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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2003
Kenneth M. Walsh, Middletown, RI (US);
Kim C. Benjamin, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Stephen E. Forsythe, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Kenneth M. Walsh, Middletown, RI (US);
Kim C. Benjamin, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Stephen E. Forsythe, Portsmouth, RI (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A composite transducer array comprises a piezoelectric polymer composite panel, a continuous electrode coupled to a first surface of the composite panel, and a plurality of electrically-isolated electrode segments coupled to a second surface of the composite panel. Each electrode segment is shaped as an angular segment of a circular ring. The electrode segments are arranged to define an array of concentric circular rings of electrode segments.