摘要 |
An ultrasound-signal radiating device comprises a piezoelectric substrate, a first input interdigital transducer, a second input interdigital transducer, an output interdigital transducer, a cap, an amplifier, and a modulator with an input terminal. All the interdigital transducers are formed on one end surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The cap is mounted on a surface part of the other end surface of the piezoelectric substrate. If an input electric signal is applied to the first input interdigital transducer, a non-leaky elastic wave is excited in the piezoelectric substrate owing to the existence of the cap. The non-leaky elastic wave is detected at the output interdigital transducer as a delayed electric signal, which is amplified via the amplifier. A signal part of an amplified electric signal is fed back to the first input interdigital transducer, again. A remaining signal part, as a carrier signal, of the amplified electric signal is transmitted to the modulator, where an amplitude of the carrier signal is modulated according to an input message-signal applied from the input terminal. Thus, an AM signal is generated, and then, applied to the second input interdigital transducer. In this time, a leaky elastic wave is excited in the piezoelectric substrate, and radiated effectively in the form of a longitudinal wave into a liquid kept in contact with a remaining surface part of the other end surface of the piezoelectric substrate.
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