Linear and nonlinear equivalent circuit modeling of CMUTs

作者: A. Lohfink , P.-C. Eccardt

DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1563260

关键词: Electrical impedancePistonEquivalent circuitCapacitive sensingLinear circuitCapacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducersEngineeringUltrasonic sensorAcousticsFinite element method

摘要: Using piston radiator and plate capacitance theory capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers (CMUT) membrane cells can be described by one-dimensional (1-D) model parameters. This paper describes in detail a new method, which derives a 1-D model for CMUT arrays from finite-element methods (FEM) simulations. A few static and harmonic FEM analyses of a single CMUT membrane cell are sufficient to derive the mechanical and electrical parameters of an equivalent piston as the moving part of the cell area. For an array …

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