS; EVEN LAYERS; FILM SURFACES; FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC; LONGITUDINAL WAVES; LOW TEMPERATURE BUFFER LAYERS; MULTI-LAYERED; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; PIEZOELECTRIC FILM; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELS; WAVE CONVERSION; ZIG-ZAG; ZNO; ZNO FILMS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SHEAR WAVES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; ZINC OXIDE;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 79957793152     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1906     Document Type: Article

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