Gao et al., 2023 - Google Patents
A Miniaturized Transit-Time Ultrasonic Flowmeter Using PMUTS for Low-Flow Measurement in Small-Diameter ChannelsGao et al., 2023
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- Gao Y
- Wu Z
- Chen M
- Lou L
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- 2023 IEEE 36th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
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In this paper, we report a miniaturized transit-time ultrasonic flowmeter (TTUF) for low-flow measurement in small-diameter channels. The proposed TTUF contains two pieces of ScAlN- based piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs) and a π-type channel …
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