Development of Frequency Tunable Fluid Loaded PMUTs

被引:4
作者
Roy, Kaustav [1 ]
Kalyan, Kritank [2 ]
Ashok, Anuj [3 ]
Shastri, Vijayendra [1 ]
Pratap, Rudra [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Sci, Ctr Nano Sci & Engn, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
[2] Univ Penn, Singh Ctr Nanotechnol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[3] Purdue Univ, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
来源
INTERNATIONAL ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM (IEEE IUS 2021) | 2021年
关键词
PMUTs; Microfluidics; frequency tuning; virtual added mass; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ARRAYS;
D O I
10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593352
中图分类号
O42 [声学];
学科分类号
070206 ; 082403 ;
摘要
We report on the development of a novel technique for creating real-time frequency tuning in Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (PMUTs). This technique employs controlled virtual added mass in a confined microfluidic environment as a switch to tune the resonant frequency of a PMUT. Using this technique, we could vary the frequency of a 500 mu m circular PMUT from 489 kHz to 210 kHz, corresponding to a tuning range of 57%. This shows the potential of using such a technique in creating PMUTs with a wide range of frequency tuning.
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