Università Roma Tre

THE PURPOSE OF THE COURSE IS TO DESCRIBE THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION OF KEY ULTRASONIC SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS. IN PARTICULAR, IT WILL BE TREATED THE SILICON MICROSENSORS, REPRESENTING THE STATE OF THE ART BOTH FOR THE SMALL SIZE, THAT IS WELL MATCHED WITH THE MICROELECTRONICS, AND FOR THE LOW COST. IT WILL ALSO TREATED IN DEPTH TRANSDUCERS, SENSORS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS AND CMUT. THE METHODOLOGICAL PART OF THE COURSE IS DEDICATED TO THE STUDY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE DEVICES OPERATION, USING SIMPLIFIED ANALYTICAL MODELS. THE PRACTICE IS DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERICAL EXERCISES WITH THE USE OF COMMERCIAL FEA (FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS) SOFTWARE, ANSYS, TO ALLOW TO THE STUDENTS, THE DESIGN AND THE SIMULATION OF REAL DEVICES.