• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부 C
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• pp.1157-1159
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• 1999

A new method was developed to fabricate 1-3 piezo composite, a part of ultrasonic transducer. PZT rod arrays were made by pressing PZT green sheet with LIGA mold, and were sintered. Its dielectric constant and electro-mechanical coupling coefficient showed 4000 and 55% at 1kHz, respectively. So, PZT rod arrays made by means of this process can be applied to ultrasonic transducer.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.744-756
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• 2002

현재 복부용 초음파 진단장치에 가장 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 3.5 ㎒의 굴곡형 선형배열 (curved linear array) 탐촉자가 인체 중에 만드는 과도음장을 체계적으로 해석함으로써, 음장의 측면에서 보다 우수한 초음파 영상이 기대되는 탐촉자의 설계 파라메터를 도출하고자 시도하였다. 음장해석에 있어서는 방사파형을 일정하게 가정한 상태에서 탐촉자 요소의 크기, 곡률 반경, 개구내 압전소자에 대한 구동신호의 진폭 가중치 적용 등의 파라메터를 음장 형성의 지배적인 요소로서 고려하였다. 시뮬레이션의 결과, 탐촉자의 곡률 반경 및 개구높이를 줄이고 해밍 (Hamming) 창 형태의 진폭 가중치 적용을 실시함으로써 기존의 전형적인 탐촉자보다 부엽 (side lobe)의 영향이 적은 우수한 초음파 빔을 형성하는 새로운 탐촉자의 설계 파라메터가 얻어졌다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.156-163
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• 2013

This paper describes a flexible visuo-haptic display module. We have developed a flexible electro-active polymer (EAP) actuator and a thin flexible visual display with $3{\times}3$ array configuration via polymer technology. The flexible actuator consists of nine EAP cells vertically moving in response to change in their thickness. The flexible display uses polymer based optical waveguide allowing light to scatter only at specific area. The display film is transparent and identically designed to the array pattern to fit for the arrangement of actuator cells. A pressure sensor is installed under the integrated module. The performance of the actuator is proved to be sufficient for satisfying perceivable range of human touch sense. The integrated system can provide interactive haptic feedback such as key pressing, contact vibration sensations, and etc. in accordance with user input.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.329-336
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 혈관 내부 조영용으로 사용될 수 있는 원형 배열 초음파 트랜스듀서를 설계하고 제작하였다. 트랜스듀서는 알루미나 튜브 위에 부착된 32개의 압전 소자와 전면 절연층, 고분자 후면층으로 구성된다. 우선 트랜스듀서의 방사특성 해석을 통해 원주방향으로 무지향성을 가지는 원형 배열 구조를 설계하였다. 압전소자로는 2-2형 압전복합재료를 채택하였다. 설계 결과에 따라 직경 3㎜의 원형 배열 트랜스듀서를 제작하고 그 음향특성을 측정하였으며, 측정 결과는 설계치와 잘 일치하였다. 실험적으로 확인된 무지향성은 본트랜스듀서의 IVUS (Intra-Vascular Ultra-Sound)센서로의 적용가능성을 확인시켜 주는 것이었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.417-423
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• 2004

In order to obtain wide-beam characteristics and variable resonant frequency of a ultrasonic transducer for the array source, an electrode of transverse mode piezoelectric vibrator is divided, and an electronic inductance is connected to the divided electrodes. The electronic inductance is made by GIC (General Impedance Converter) circuit. Because the GIC circuit is made of OP-Amps and other passive elements, the value of the inductance can be selected easily. As the results, the electronic inductance is variable in the range from 0.2 mH to 1.2 mH. Using the inductance, the resonance frequency of the transducer can be changed in the range from 73 kHz to 86 kHz. In the directivity of the transducer, it is confirmed that the beam width of the transducer is wider than $80^{\circ}$ at -3 dB in water.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.190-197
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• 2006

For enhancement of flaw detactability using array transducers, focusing of ultrasonic waves on a target in an inhomogeneous medium or through a complex geometry is important. But focusing can be strongly degraded by geometrical distortion of field radiated by the array transducers or by sound speed fluctuations in the propagating medium. In recent years, the time reversal technique has been proposed. Thus, in this paper, we describe the basic principal of the time reversal technique for focusing. Then, the implementation results of the time reversal technique for ultrasonic inspections using bulk waves and guided waves generated by array transducers are presented.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.242-247
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• 2009

The ability of time reversal techniques to focus ultrasonic beams on the source location is important in many aspects of ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation. In this paper, we investigate the time reversal beam focusing of ultrasonic array sensors on a defect in layered media. Numerical modeling is performed using the commercially available software which employs a time domain finite difference method. Two different time reversal approaches are considered - the through transmission and the pulse-echo. Linear array sensors composed of N elements of line sources are used for signal reception/excitation, time reversal, and reemission in time reversal processes associated with the scattering source of a side-drilled hole located in the second layer of two layer structure. The simulation results demonstrate the time reversal focusing even with multiple reflections from the interface of layered structure. We examine the focusing resolution that is related to the propagation distance, the size of array sensor and the wavelength.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.467-474
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• 2005

The expanded multi-Gaussian beam model has recently been developed that can calculate the radiation beam field from a single, rectangular transducer with great computational efficiency. In this study, this model is adopted to calculate the radiation beam field for a phased array transducer with various time delays to achieve steering and/or focusing. The calculation beam fields are compared to those obtained by well known Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integral that provides the exact solution in order to explore the validity of the expanded multi-Gaussian beam model And then, this study proposes a complete ultrasonic measurement model including the expanded beam model, far-field scattering model and system efficiency, Using the proposed model, phased array ultrasonic testing signals for a flat-bottomed hole with/without focusing were performed.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.210-218
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• 2015

초음파 영상 품질의 향상을 위해 트랜스듀서의 구동전압을 높이게 되면 트랜스듀서에서 열이 발생하여 환자의 피부 화상 및 트랜스듀서의 성능 저하를 초래할 수 있다. 따라서, 이렇게 온도가 상승하지 않도록 트랜스듀서 내의 열을 효율적으로 분산할 수 있는 방안에 대해 연구하였다. 이때 열 분산 해석 대상으로 중심주파수가 3 MHz이고 32채널을 가진 위상배열 트랜스듀서를 선정하였다. 먼저 트랜스듀서의 동작에 따른 발열 구조를 이론적으로 분석하였고, 그 결과로서 재료의 감쇠와 음압의 크기가 발열에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였다. 나아가 유한요소 해석을 통해 트랜스듀서 구성소자의 물성이 열 분산에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 분석된 결과를 바탕으로 트랜스듀서 내 열이 잘 분산되기 위한 구성소자의 열물성을 정하였다. 도출된 열 물성을 유한요소 해석 모델에 적용한 결과 환자와 접촉되는 부분인 음향렌즈의 최고온도가 원래 값의 51 %로 저하되었다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2014

An ultrasonic magnetostrictive transducer-based phased-array system for imaging defects in plate structures is newly proposed. In that most ultrasonic phased array systems rely on piezoelectric transducers or electromagnetic acoustic transducers, this system has its own unique feature of employing magnetostrictive transducers. Interest in using a phased array system using magnetostrictive transducers has been recently reported for pipe inspection but no such system has been developed for plate inspection. In this investigation, we aim to propose a phased array system using OL-MPTs (Omnidirectional Lamb wave Magnetostrictive Patch Transducers) for plate inspection. The developed system consists of a multi-channel function generator, power amplifiers, preamplifiers and a data acquisition unit. In the process of its development, each of the units must be checked and in doing so, we suggest types of ultrasonic wave experiments that should be carried out. Finally, the phased system using a transducer array composed of eight OL-MPTs is newly configured and is applied for actual crack detection experiments.