沉浸式CMUT的宽带阻抗匹配:一个端到端的设计到测量验证框架
Gabriel Guerreiro1, Martin Angerer1, Edmond Cretu1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|March 14, 2026
概括
这项研究开发了一种以测量为导向的策略,用于在聚合物电容微加工超声波传感器 (CMUT) 中的被动宽带阻抗匹配. 优化的网络显著提高了超声波成像和治疗系统的传输声学功率.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 声学工程 声学工程
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 电容微机超声波传感器 (CMUT) 与压电传感器相比具有优势,但在驱动电压和声功率方面存在局限性,特别是聚合物 CMUT.
- 提高声力输出对于CMUT阵列在医疗应用中的临床和实际部署至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为沉浸聚合物CMUT阵列设计被动宽带阻抗匹配网络提出一个以测量为导向的实验验证策略.
- 通过实验测量来增强传输的声力,同时保持运行带宽,并验证设计框架.
主要方法:
- 合成了靠近博德-法诺极限的匹配拓,并使用蒙特卡洛分析与组件变化量化了强度.
- 在单极脉冲激发下实施并经过实验验证的匹配网络.
- 在时间和频率领域表征远场声压,将结果与数值预测进行比较.
主要成果:
- 优化的阻抗匹配将传输功率提高了2.1的因素.
- 这种改进的代价是减少了40%的分量带宽.
- 实验验证证了阻抗匹配框架的有效性.
结论:
- 在聚合物CMUT阵列中建立了一个直接适用的,验证的宽带阻抗匹配框架.
- 开发的战略支持使用CMUT作为超声波成像和治疗系统的成本效益高的解决方案.
- 展示了克服CMUT技术功率输出限制的实用方法.
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