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Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic tranducers (cMUTs) have recently emerged as an alternative to conventionalpiezoelectric transducers. They offer many advantages in terms of bandwidth, fabrication of layer arrays, efficiency, andsensitivity.

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  • 4/7/2015 CapacitiveMicromachinedUltrasonicTransducers:TechnologyandApplicationJournalofMedicalUltrasound

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    CapacitiveMicromachinedUltrasonicTransducers:TechnologyandApplication

    , , , ,Received:July22,2011Accepted:February9,2012PublishedOnline:March29,2012

    DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmu.2012.02.001

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    Capacitivemicromachinedultrasonictranducers(cMUTs)haverecentlyemergedasanalternativetoconventionalpiezoelectrictransducers.Theyoffermanyadvantagesintermsofbandwidth,fabricationoflayerarrays,efficiency,andsensitivity.Thisresearchpresentstheprinciplesofoperation,fabricationprocesssteps,andapplicationofthecapacitivemicromachinedultrasoundtransducer.ThestudyalsodemonstratesindetailthecollapsevoltagedesignparameterofacMUTmembrane.SeveralimportantapplicationsarepresentedtoshowthefeasibilityofusingcMUTswhicharedemonstratedbyimagingexamplesinimmersionandairduetothecMUTcapabilityofproducinglargebandwidth(123%fractionalbandwidth)andlowerimpedancemismatch.Finally,theadvantagesofthreedimensionalechographicimagesbasedonmovingultrasoundlineararrayitstechniquearediscussedindetailandcomparedwiththoseoftwodimensionalopticalhandgeometry.

    Keywords:capacitivemicromachinedultrasonictransducer,fabrication,imagesensor,ultrasonography

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  • 4/7/2015 CapacitiveMicromachinedUltrasonicTransducers:TechnologyandApplicationJournalofMedicalUltrasound

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