Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Vertreten Durch Den Bundesminister Für Wirtschaft Und Energie

Ge Sensing & Inspection Technologies, Gmbh

Bam Bundesanstalt Fur Materialforschung Und-prufung

Bundesrepublik Deutschland Vertreten Durch Das Bundesministerium Fur Wirtschaft Und Technologie

Thomas Heckel

Stephan Falter

Christian Klinger

Dirk Gohlke

Rainer Boehm

Uwe Völz

Described are a transducer made of at least three transducer elements which approximate a sector of an elementary wave with a virtual point source, and a transducer arrangement with three transducers made of at least three transducer elements, wherein the transducers, in the cross section, are disposed along the shorter base and the two non-parallel legs of a virtual trapezoid. Moreover, the invention relates to an ultrasonic probe system comprising the transducer arrangement according to the invention and an inspection method using a transducer made of at least three transducer elements, with the number of transducer elements experiencing a virtual increase.

Transducer and transducer arrangement for ultrasonic probe systems, ultrasonic probe system and inspection method

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Kleinmachnow, Germany

Thomas Heckel