Matching ultrasonic transducer using two matching layers where one of them is glue |
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Authors: | Dorothe Callens Christian Bruneel Jamal Assaad |
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Affiliation: | OAE Department, Institut d'Electronique et de Microélectronique du Nord (IEMN), UMR CNRS 8520, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis, le Mont Houy, 59313, Valenciennes Cedex 9, France |
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Abstract: | The aim of this work is to propose an original solution to the acoustic impedance mismatch between a PZT transducer and a water load. The characteristic acoustic impedance of the PZT is around 33 MRayl. Theoretically, a quarter-wave layer with characteristic acoustic impedance equal to 7 MRayl is necessary to match the transducer to water. In practice, it is difficult to find a material with this particular impedance. Two or more quarter-wave layers may also be used. The following proposed solution consists in using two matching layers where one of them is the glue. Moreover, their thicknesses are not equal to a quarter of their individual wavelength. Once the glue is taken as the first matching layer, the specific material of the second layer can easily be found. In this work, the second layer, which is also the front layer, is made of glass. The thickness of each matching layer is then calculated as a function of the characteristic acoustic impedance of the two layers. The influence of the thickness of these layers is discussed. The proposed matching configuration is analyzed and theoretical results have been carefully and successfully compared with measurements. |
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Keywords: | Matching layers Ultrasonic transducer Glue layer Broadband transducer |
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