• 한국음향학회지
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.483-490
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 판 형상의 구조물에 발생한 균열의 형상과 개수 등을 진단할 수 있는 Inter-Digital Transducer (IDT)형 Lamb 파 센서를 제안하고 그 타당성을 실험적으로 검증하였다. IDT형 Lamb 파 센서는 기존의 패치형 압전 센서보다 작동 주파수의 조절이 용이하고, finger의 형상에 의해 지향성을 조절할 수 있다는 등의 장점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 무지향성을 가지는 환상형 IDT형 센서와 높은 지향성을 가지는 사각형 IDT형 센서를 설계, 제작하고, 이들에 의해 알루미늄 판을 전파하는 Lamb 파의 전파시간과 진폭의 변화를 측정, 분석하여 판 내에 발생한 균열의 길이, 개수 및 각도를 평가하고, 제안한 IDT 센서의 효용성을 고찰하였다.

• 한국음향학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국음향학회 2000년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집 제19권 1호
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• pp.275-278
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• 2000

In this study, the acoustic transducer of a thin circular disc-type with PZT/Metal was designed. The dielectric and piezoelectric properties of $0.5wt\%$ $MnO_2$ and NiO doped 0.1Pb($Mg_{1/3}$$Nb_{2/3}$)$O_3$-$0.45PbTiO_3$-$0.45PbZrO_3$ ceramics were investigated aiming at acoustic transducer applications. The vibration characteristics for the laminated circular plate was analyzed for the various thickness and diameter of the piezoceramic layer and metal layer. The acoustic characteristics which is radiated from the acoustic transducer within the finite space was simulated using the finite element method. It has been observed that the characteristics of the sound pressure ard impedance response calculated for the various models of the size and geometry of acoustic transducer.

• 센서학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.16-23
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• 1999

수중에서 초음파변환자가 이동하면서 정지하고 있는 물체를 탐지하는 경우, 도플러(Doppler)효과에 의해 생기는 반사파의 주파수 편이 때문에 수신감도가 저하하게 된다. 이를 막기 위한 방법으로 본 연구에서는 기존의 주파수 가변형 초음파변환자의 기계임피던스 가변용 압전층에 새로이 설계 제작한 유속감지형 가변콘덴서를 부착함으로써, 변환자의 이동속도에 따라 공진주파수가 자동적으로 추종하는 수중 초음파변환자를 제안하고, 그 특성을 조사하였다. 그 결과, $1{\sim}10^m/_s$의 속도범위에서 이론 계산치와 실험치는 비교적 좋은 일치를 나타내어, 도플러 효과에 의한 수신감도의 저하를 막을 수 있음이 확인되었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2018

High-sensitivity signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) microphones are essentially required for a broad range of automatic speech recognition applications. Piezoelectric microphones have several advantages compared to conventional capacitor microphones including high stiffness and high SNR. In this study, we designed a new piezoelectric membrane structure by using the finite elements method (FEM) and an optimization technique to improve the sensitivity of the transducer, which has a high-quality AlN piezoelectric thin film. The simulation demonstrated that the sensitivity critically depends on the inner radius of the top electrode, the outer radius of the membrane, and the thickness of the piezoelectric film in the microphone. The optimized piezoelectric transducer structure showed a much higher sensitivity than that of the conventional piezoelectric transducer structure. This study provides a visible path to realize micro-scale high-sensitivity piezoelectric microphones that have a simple manufacturing process, wide range of frequency and low DC bias voltage.

• 센서학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.250-257
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• 2005

Respiratory tubes with the length of 35 mm and the diameter of 10, 15, and 20 mm were made and both the static($P_{S}$) and dynamic($P_{D}$) pressures were measured for steady flow rates ranging 1-12 l/sec. Regression analysis resulted successful fitting of $P_{S}$ and $P_{D}$ data with quadratic equations with correlation coefficients higher than 0.99. The measurement standards of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) were applied to $P_{S}$ data, which demonstrated the smallest tube diameter of 15 mm to satisfy the ATS standards. The maximum $P_{D}$ value of the velocity type transducer with the diameter of 15 mm was estimated to be 75 cm$H_{2}O$, implying approximately 7 times larger sensitivity than the widely used pneumotachometer. These results showed that the velocity type respiratory air flow transducer is a unique device accomplishing miniaturization with the sensitivity increased, thus would be of great advantage to develop portable devices.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.435-446
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• 2019

The existing piezoelectric spherical transducers with fixed prescribed dynamic characteristics limit their application in scenarios with multi-frequency or frequency variation requirement. To address this issue, this work proposes an improved design of piezoelectric spherical transducers using the resistance tuning method. Two piezoceramic shells are the functional elements with one for actuation and the other for tuning through the variation of load resistance. The theoretical model of the proposed design is given based on our previous work. The effects of the resistance, the middle surface radius and the thickness of the epoxy adhesive layer on the dynamic characteristics of the transducer are explored by numerical analysis. The numerical results show that the multi-frequency characteristics of the transducer can be obtained by tuning the resistance, and its electromechanical coupling coefficient can be optimized by a matching resistance. The proposed design and derived theoretical solution are validated by comparing with the literature given special examples as well as an experimental study. The present study demonstrates the feasibility of using the proposed design to realize the multi-frequency characteristics, which is helpful to improve the performance of piezoelectric spherical transducers used in underwater acoustic detection, hydrophones, and the spherical smart aggregate (SSA) used in civil structural health monitoring, enhancing their operation at the multiple working frequencies to meet different application requirements.

• 소음진동
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.967-974
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• 1997

Distributed piezoeletric sensor and actuator have been designed for efficient vibration control of a cantilevered beam. Both PZT and PVDF have been used in this study, the former as an actuator and the latter as a sensor for the integrated structure. We have optimized the position and the size of the PZT actuator and the electrode shape of the PVDF sensor. Finite element method is used to model the structure and the optimized actuators, we have designed the active electrode width of the PVDF sensor along the span of the beam. Actuator design is based on the criterion of minimizing the system energy in the control modes under a given initial condition. Model control forces for the residual (uncontrolled) modes have been minimized during the sensor design to minimize the observation spill-over. Genetic algorithm and sequential quadratic programming technique have been utilized as an optimization scheme. Discrete LQG control law has been applied to the integrated structure for real time vibration control. Performance of the sensor, the actuator, and the integrated smart structure has been demonstrated by experiments.

• 센서학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2020

Typically, photoacoustic images are obtained in water or gelatin because the impedance of these mediums is similar to that of the human body. However, these acoustic mediums can have an additional mass effect that changes the resonance frequency of the transducer. The acoustic radiation impedance in air is negligible because it is very small compared to that of the transducer. However, the high acoustic impedance of mediums such as the human body and water is quite large compared to that of air, making it difficult to ignore. Specifically, in a case where the equivalent mass is very small, such as with a micro-machined ultrasound transducer, the additional mass effects of the acoustic medium should be considered for an accurate resonance frequency design. In this study, a piezoelectric micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) was designed to have a resonance frequency of 10 MHz in the acoustic medium of water, which has similar impedance as the human body. At that time, the resonance frequency of the pMUT in air was calculated at 15.2 MHz. When measuring the center displacement of the manufactured pMUT using a laser vibrometer, the resonance frequencies were measured as 14.3-15.1 MHz, which is consistent with the finite element method (FEM) simulation results. Finally, photoacoustic images of human hair samples were successfully obtained using the fabricated pMUT.

• 센서학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.377-384
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• 2009

The ultrasonic hyperthermia for oncology has been developed and studied. The HIFU(high intensity focused ultrasound) is the most recent method to treat the tumor by using ultrasound. In this study, an insertion-type transducer for treating a prostate cancer, which can focus the ultrasonic beam mechanically and electrically, was designed and developed. The developed transducer was composed of three arrays, and each array has 32 elements. For the purpose of the mechanical focusing, both side arrays are slanted to the center array by $15^{\circ}$. With this structure, NFL(near field length) was set up as 30 mm. The PZT-4 and two matching layers were used, and the backing layer was excepted to prevent energy losses. The acoustic field analysis and the heating test were performed to evaluate the performance of developed transducer. The shape of an acoustic field, peak pressure, and acoustic pressure distribution were compared with numerical simulation. The NFL was 32 mm, the beam width was 5 mm, focal area was $40\;mm^2$, and peak pressure was 5.5 MPa. With heating by using developed transducer, the temperature increased up to $33^{\circ}C$ at focal zone. As a result of this study, the usefulness of suggested transducer for prostate cancer hyperthermia was confirmed by the acoustic field analysis and the heating test with TMM(tissue mimicking) phantom.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.481-491
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• 2022

능동 소나 송신시스템은 전기신호를 증폭하여 출력해주는 송신기와 증폭된 전기신호를 음향신호로 변환해주는 수중 음향 트랜스듀서로 구성된다. 일반적으로 송신기 출력 특성은 부하 임피던스에 의존적이며 송신기 부하인 수중 음향 트랜스듀서는 구동 시 전기적 임피던스가 주파수에 따라 크게 변화하는 특성을 갖는다. 이러한 가변 임피던스 조건에서는 능동 소나 송신시스템의 출력이 불안정해질 수 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 능동 소나 송신시스템에서 수중음향 트랜스듀서의 가변 임피던스 조건에서도 안정적인 송신 신호를 전송하기 위한 소나 송신기의 설계 및 제어 기법을 제안하였다. 수중 음향 트랜스듀서의 전기적 임피던스 특성은 실험적 방법으로 분석하였고, 소나 송신기는 단상 풀브릿지 인버터, LC 필터와 정합회로로 구성하였다. 실시간으로 부하 특성이 변하는 Linear Frequency Modulation(LFM) 신호를 송신하면서 송신기와 트랜스듀서를 보호하고 안정적으로 출력 전압 특성을 확보할 수 있는 소나 송신기의 설계 및 출력 제어 기법을 제안하였으며, 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 타당성을 검증하였다.