Lau S T, Li H, Wong K S, Zhou Q F, Zhou D, Li Y C, Luo H S, Shung K K, Dai J Y
J Appl Phys. 2009 May 1;105(9):94908. doi: 10.1063/1.3065476. Epub 2009 May 11.
Lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate single crystal 0.72Pb(Mg(13)Nb(23))O(3)-0.28PbTiO(3) (abbreviated as PMN-PT) was used to fabricate high performance ultrasonic phased-array transducer as it exhibited excellent piezoelectric properties. In this paper, we focus on the design and fabrication of a low-loss and wide-band transducer for medical imaging applications. A KLM model based simulation software PiezoCAD was used for acoustic design of the transducer including the front-face matching and backing. The calculated results show that the -6 dB transducer bandwidth can be improved significantly by using double lambda8 matching layers and hard backing. A 4.0 MHz PMN-PT transducer array (with 16 elements) was fabricated and tested in a pulse-echo arrangement. A -6 dB bandwidth of 110% and two-way insertion loss of -46.5 dB were achieved.
铌镁酸铅-钛酸铅单晶0.72Pb(Mg(1/3)Nb(2/3))O(3)-0.28PbTiO(3)(简称为PMN-PT)因其优异的压电性能而被用于制造高性能超声相控阵换能器。在本文中,我们专注于用于医学成像应用的低损耗宽带换能器的设计与制造。基于KLM模型的仿真软件PiezoCAD用于换能器的声学设计,包括正面匹配和背衬。计算结果表明,通过使用双λ/8匹配层和硬背衬,-6 dB换能器带宽可得到显著改善。制作了一个4.0 MHz的PMN-PT换能器阵列(16个阵元)并在脉冲回波配置下进行测试。实现了110%的-6 dB带宽和-46.5 dB的双向插入损耗。