A Parametric Study of Beam Steering for Ultrasonic Linear Phased Array Transducer

2004 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Huang ◽  
P. W. Que ◽  
J. H. Jin
Keyword(s):  
Parametric Study ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Array Transducer

BEAM STEERING AND FOCUSING ABILITY OF A CONTACT ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER FOR TRANSSKULL BRAIN DISEASE THERAPY

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (06) ◽  
pp. 328-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
FENG-YI YANG ◽  
TZU-JUNG MAO ◽  
YUNG-YAW CHEN ◽  
HSU CHANG ◽  
WIN-LI LIN
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Brain Diseases ◽  
Ultrasound Transducer ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Array Transducer ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Focal Zone

This paper was to examine the steering and focusing ability of a contact hemispherical ultrasound transducer (80 mm radius of curvature, 160 mm diameter) for transskull brain diseases therapy without skull-specific aberration correction. This work employs a simulation program to investigate the effect of ultrasound transducer parameters on the steering and focusing ability for transskull therapy. The acoustic pressure distribution and the grating lobes in tissue were used to determine the steering and focusing ability of this transducer for a set of given conditions. Simulation results demonstrated that this hemispherical phased array transducer with low frequencies can steer a high-pressure focal zone in a large range within the brain. The peak and size of the high-pressure focal zone mainly depend on ultrasound frequency and the steering distance of the focal zone. By comparing the peak pressures between the focal zone and the grating lobe, 0.1 MHz transducer performed the desired results for large ranges (140 mm x-y direction and 138 mm z direction) of beam steering. The results reveal the feasibility of using a hemispherical phased array transducer with beam steering method at low frequency for brain diseases therapy within almost full range of the brain without performing a craniectomy.

An Optimized Scheme for Optical Phased Array Beam Steering Controlled by Wavelength

PIERS Online ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Zhao ◽  
Xiaozhou Yang ◽  
Qin Cai ◽  
Weiwei Hu
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Optical Phased Array

scholarly journals A Design Approach of Optical Phased Array with Low Side Lobe Level and Wide Angle Steering Range

Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Xinyu He ◽  
Tao Dong ◽  
Jingwen He ◽  
Yue Xu
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Phase Distribution ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Optical Antennas ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Spacing Distribution ◽  
Optical Phased Array

In this paper, a new design approach of optical phased array (OPA) with low side lobe level (SLL) and wide angle steering range is proposed. This approach consists of two steps. Firstly, a nonuniform antenna array is designed by optimizing the antenna spacing distribution with particle swarm optimization (PSO). Secondly, on the basis of the optimized antenna spacing distribution, PSO is further used to optimize the phase distribution of the optical antennas when the beam steers for realizing lower SLL. Based on the approach we mentioned, we design a nonuniform OPA which has 1024 optical antennas to achieve the steering range of ±60°. When the beam steering angle is 0°, 20°, 30°, 45° and 60°, the SLL obtained by optimizing phase distribution is −21.35, −18.79, −17.91, −18.46 and −18.51 dB, respectively. This kind of OPA with low SLL and wide angle steering range has broad application prospects in laser communication and lidar system.

Ultra-fast speed, low grating lobe optical beam steering using unequally spaced phased array technique

2007 ◽  
Vol 270 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart (Shizhuo) Yin ◽  
Jae Hun Kim ◽  
Fei Wu ◽  
Paul Ruffin ◽  
Claire (Fang) Luo
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Optical Beam ◽  
Fast Speed ◽  
Unequally Spaced ◽  
Grating Lobe
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