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PZT-Film-Based Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer with I-Shaped Composite Diaphragm

We proposed a PZT-film-based piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) with an I-shaped composite diaphragm to improve the sensitivity and resonant frequency of pMUTs with the same diaphragm area. The finite element method (FEM) simulation results indicated that the pMUT with an I-sha...

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Autores principales: Yu, Qing, Fan, Guoxiang, Ren, Wei, Fan, Qingqing, Ti, Jinming, Li, Junhong, Wang, Chenghao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9610712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36295950
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13101597
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Sumario:We proposed a PZT-film-based piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) with an I-shaped composite diaphragm to improve the sensitivity and resonant frequency of pMUTs with the same diaphragm area. The finite element method (FEM) simulation results indicated that the pMUT with an I-shaped composite diaphragm had relatively high sensitivity and resonant frequency. The pMUT with an I-shaped diaphragm had a 36.07% higher resonant frequency than a pMUT with a circular diaphragm. The pMUT with an I-shaped diaphragm had a 3.65 dB higher loop gain (loss) than a pMUT with a rectangular diaphragm. The piezoelectric layer thickness of the pMUT with an I-shaped composite diaphragm was then optimized. Maximum loop gain (loss) was reached when the piezoelectric layer thickness was 8 μm. The pMUT with an I-shaped composite diaphragm was fabricated using the MEMS method, and its performance was evaluated.