• DocumentCode
    2480452
  • Title

    P4M-3 Experimental Characterization of Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers

  • Author

    Olcum, Selim ; Atalar, Abdullah ; Köymen, Hayrettin ; Oguz, Kagan ; Senlik, Muhammed N.

  • Author_Institution
    Bilkent Univ., Ankara
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    28-31 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    2131
  • Lastpage
    2134
  • Abstract
    In this paper, capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers are fabricated using a sacrificial surface micro- machining process. A testing procedure has been established in order to measure the absolute transmit and receive sensitivity spectra of the fabricated devices. The experiments are performed in oil. Pulse-echo experiments are performed and the results are compared to the pitch-catch measurements using calibrated transducers.
  • Keywords
    capacitors; micromachining; microsensors; piezoelectric transducers; ultrasonic transducers; CMUT absolute receive sensitivity spectra; CMUT absolute transmit sensitivity spectra; CMUT experimental characterization; CMUT fabrication; capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers; pulse echo experiments; sacrificial surface micromachining process; Biomembranes; Electrodes; Fabrication; Gold; Micromachining; Piezoelectric transducers; Silicon; Sonar equipment; Testing; Ultrasonic transducers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ultrasonics Symposium, 2007. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    New York, NY
  • ISSN
    1051-0117
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1384-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1051-0117
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.536
  • Filename
    4410109