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http://dx.doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2014.33.2.102

Effect of a Bonding Layer between Electrodes on the Performance of a λ/4-Mode PVDF Ultrasound Transducer  

Cao, Yonggang (부경대학교 물리학과)
Ha, Kanglyeol (부경대학교 물리학과)
Kim, Moojoon (부경대학교 물리학과)
Kim, Jungsoon (동명대학교 멀티미디어공학과)
Abstract
The effect of a bonding layer on the performance of a quarter-wave (${\lambda}/4$) mode PVDF ultrasound transducer having not only a piezoelectric layer but also a non-piezoelectric layer between two electrodes was analyzed. The equivalent circuit of a transmission line model by Kikuchi et al.[Sound of IEICE, 55-A, 331-338 (1981)] was introduced for the analysis. The validity of the model was confirmed by comparison with a KLM model for three postulated adhesion cases of a $80{\mu}m$ thick piezoelectric PVDF film to a copper (Cu) backer. The pulse-echo responses of five PVDF transducers, each fabricated with a different thickness ($5{\mu}m{\sim}20{\mu}m$) of the bonding layer, were measured and the results were compared with those by simulation. The two results were in good agreement with each other and it was noted that the effect of the bonding layer on the performance of the transducer could be analyzed by the Kikuchi model. In detail, the $20{\mu}m$ bonding layer decreased the center frequency and the bandwidth by about 19.7 % and 25.0 %, respectively, and increased the insertion loss by 57.2 %.
Keywords
Ultrasonic transducer; Equivalent circuit; PVDF piezoelectric film; Bonding layer; Pulse-echo response;
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