A 35 MHz PCMUT phased array for NDE ultrasound

Kevin Snook; Xiaoning Jiang; Changhong Hu; Xuecang Geng; Ruibin Liu; John Welter; Kirk Shung; Wesley S. Hackenberger

doi:10.1117/12.815621

8 April 2009 A 35 MHz PCMUT phased array for NDE ultrasound

Kevin Snook, Xiaoning Jiang, Changhong Hu, Xuecang Geng, Ruibin Liu, John Welter, Kirk Shung, Wesley S. Hackenberger

Proceedings Volume 7294, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2009; 729403 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815621
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, the development of a 35 MHz 64-channel Piezoelectric Composite based Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (PCMUT) phased array for NDE ultrasound application is presented. A 35 MHz PMN-PT single crystal 1-3 composite based PC-MUT phased array was designed with extensive acoustic field and 1D modeling. The initial modeling results demonstrated that the focused detection resolution (10% of -3 dB beam width) could be as small as 30 μm in the azimuth direction. The maximum imaging depth for ceramic samples is around 20 mm. The PC-MUT array being developed will extend the state-of-art NDE phased array technology from approximately 20 MHz to 35 MHz, which will greatly enhance the imaging resolution for a broad range of NDE ultrasound applications.

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Kevin Snook, Xiaoning Jiang, Changhong Hu, Xuecang Geng, Ruibin Liu, John Welter, Kirk Shung, and Wesley S. Hackenberger "A 35 MHz PCMUT phased array for NDE ultrasound", Proc. SPIE 7294, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2009, 729403 (8 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815621

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