EP0053947A1 - Transducteur ultrasonique - Google Patents
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- EP0053947A1 EP0053947A1 EP81305827A EP81305827A EP0053947A1 EP 0053947 A1 EP0053947 A1 EP 0053947A1 EP 81305827 A EP81305827 A EP 81305827A EP 81305827 A EP81305827 A EP 81305827A EP 0053947 A1 EP0053947 A1 EP 0053947A1
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- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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- This invention relates to an ultrasonic transducer using a laminated piezo-electric element, and more particularly to an ultrasonic transducer with improved sensitivity characteristics and improved pulse characteristics (transition characteristics).
- Ultrasonic transducers for use in the air have been proposed and include laminated piezo-electric ceramic elements which are designed to work at resonance or anti-resonance points. Further, because the mechanical impedance of air is substantially smaller than that of the piezo-electric ceramic element, the laminated element is bonded to a diaphragm in an attempt to reduce mechanical impedance.
- the present invention provides an ultrasonic transducer comprising a laminated piezo-electric element having a diaphragm at its central portion, and a housing for accommodating said laminated piezo-electric element therein, characterized in that a buffer member is disposed in contact with a peripheral portion of said diaphragm and an inner side wall of said housing, wherein said diaphragm is flexibly fixed and held within said housing through the use of said buffer member.
- An advantage of a preferred form of the transducer is that response time of the transducer is shorter. Further, the transducer exhibits excellent transmission sensitivity and directivity.
- the diaphragm is disposed at the centre of the laminated piezo-electric element and the periphery of the diaphragm is flexibly secured on a housing by way of a buffer member made of elastic rubber or the like so as to suppress mechanical oscillation.
- an end of a coupling shaft 2 is fixed to pass through a central portion of a laminated piezo-electric element 1 with the remaining end thereof being secured to a diaphragm 3.
- the laminated piezo-electric element 1 is mounted at nodes of oscillation via a flexible adhesive 5 on tips of supports 4.
- terminals 6 and 6' There is further provided terminals 6 and 6', a housing 7 for protecting the laminated piezo-electric element 1 and so forth against the outside world, a protective mesh 8 disposed at a top portion of the housing and lead wires 9 and 9' for electrically connecting the laminated piezo-electric element 1 to the terminals 6 and 6'.
- Figure 2 depicts the waveform of radiation transmitted when the ultrasonic transducer is supplied with a plurality of pulses. It will be noted that the response of the transducer, i.e. the rise time and fall time, is long being of the order of 2 milliseconds each.
- FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of an ultrasonic transducer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- a diaphragm 13 typically of metal or plastics is fixed to a coupling shaft 12 which is disposed at a central portion of a laminated piezo-electric element 11 made of a suitable piezo-electric ceramic material.
- the diaphragm 13 is of a conical configuration and laminated piezo-electric element 11 is in the shape of a disc.
- a peripheral portion of the diaphragm 13 is flexibly secured to an inner side wall of a cylindrical housing 17 through the use of an annular buffer member 20 of a resilient material such as rubber or the like in order to suppress mechanical oscillation.
- the diaphragm 13 and the laminated piezo-electric element 11 are disposed at the centre of the housing 17 through the buffer member 20.
- a pair of terminals 16 and 16' are electrically connected to the laminated piezo-electric element 11 via lead wires 19 and 19'.
- Figure 4 depicts the pulse characteristics of the ultrasonic transducer of the above described structure, indicating that the rise time and fall time of a pulse were less than 0.2 millisecond.
- Figure 5 indicates the rise time and directivity (acoustic pressure half-angle) as a function of the inner diameter of the annular buffer member 20.
- the diameter of the diaphragm 3 was 16 mm.
- Figure 6 is a graph showing the relationship between the diameter of the diaphragm 13 provided for the disc-like laminated piezo-electric element (diameter: 10 mm) and transmission sensitivity, indicating that the greater the diameter of the diaphragm 13 the greater transmission sensitivity.
- Figure 7 is a graph showing the relationship between the diameter of the diaphragm 13 and directivity (acoustic pressure half-angle). It is clear from Figure 7 that the ultrasonic transducer manifests acute directivity when the diaphragm of a diameter becomes greater.
- Figure 8 shows the relationship between the angle of the top of the conical diaphragm 13 and directivity. The sharpest directivity was obtained when the conical diaphragm with 0.3-0.5 of helght(h)-to-bottom diameter (R) ratio was used.
- FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view of an ultrasonic transducer according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- a diaphragm 21 typically of metal or plastics is fixed to a coupling shaft 23 which is disposed at a central portion of a laminated piezo-electric element 22 made of a proper p i ezo-electric ceramic material.
- a peripheral portion of the diaphragm 21 is fixedly secured in an inner side wall of a cylindrical housing 25 through the use of an annular buffer member 24 of resilient material such as rubber or the like to suppress mechanical oscillation.
- an acoustic absorbent material 26 is disposed at the bottom of the housing 25.
- a pair of terminals 27 and 27' are connected electrically to the laminated piezo-electric element 22 via lead wires 28 and 28'.
- the distinction of the ultrasonic transducer as shown in Figure 9 from that of Figure 3 is the provision of the acoustic absorbent material 26 on the bottom wall of the housing 25.
- the provision of the acoustic absorbent material 26 assures further improvement in the pulse characteristics.
- Figure 10 The pulse characteristics of the ultrasonic transducer of the above detailed structure are depicted in Figure 10, which indicates that the rise time and fall time of a pulse were shorter than 0.1 ms. It is noted that Figure 10 was plotted with pulse envelop lines although there were in fact three or four waves before the pulse rose completely.
- Figure 11 shows the effect of the above described acoustic absorbent material 26 on the pulse characteristics, indicating a remarkable improvement in the rise time.
- Figure 12 represents the relationship between the inner diameter of the annular buffer member 24 and the rise time and fall time.
- the diaphragm 21 used had a bottom diameter of 16 mm and the laminated piezo-electric element 22 was of a diameter of 10 mm and a thickness of 0.5 mm.
- Figure 14 depicts the temperature dependency of the pulse characteristics and transmission sensitivity. As compared with those at 20°C, the rise time showed no substantial variation at -20°C and increased by 12% at 60°C while the transmission sensitivity declined by 5% at -20°C and increased by 5% at 60°C. It is understood that the pulse characteristics showed no variation even when the protective mesh was disposed at the front of the housing 17.
- the ultrasonic transducer shows improved pulse characteristics and improved transmission sensitivity as well as a shortened pulse rise time and fall time. Furthermore, it is stronger and simpler in structure with a lower profile and is easier to assemble than the previously proposed device, all as a result of flexibly fixing and holding the diaphragm within the housing.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP174328/80 | 1980-12-10 | ||
JP17432880A JPS6025956B2 (ja) | 1980-12-10 | 1980-12-10 | 超音波送受波器 |
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EP0053947A1 true EP0053947A1 (fr) | 1982-06-16 |
EP0053947B1 EP0053947B1 (fr) | 1985-10-30 |
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EP81305827A Expired EP0053947B1 (fr) | 1980-12-10 | 1981-12-10 | Transducteur ultrasonique |
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JP (1) | JPS6025956B2 (fr) |
CA (1) | CA1180100A (fr) |
DE (1) | DE3172788D1 (fr) |
Cited By (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP0075273A1 (fr) * | 1981-09-22 | 1983-03-30 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Transducteur ultrasonique |
EP0080100A1 (fr) * | 1981-11-17 | 1983-06-01 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Transducteur ultrasonore |
GB2209644A (en) * | 1987-09-04 | 1989-05-17 | Ding Pang Chen | Circumferential element for a loud speaker |
GB2215049A (en) * | 1988-02-02 | 1989-09-13 | Stc Plc | Sound cell for analysing fluids and having isolating mounts for the transducer |
EP0582557A2 (fr) * | 1992-08-05 | 1994-02-09 | IMAPO S.r.l. | Membran piézo-électrique contrainte au centre et son utilisation comme hurleur |
US6092550A (en) * | 1997-02-03 | 2000-07-25 | Swagelok Marketing Co. | Diaphragm valve seat arrangement |
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DE10239191A1 (de) | 2002-08-21 | 2004-03-11 | Heesemann, Jürgen, Dipl.-Ing. | Schleifmaschine und Verfahren zum Schleifen eines Werkstücks |
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FR1301808A (fr) * | 1960-09-06 | 1962-08-24 | Vega | Haut-parleur perfectionné pour fréquences aiguës |
US3360664A (en) * | 1964-10-30 | 1967-12-26 | Gen Dynamics Corp | Electromechanical apparatus |
US3749854A (en) * | 1969-05-22 | 1973-07-31 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Ultrasonic wave microphone |
US3786202A (en) * | 1972-04-10 | 1974-01-15 | Motorola Inc | Acoustic transducer including piezoelectric driving element |
US4011473A (en) * | 1974-08-26 | 1977-03-08 | Fred M. Dellorfano, Jr. & Donald P. Massa, Trustees Of The Stoneleigh Trust | Ultrasonic transducer with improved transient response and method for utilizing transducer to increase accuracy of measurement of an ultrasonic flow meter |
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US4190784A (en) * | 1978-07-25 | 1980-02-26 | The Stoneleigh Trust, Fred M. Dellorfano, Jr. & Donald P. Massa, Trustees | Piezoelectric electroacoustic transducers of the bi-laminar flexural vibrating type |
US4190783A (en) * | 1978-07-25 | 1980-02-26 | The Stoneleigh Trust, Fred M. Dellorfano, Jr. & Donald P. Massa, Trustees | Electroacoustic transducers of the bi-laminar flexural vibrating type with an acoustic delay line |
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- 1980-12-10 JP JP17432880A patent/JPS6025956B2/ja not_active Expired
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FR1301808A (fr) * | 1960-09-06 | 1962-08-24 | Vega | Haut-parleur perfectionné pour fréquences aiguës |
US3360664A (en) * | 1964-10-30 | 1967-12-26 | Gen Dynamics Corp | Electromechanical apparatus |
US3749854A (en) * | 1969-05-22 | 1973-07-31 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Ultrasonic wave microphone |
US3786202A (en) * | 1972-04-10 | 1974-01-15 | Motorola Inc | Acoustic transducer including piezoelectric driving element |
US4011473A (en) * | 1974-08-26 | 1977-03-08 | Fred M. Dellorfano, Jr. & Donald P. Massa, Trustees Of The Stoneleigh Trust | Ultrasonic transducer with improved transient response and method for utilizing transducer to increase accuracy of measurement of an ultrasonic flow meter |
Cited By (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP0075273A1 (fr) * | 1981-09-22 | 1983-03-30 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Transducteur ultrasonique |
EP0080100A1 (fr) * | 1981-11-17 | 1983-06-01 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Transducteur ultrasonore |
US4607186A (en) * | 1981-11-17 | 1986-08-19 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. | Ultrasonic transducer with a piezoelectric element |
GB2209644A (en) * | 1987-09-04 | 1989-05-17 | Ding Pang Chen | Circumferential element for a loud speaker |
GB2215049A (en) * | 1988-02-02 | 1989-09-13 | Stc Plc | Sound cell for analysing fluids and having isolating mounts for the transducer |
GB2215049B (en) * | 1988-02-02 | 1991-08-21 | Stc Plc | Acoustic devices |
EP0582557A2 (fr) * | 1992-08-05 | 1994-02-09 | IMAPO S.r.l. | Membran piézo-électrique contrainte au centre et son utilisation comme hurleur |
EP0582557A3 (fr) * | 1992-08-05 | 1995-01-18 | Imapo Srl | Membran piézo-électrique contrainte au centre et son utilisation comme hurleur. |
US6092550A (en) * | 1997-02-03 | 2000-07-25 | Swagelok Marketing Co. | Diaphragm valve seat arrangement |
US6189861B1 (en) | 1997-02-03 | 2001-02-20 | Swagelok Company | Diaphragm valve |
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JPS5797798A (en) | 1982-06-17 |
CA1180100A (fr) | 1984-12-27 |
EP0053947B1 (fr) | 1985-10-30 |
DE3172788D1 (en) | 1985-12-05 |
JPS6025956B2 (ja) | 1985-06-21 |
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