Piezoelectric transducers are key elements of many broadband ultrasonic systems, either
pulse-echo or through-transmission, used for imaging and detection purposes. In ultrasonic …

the 100 kHz to 30 MHz range is well established. Piezoelectric materials are available that
can be used for a broad range of pulse and continuous wave operation. neering canpromise …

This paper is a tutorial review of the theory of the simple thickness mode piezoelectric
transducer. The usual differential equations and constitutive relations are used to obtain …

Ultrasound has become an effective and practical tool for obtaining medical information from
within the human body without exposing the patient to X-rays. The emphasis of this paper is …

Piezoelectric materials lie at the heart of ultrasonic transducers. These materials convert
electrical energy into mechanical form when generating an interrogating acoustic pulse and …

Abstmct-The electro-acoustic properties of Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) rod-polymer
composites relevant for ultrasonic transducer applications are reported. Acoustic impedance …

Piezoelectric films have recently attracted considerable attention in the development of
various sensor and actuator devices such as nonvolatile memories, tunable microwave …

Piezoelectric material lie at the heart of ultrasonic transducers. Recent advances in materials
development include submicron piezoelectric ceramics (PZT) which lead to improvements in …

3 piezoelectric-rod/passive-matrix composites offer advantages over the conventional
piezoceramics and piezopolymers for the pulse-echo transducers used in medical ultrasonic …

Despite extensive materials development in the past 20+ years, lead zirconate titanate (PZT)
based ceramics remain the material of choice in many ultrasonic transducers for medical …