Row-column addressed 2-D CMUT arrays with integrated apodization

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 600-603

  Christiansen, Thomas Lehrmann ^a   Rasmussen, Morten Fischer ^a   Jensen, Jørgen Arendt ^a   Thomsen, Erik Vilain ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; WAFER BONDING; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

APODIZATIONS; CAPACITIVE MICROMACHINED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER; EDGE WAVES; FIELD II; MEASUREMENTS OF; PRESSURE FIELD; ROW-COLUMN; WAFER BONDING TECHNIQUES;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84910059580     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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