Measuring and testing – Vibration – By mechanical waves
Patent
1995-06-06
1996-10-29
Williams, Hezron E.
Measuring and testing
Vibration
By mechanical waves
G01N 2904
Patent
active
055698549
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves has a transmitter for sending a pair of ultrasonic waves to a sample. The pair of ultrasonic waves have substantially symmetric waveforms with respect to zero sound pressure. One of the ultrasonic wave is separated from the other ultrasonic wave. An acoustoelectric, ultrasonic transducer receives the pair of ultrasonic waves affected by the sample. The acoustoelectric, ultrasonic transducer converts the pair of ultrasonic waves into a pair of electric signals accompanied by phonon-charge carrier interaction. Each of the electric signals includes an acoustoelectric signal insensitive to phase and a piezoelectric signal sensitive to phase. A processing device processes the pair of electric signals so as to remove the piezoelectric signal and obtain the acoustoelectric signal. The initial ultrasonic waves have opposite phase so that superimposition of the pair of electric signals by the processing device offsets the piezoelectric signals, thereby obtaining the acoustoelectric signals.
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Ishida Yoshihiko
Tani Makoto
NGK Insulators Ltd.
Oda Christine K.
Williams Hezron E.
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