Design and fabrication of annular arrays for high-frequency ultrasound

被引:70
作者
Brown, JA [1 ]
Démoré, CEM [1 ]
Lockwood, GR [1 ]
机构
[1] Queens Univ, Dept Phys, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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10.1109/TUFFC.2004.1324405
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O42 [声学];
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070206 ; 082403 ;
摘要
The design, fabrication, and performance of miniature high-frequency annular arrays are described. A 50-MHz, 2-mm-diameter, 7-element, equal-area annular array was fabricated and tested. The array elements were defined using photolithography and the electrical contacts were made using ultrasonic wire bonding. The resulting transducer produced pulses with a -6 dB bandwidth of 52% and an insertion loss of -16 dB. A radiation pattern was collected by scanning the transducer array above the tip of a glass fiber. A -6 dB two-way beam width of 75 microns was found at f/2. The radiation pattern decreased smoothly to less than -60 dB at a distance of 550 microns.
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