A Miniature Photoacoustic Sensing System with Advanced PMUT and VCSEL Devices

This study presents a high-fill-factor piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) array fabricated via the cavity silicon-on-insulator (CSOI) process. The center frequency of the PMUT is 4.89 MHz in air and 3.5 MHz in a gel-type couplant, along with a -6 dB photoacoustic (PA) bandwidth...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. - 1986. - PP(2025) vom: 01. Okt.
1. Verfasser: Fang, Yexing (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bao, Aocheng, Shi, Zihao, Gan, Jinghan, Sheng, Bowen, Zhang, Haixia, Lu, Yipeng
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2025
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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