Thermal-independent Properties of PIN-PMN-PT Single-crystal Linear-array Ultrasonic Transducers

Overview

Journal IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control

Specialties Biomedical Engineering
Nuclear Medicine

Date 2012 Dec 11

PMID 23221227

Citations 10

Authors

Ruimin Chen

Jinchuan Wu

Kwok Ho Lam

Liheng Yao

Qifa Zhou

Jian Tian

Pengdi Han

K Kirk Shung

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Abstract

In this paper, low-frequency 32-element linear-array ultrasonic transducers were designed and fabricated using both ternary Pb(In(1/2)Nb(1/2))-Pb(Mg(1/3)Nb(2/3))-PbTiO(3) (PIN-PMN-PT) and binary Pb(Mg(1/3)Nb(2/3))-PbTiO(3) (PMNPT) single crystals. Performance of the array transducers was characterized as a function of temperature ranging from room temperature to 160°C. It was found that the array transducers fabricated using the PIN-PMN-PT single crystal were capable of satisfactory performance at 160°C, having a -6-dB bandwidth of 66% and an insertion loss of 37 dB. The results suggest that the potential of PIN-PMN-PT linear-array ultrasonic transducers for high-temperature ultrasonic transducer applications is promising.

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