Transducer structure for generating uniform and focused ultrason

Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices

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7386125, 128663, 310369, H01L 4104

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ABSTRACT:
Transducer structures for use in volume flow measurements which generate a first uniform beam and a second focused beam within the uniform beam. The transducer may include concentric elements, a linear array, or combinations thereof. In a two element concentric array, a central disc generates a uniform beam and a peripheral annular element having a lens thereon defines a second focused beam within the first beam. In a linear array, a plurality of juxtaposed linear elements define a scan surface, and a segmented element within the linear element array defines a focused reference sample volume within the scanned surface. A concentric array having a plurality of annular elements is driven with amplitude weighting of each element, in accordance with a Fourier-Bessel approximation to the desired beam pattern, thereby electronically achieving ultrasonic beam width control.

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