Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Signal transducers – Underwater type
Patent
1996-07-02
1997-09-30
Eldred, J. Woodrow
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Signal transducers
Underwater type
367163, 367174, 310337, H04R 1700
Patent
active
056732368
ABSTRACT:
The underwater sound projector disclosed herein employs, as radiating surfaces or pistons, stiff, lightweight panels whose mass is substantially less than the inertial component of the radiation impedance over the operating frequency range. The panels are driven in opposition by a plurality of linear actuators, e.g., piezoelectric stacks, distributed essentially uniformly over the panels so that each stack drives an essentially equal area of the panel and flexing of the panel is avoided. The compliance reactance of the actuators is made to cancel the inertial reactance of the radiation impedance at all frequencies within an at least decade-wide frequency band. In this way, operation, similar to resonance with its high efficiency, is achieved continuously over a wide frequency band.
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BBN Corporation
Eldred J. Woodrow
Pahl Jr. Henry D.
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