Design of a broadband array pattern of underwater cymbal transducers

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Abstract

Cymbal transducers are frequently used as an array rather than a single element because of their high quality factor and low energy conversion efficiency. When used as an array, cymbal transducers are likely to have a big change in their frequency characteristics due to the interaction with neighboring elements. In this study, we designed an array pattern of cymbal transducers to achieve a wide frequency bandwidth using this property. First, cymbal transducers with specific center frequencies were designed. Next, a 2 × 2 planar array was constructed with the designed transducers, where dielectric polarity directions of the transducers were divided into two cases (i.e., same and different). For the array, the effect of the difference in the center frequencies and the spac-ing between the transducers on the acoustic characteristics of the entire array was analyzed. Based on the results, the structural pattern of the array was optimized to have the maximum fractional bandwidth while maintaining the transmitting voltage response over a given requirement. The design validity was verified by making cymbal array prototypes, followed by measuring their perfor-mances and comparing them with that of the design.

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Kim, D., Shim, H., Oh, C., Kim, K., Seo, H., & Roh, Y. (2021). Design of a broadband array pattern of underwater cymbal transducers. Sensors, 21(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/s21186119

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