Emission profile of multi-membrane CMUT for in-air object localization

A. Caspani, N. Errico, F. Giacci, G. Langfelder, A. Longoni, Panu J. Koppinen, Jaakko Saarilahti

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Abstract

This work presents novel Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUTs) and their characterization in terms of ultrasound directionality. The devices are formed by 27 membranes, integrated on the same die and connected in parallel, featuring a 1 m gap between the membrane and the bottom electrode, and directly coupling to air at 2.23 MHz. Exploiting the information on the amplitude and delay of the received ultrasonic waves, a directionality profile showing a 14° full width at half maximum (FWHM) and a 0.5-5 cm distance operative range are demonstrated. Object localization experiments show a 2D relative position reconstruction error around 5%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)592-595
Number of pages4
JournalProcedia Engineering
Volume87
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
MoE publication typeA2 Review article in a scientific journal
Event28th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers, EUROSENSORS 2014 - Brescia, Italy
Duration: 7 Sept 201410 Sept 2014

Keywords

  • CMUT
  • Emission profile
  • MEMS
  • Object localization
  • Ultrasound transducers

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