Design of piezocomposites for ultrasonic transducers
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ferroelectrics
- Vol. 91 (1) , 155-162
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00150198908015735
Abstract
1–3 piezoelectric-rod/passive-matrix composites offer advantages over the conventional piezoceramics and piezopolymers for the pulse-echo transducers used in medical ultrasonic imaging. Their benefits include high electromechanical coupling, acoustic impedance close to that of tissue, a wide range of dielectric constants, low dielectric and mechanical losses, an adjustable sound speed, low coupling to spurious oscillations, ease of subdividing into acoustically isolated array elements, and formability into complex curved shapes. Not all benefits are achieved simultaneously. In designing a material for a specific application, the material engineer can choose the piezoceramic, the passive matrix, their relative proportions and the spatial scale of the composite. We delineate the trade-offs in designing piezocomposites which enhance the performance of present ultrasonic transducers as well as make new transducer designs feasible.Keywords
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