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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1992
Gerhard Buchholtz, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias Mahler, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An electromagnetic acoustic pressure pulse source has a membrane with at least one electrically conductive region, the membrane being disposed for interacting on one side with an acoustic propagation medium, and having an opposite side facing a flat, spiral coil arrangement. The coil arrangement is driven with high-voltage pulses which cause the membrane to be rapidly repelled from the coil arrangement, thereby generating a pressure pulse in the acoustic propagation medium. The potential difference between the turns of the coil arrangement and the electrically conductive region of the membrane varies across the membrane, and the membrane is provided with a depression on the side thereof facing the coil arrangement in a region of high potential difference between the turns of the coil and the electrically conductive region of the membrane.