Method for designing ultrasonic transducers using constraints on

Details Method for designing ultrasonic transducers using constraints on Method for designing ultrasonic transducers using constraints on

1996-09-30

1998-01-13

Dougherty, Thomas M.

Metal working

Piezoelectric device making

310327, 310334, H02K 4104

Patent

active

057065640

ABSTRACT:
A method for designing ultrasonic transducers used in diagnostic ultrasonic imagers, in particular, transducers made up of at least one piezoelectric layer and at least one acoustic matching layer, plus various bonding and backing layers. The method of transducer design uses a particular family of spectra as the basis of the bandpass characteristic. The approach is to specify a transfer function from the Transitional Butterworth Thompson family of spectra. The specification is influenced by trade-offs in bandwidth, transient response and design feasibility. This family is indexed by a design parameter called M. Using the M factor, a designer can more readily make the engineering trade-offs needed. By adjusting this parameter, any dynamic response from maximally flat to Gaussian can be obtained. Since not all possible members of this spectral family are feasible as transducers, a design space (bandwidth versus band shape) is used to systematically represent the engineering trade-offs and to graphically represent the physical constraints on feasibility.

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