DocumentCode :
3232573
Title :
CMUTs for air coupled ultrasound with improved bandwidth
Author :
Kupnik, Mario ; Ho, Min-Chieh ; Vaithilingam, Srikant ; Khuri-Yakub, Butrus T.
Author_Institution :
Brandenburg Univ. of Technol. (BTU), Cottbus, Germany
fYear :
2011
fDate :
18-21 Oct. 2011
Firstpage :
592
Lastpage :
595
Abstract :
We present the design, fabrication and characterization of a multi-purpose capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) for air coupled ultrasound (~300-500 kHz), with a focus on improved bandwidth. The focus of this work is to investigate whether and how wafer-bonded CMUTs can be improved in terms of bandwidth for airborne ultrasound by intentionally varying the cell radii across the entire device. Further, we consider the differences in terms of static d.c. operation point for improved frequency response and predictability by using a sensitivity-weighted distribution of cell radii groups. The pitch-catch results from one of our designs, compared to a reference device (all cell radii identical), show that the -6 db fractional bandwidth (FBW) can be improved from 1% up to 2.5%. For many applications, in which the -14 db duration signal (ASTM E1065) plays a role, the improvement goes from 1% to 18.9%. The observed improvements support the argument that such CMUTs will be beneficial for ultrasonic transit-time detection based applications.
Keywords :
capacitive sensors; frequency response; micromechanical devices; ultrasonic transducers; wafer bonding; air coupled ultrasound; airborne ultrasound; capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer; design; fabrication; frequency response; ultrasonic transit-time detection; wafer-bonded CMUT; Acoustics; Bandwidth; Fabrication; Oscillators; Transducers; USA Councils; Ultrasonic imaging;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
ISSN :
1948-5719
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1253-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0143
Filename :
6293544
Link To Document :
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