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Design of a Multimode Type Ring Vector Sensor

다중 모드형 링 벡터 센서의 설계

  • Received : 2013.05.13
  • Accepted : 2013.09.17
  • Published : 2013.11.30
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Abstract

Typical underwater acoustic sensors can measure the scalar quantity of sound-pressure-magnitude with the limitation of being unable to identify the direction of an incoming wave. This paper proposes a method to detect the direction of the sound wave with a ring sensor. The sensor of the proposed structure has a piezoceramic ring divided into eight elements, and distinguishes the direction of the sound wave by properly combining the output voltages of the piezoceramic elements. Further, through the analysis of the effects of the structural parameters like the ring radius and length, and piezoceramic thickness, we have suggested the way to improve the sensitivity of the vector sensor.

통상의 수중 음향 센서는 단일 센서로는 음압의 크기만 측정할 뿐 외부 음원의 방향은 측정 할 수 없는 한계가 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 링 센서를 사용하여 음원의 방향을 찾을 수 있는 구조를 제안하였다. 제안된 구조의 링 센서는 내부 압전 세라믹이 8등분되어 배열되어 있으며, 외부 음압에 대한 각 압전 세라믹 조각의 출력 전압을 적절히 조합하여 외부 음원의 방향을 파악할 수 있는 특성을 가진다. 나아가 링 센서의 반경, 압전 세라믹의 두께, 길이와 같은 구조 변수들의 영향을 분석하여, 벡터 센서의 감도를 향상 시킬 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다.

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