| Piezocomposite Transducer for Underwater ACOMMS |
Layered Manufacturing Technology |
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- 100 element receive array
- Manufactured in only 4 layers
- One lamination step
- Replaces 100 individually assembled elements
- Eliminates hand assembly, positioning & wiring
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Transducer Performance
- Total aperture: 150°, 0.5m high
- Six vertical staves, four elements per stave
- Centers on 0.1m dia, 30° apart
- Broad bandwidth (8–16 kHz)
- TVR = 137 ± 3dB re 1μPa⁄ –m
- Vertical Beamwidth (3dB): ±11°
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