• 소음진동
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.663-669
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• 1998

In this paper, a beam design method is presented for the planar array with unequal transducer sensitivities. Basically the proposed method consists of two steps. At first, the optimum weightings are designed with the assumption that all array elements have an uniform sensitivity. Next, the compesnated weightings for the unequal transducer sensitivities can reversely be determined from an inverse problem utilizing the design beam pattern evaluated by the predetermined optimal weightings. A numerical example is inculded to illustrate the proposed method.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.579-580
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• 2014

In this research, modeling and analysis of an ultrasonic transducer composed of single crystal piezoelectric material(PMN-28PT) are conducted with FEM in reference with that composed of piezoelectric ceramic(PZT-4). Acoustic performances of the ultrasonic transducer are compared with magnitude, phase of impedance and trasmitting voltage response according to the type of piezoelectric materials.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1988년도 전기.전자공학 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.806-809
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• 1988

The frequency response characteristics of a bimorph type PZT piezoelectric transducer was investigated. In this study, function generator which generates short burst signal, plane reflection plate and oscilloscope were used to measure the characteristics of piezoceramic ultrasonic transducer. The resonant frequency of a bimorph type piezoceramic transducer which is acquired by using Tone-Burst Method had good agreement with the measured results from spectrum analyzer.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 30cm 이하의 단거리의 물체를 인식하기 어려운 초음파 센서의 특성을 개선하기 위하여 2개의 커패시터 초음파 트랜스듀서를 사용하여 송신과 수신을 분리함으로써 단거리 측정과 무선에 의한 원거리 정밀 측정이 가능한 시스템을 제안한다. 이 시스템은 무선으로 송수신 하도록 설계되었으며 무선으로 연결된 송신, 수신의 동기를 일치시켜야 한다. 트리거 펄스는 10Hz이며, 이 주파수는 무선 모듈에서 데이터를 전송하기에 매우 낮은 주파수이므로 캐리어 신호와 트리거 신호를 합성 및 분리하는 방법을 제안한다. 개발한 시스템은 범용 마이크로프로세서인 8051을 이용하여 구현하였으며, 그 유용성을 입증하기 위한 실험 결과 송신 센서와 수신 센서를 마주보게 배치하여 송신 초음파가 수신 초음파 센서로 직접 보낼 때 센서간의 거리가 0mm부터 측정이 가능하며 송신 센서에서 초음파가 송신되고 물체에 반사한 후 수신 센서로 수신되었을 때 7cm부터 물체를 감지하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2000

압전 세라믹 PZT와 고분자 매질인 에폭시 수지를 사용하여 PZT 체적비가 75%인 1-3 압전복합변환자를 dicing-filling 방법으로 제작하여 임피던스 분석과 펄스 반사법으로 수신된 초음파신호의 스펙트럼 분석을 통하여 전기 및 음향 특성을 조사하였다. 제작된 1-3 압전복합변환자의 경진동 모드 및 두께진동 모드의 기본진동수는 각각 0.95MHz와 1.63MHz이었고, 측면진동 모드는 관찰되지 않았다. 두께진동 모드에 대한 전기기계 결합계수는 PZT 단일상(0.52)보다 큰 0.54로 수신효율이 향상되었음을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 기계적 품질계수(Q)는 PZT 단일상(80)보다 상당히 작은 1.5이었고, 1-3 압전복합변환자의 축상 분해능이 크게 향상되었음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.413-422
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• 2011

An improved split-beam transducer for a 50 kHz fish-sizing echo sounder was developed. The main objective of this study was to minimize the side lobe level in the beam pattern and the distance between acoustic centers for adjacent transducer quadrants in the geometrical arrangement of array elements while maintaining a given number of transducer elements and beam width. To achieve these goals, a 32-element planar array transducer ($6{\times}6$ array with one element in each corner missing) was designed using the Dolph-Chebyshev shading function to suppress side lobes in the array beam pattern and fabricated by arranging the inter-element spacing to be substantially equal to half the wavelength using the transducer element of 0.4 times the wavelength in diameter. The performance characteristics of this split-beam transducer were evaluated in the experimental water tank of $5m{\times}5m{\times}6m$ (length${\times}$height${\times}$width). In this study, the design goal of the beam width and side lobe level for transmitting a beam pattern was initially set at $21^{\circ}$ and -30 dB, respectively. However, the measured beam width at 3 dB was $21^{\circ}$ in both directions with side lobe levels of -24.7 dB in the horizontal plane and -25.6 dB in the vertical plane. The averaged beam width at -3 dB of the receiving beam patterns for four receiving quadrants was $31.4^{\circ}$. The transmitting voltage response was 161.5 dB (re $1{\mu}Pa$/V at 1 m) at 50.23 kHz with a bandwidth of 2.16 kHz, and the averaged receiving sensitivity for four receiving quadrants was -178.13 dB (re 1 V/${\mu}Pa$) at 49.8 kHz with a bandwidth of 2.64 kHz.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2013

Ultrasonic shears is currently in wide use as an energy device for minimal invasive surgery. There is an advantage of minimizing the carbonization behavior of the tissue due to the vibrational energy transfer system of the transducer by applying a piezoelectric ceramic. However, the vibrational energy transfer system has a pitfall in energy consumption. When the movement of the forceps is interrupted by the tissue, the horn which transfers the vibrational energy of the transducer will be affected. A study was performed to recognize different tissues by measuring the impedance of the transducer of the ultrasonic shears in order to find the factor of energy consumption according to the tissue. In the first stage of the study, the voltage and current of the transducer connecting portion were measured, along with the phase changes. Subsequently, in the second stage, the impedance of the transducer was directly measured. In the final stage, using the handpiece, we grasped the tissue and observed the impedance differences appeared in the transducer To verify the proposed tissue distinguishing method, we used the handpiece to apply a force between 5N and 10N to pork while increasing the value of the impedance of the transducer from 400 ${\Omega}$.. It was found that fat and skin tissue, tendon, liver and protein all have different impedance values of 420 ${\Omega}$, 490 ${\Omega}$, 530 ${\Omega}$, and 580 ${\Omega}$, respectively. Thus, the impedance value can be used to distinguish the type of tissues grasped by the forceps. In the future study, this relationship will be used to improve the energy efficiency of ultrasonic shears.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.183-187
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• 2018

In this paper, we investigated the efficiency according to the output transmission method of the round window driving type AMEIs (active middle ear implants) through the cadaveric experiment. For the experiment, we fabricated DRT (direct rod transducer) and FMT (floating mass transducer) type vibrational transducers based on our previous studies and conducted their output characteristics were measured. TCBT (tri-coil bellows transducer) and DFMT (differential floating mass transducer) were implemented with the same driving force and electrical characteristics as one of DRT and FMT, respectively. In the experiment using three human temporal bone, normal stapes vibration was measured with 1 Pa in front of tympanic membrane, and then was compared with each output of transducers. From the comparison, the DRT type vibration transducer was superior in overall energy transfer efficiency, especially in the low frequency range. There was no difference in implantation difficulty between the two transducers. The results of this study suggest that the DRT type vibrational transducer is more efficient and needs further study to overcome the low frequency degradation in round window approaching with FMT.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.87-97
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 공기 중 광대역 초음파 방사용 압전 박막 기반 초소형 초음파 트랜스듀서(piezoelectric Micro-machined Ultrasonic Transducer, pMUT)의 설계 연구가 진행되었다. 하나의 트랜스듀서로 광대역을 달성하는 방법 중 하나는 다공진 시스템으로 설계하는 것이다. 새로운 pMUT은 박막 구조의 앞면과 뒷면에 적절한 음향 구조를 추가하여 다공진 시스템을 구현하도록 설계되었다. 박막 앞쪽은 도파관 구조로 모델링된 방사 파트로, 박막 뒷쪽은 음향 공동으로 모델링된 패키징 파트로 이루어져있다. 박막 파트, 방사 파트, 패키징 파트로 구성된 새로운 pMUT은 집중 변수 모델로 설계되었으며, 최종적으로 유한요소해석으로 검증되었다. 최종 설계된 pMUT은 102 kHz ~ 132 kHz (-3 dB)의 주파수 대역을 달성하였다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권4호
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• pp.629-635
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• 2017

Free-Flooded Ring (FFR) transducer array for use in Sonar system can be driven with large amplitude in a wide frequency band due to its structural characteristics, in which two resonances of a ring mode (1st radial mode) and an inner cavity vibration mode occur in a low frequency band. Since its sound wave generation characteristics are not influenced by the water pressure, the FFR transducer array is widely used in the deep sea. So FFR has been recognized as a low-frequency active sound source and has received much attention ever since. In order to utilize the FFR transducer array for SONAR systems in military and industrial applications, its equivalent electric circuit model is necessary especially to design the matching circuit between the driving power amplifier and the FFR transducer array. Thus this paper proposes the equivalent electric circuit model of FFR transducer array by using measured values of parameter, and suggest the improved method of parameter identification. Finally it verifies the effectiveness of the proposed circuit model of FFR transducer array by experimental measurements.