CMUT transducers are MEMS based structures that can be used to transmit and receive acoustic signals in the ultrasonic range. They enable breakthrough applications for ultrasound technology in a diverse range of industries such as medical, microscopy, inkjet printin and …

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) make extremely sensitive chemical sensors in air. In this work, we demonstrate a CMUT chemical sensor ch

Capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers (CMUTs) are micro-electromechanical systems that convert electrical energy into sound waves. This new method of generating ultrasound has seen major developments over the last decade and is now widely available for use.

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUT) are miniaturised sensor structures whose electrostatic operating principle enables the transmission and detection of ultrasonic waves.

2023年8月1日 · The promise of cMUTs—for lower-cost, 3D imaging devices with on-chip electronics—has begun to be realized, through recently-released commercial probes and their expanding use. cMUT technology has begun to carve out its place in the clinical ultrasound transducer landscape, and its impact will be increasingly felt for years to come.

2012年3月1日 · Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic tranducers (cMUTs) have recently emerged as an alternative to conventional piezoelectric transducers. They offer many advantages in terms of bandwidth, fabrication of layer arrays, efficiency, and sensitivity.

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUT) are a relatively new concept in the field of ultrasonic transducers. Most of the commercial ultrasonic transducers today are based on piezoelectricity. In CMUTs, the energy transduction is due to change in capacitance. CMUTs are constructed on silicon using micromachining techniques.

2014年1月27日 · Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and intracardiac echography (ICE) catheters with real-time volumetric ultrasound imaging capability can provide unique benefits to many interventional procedures used in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and structural heart diseases. Integration of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) arrays with front-end electronics in single-chip ...

Integration of a 2D ultrasound transducer array with front-end signal conditioning electronics poses significant fabrication and packaging challenges due to the required number of elements and small element pitch. In this paper, we demonstrate a CMUT-in-CMOS approach that produces ultrasonic transducers and circuits on a single chip using a standard foundry CMOS process, augmented only with ...

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) have been subject to extensive research for the last two decades. Although they were initially developed for air-coupled applications, today their main application space is medical imaging and therapy.