ABSTRACT
Limited diffraction ultrasonic transducers are devices that have a large depth of acoustic field without important effects of diffraction, which make them optimal in applications of medical images, among others. This report details how this special type of piezoelectric device was designed by means of a simple technology using three electrodes in the form of concentric rings in both faces of a ferroelectric ceramic disk, which were used to apply a profile of non-homogeneous polarization. Once designed, the radiation fields emitted by these resonators were characterized experimentally by electro-acoustic and acousto-optic techniques and were compared with those emitted by conventional devices. As shown in the experimental characterizations, ultrasonic transducers with optimal properties for use in medical applications such as good collimation of the ultrasound beam, high lateral resolution, as well as little effects of diffraction were obtained.
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Acoustics/instrumentation , Transducers , Ultrasonics/instrumentation , Ultrasonography/instrumentation , Ceramics , Equipment Design , Models, Theoretical , Signal Processing, Computer-AssistedABSTRACT
Los transductores piezocomposites 1-3, realizados a partir de "palitos" cerámicos dispuestos em configuraciones periódicas en un substrato de material polímero, son objeto de numerosas investigaciones recientes. Su baja impedancia acústica, comparada con la de las cerámicas piezoeléctricas puras, su alta flexibilidad y la conservación de un alto factor de acoplamiento electromecánico hacen que, en el rango de frecuencias del orden de los MHz, sean muy eficientes para obtención de imágenes clínicas en medicina...