Miniature Multimode Monolithic Flextensional Transducers

Traditional flextensional transducers classified in seven groups based on their designs have been used extensively in 1-100 kHz range for mine hunting, fish finding, oil explorations, and biomedical applications. In this study, a new family of small, low cost underwater, and biomedical transducers h...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 2007-10, Vol.54 (10), p.1992-2000
Main Authors: Hladky-Hennion, Anne-Christine, Uzgur, A. Erman, Markley, Douglas C., Safari, Ahmad, Cochran, Joe K., Newnham, Robert E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic transducers
Acoustics
Biomedical transducers
Costs
Design engineering
Design optimization
Driving conditions
Engineering Sciences
Fabrication
Finite element method
Marine animals
Miniature
Petroleum
Receiving
Resonance
Resonant frequency
Shape control
Symmetry
Transducers
Vibration
Vibration mode
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Summary:Traditional flextensional transducers classified in seven groups based on their designs have been used extensively in 1-100 kHz range for mine hunting, fish finding, oil explorations, and biomedical applications. In this study, a new family of small, low cost underwater, and biomedical transducers has been developed. After the fabrication of transducers, finite-elements analysis (FEA) was used extensively in order to optimize these miniature versions of high-power, low-frequency flextensional transducer designs to achieve broad bandwidth for both transmitting and receiving, engineered vibration modes, and optimized acoustic directivity patterns. Transducer topologies with various shapes, cross sections, and symmetries can be fabricated through high-volume, low-cost ceramic and metal extrusion processes. Miniaturized transducers posses resonance frequencies in the range of above 1 MHz to below 10 kHz. Symmetry and design of the transducer, polling patterns, driving and receiving electrode geometries, and driving conditions have a strong effect on the vibration modes, resonance frequencies, and radiation patterns. This paper is devoted to small, multimode flextensional transducers with active shells, which combine the advantages of small size and low-cost manufacturing with control of the shape of the acoustic radiation/receive pattern. The performance of the transducers is emphasized.
ISSN:0885-3010
0885-3010
1525-8955
DOI:10.1109/TUFFC.2007.493