Title :
Analysis of anisotropic multilayer bulk-acoustic-wave transducers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
A general algorithm is described for calculating the electro-acoustic characteristics of anisotropic piezoelectric, arbitrarily oriented, multilayer bulk-acoustic-wave transducer arrays. The algorithm is easily implemented on personal computers using existing commercial software.
Keywords :
acoustic waves; piezoelectric transducers; ultrasonic transducers; MM-wave frequencies; anisotropic piezoelectric; arbitrarily oriented; electro-acoustic characteristics; existing commercial software; multilayer bulk-acoustic-wave transducer arrays; personal computer implementation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890041
