
Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) are usually composed of large arrays of closely packed cells. In this work, we use an equivalent circuit model to analyze CMUT arrays with multiple cells. We study the effects of mutual acoustic interactions through the immersion medium caused by the pressure field generated by each cell acting upon the others. To do this, all the cells in the array are coupled through a radiation impedance matrix at their acoustic terminals. An accurate approximation for the mutual radiation impedance is defined between two circular cells, which can be used in large arrays to reduce computational complexity. Hence, a performance analysis of CMUT arrays can be accurately done with a circuit simulator. By using the proposed model, one can very rapidly obtain the linear frequency and nonlinear transient responses of arrays with an arbitrary number of CMUT cells. We performed several finite element method (FEM) simulations for arrays with small numbers of cells and showed that the results are very similar to those obtained by the equivalent circuit model.
Equivalent circuit model, Finite element method, Finite element method simulation, Radiation impedance, Cells, Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer, Performance analysis, Ultrasonic transducers, Impedance, 621, Equivalent circuits, 535, Acoustic impedance, Nonlinear transient response, Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers, Acoustic interaction, Circuit theory, Acoustic Interactions, Circuit simulation, Circuit simulators, Cytology, Crosstalk, Model
Equivalent circuit model, Finite element method, Finite element method simulation, Radiation impedance, Cells, Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer, Performance analysis, Ultrasonic transducers, Impedance, 621, Equivalent circuits, 535, Acoustic impedance, Nonlinear transient response, Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers, Acoustic interaction, Circuit theory, Acoustic Interactions, Circuit simulation, Circuit simulators, Cytology, Crosstalk, Model
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