MEMS Ultrasonic Transducers
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 167
Special Issue Editors
Interests: micro high-frequency transducer; micromachined piezocomposite; ultrasound equipment development; biomedical ultrasound imaging and therapy and wearable sensors
Interests: PMUT; intelligent materials; micro-nano technology; bionic technology and MEMS chips
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Interests: CMUT; micro-accelerometer; underwater imaging technology and oxide TFT image sensor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ultrasonic transducers are widely used in medical imaging, industrial non-destructive testing, ultrasonic microscopes, ultrasonic radars, underwater ultrasound, ultrasonic measurement, and other fields. Due to the disadvantages of traditional ultrasonic transducers based on bulk piezoelectric materials, such as large size, difficult processing, low bandwidth, high frequency, and high cost for array probes, their application in many fields is limited. In response to the above urgent needs, MEMS technology has injected new impetus into the development and application of ultrasonic transducers and realized a high-performance miniature ultrasonic transducer array with low power consumption, miniaturization, and integrated integration while reducing the cost of mass production. MEMS ultrasonic transducers are expected to push the application of ultrasound technology to a new level, realizing its application in emerging fields such as smartphones, automotive electronics, smart homes, autonomous driving, robotics, and medical devices, including ultrasound fingerprint recognition sensors, human–computer interaction, ultrasound imaging devices for home diagnosis, and ultrasound wearable devices.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUT).
- Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUT).
- Micromachined ultrasonic transducers.
- Thin-film transducers.
- MEMS vector hydrophones.
- MEMS pressure sensors.
- MEMS transducer structure design and simulation.
- Micromachined 1-3 piezocomposite.
- Applications of MEMS transducers.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Xiaohua Jian
Dr. Jiadong Li
Dr. Changde He
Dr. Zhuochen Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- PMUT
- CMUT
- miniature ultrasound transducers
- thin-film transducer
- hydrophone
- ultrasound imaging
- ultrasound testing
- wearable ultrasound
