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    Analysis of edge waves due to a point source in the presence of a PEC wedge
    (IEEE, 2014) Ghassemiparvin, Behnam; Altıntaş, Ayhan
    In this paper, we investigate the behavior of the field in the paraxial region of a perfectly conducting wedge and analyze the guiding effect of the wedge. It is observed that as the wedge angle increases, the guidance effect of the wedge decreases and the scattered field in the paraxial region is maximum for the half plane. In addition, interaction of the edge waves with a spherical impedance scatterer is investigated. It is found that for the backscattering case, as the impedance mismatch between the spherical boss and the free-space increases the scattered field due to the boss increases. However for the forward scattering case, impedance of the boss does not affect the scattered field significantly.
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    Bandwidth, power and noise considerations in airborne cMUTs
    (IEEE, 2009-09) Şenlik, Muhammed N.; Olcum, Selim; Köymen, Hayrettin; Atalar, Abdullah
    Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (cMUTs) offer wider bandwidth in air due to their low mechanical impedances. The impedance mismatch between the air and transducer decreases with the smaller device dimensions increasing the bandwidth at the expense of the degradation in the transmit power and the receive sensitivity. In this work, the bandwidth of cMUT is optimized by increasing its radiation resistance. This is done by properly choosing the size of cMUT membranes and their placement within an array. This selection not only brings an improvement in the transmitted power when it is used as a transmitter, but also improves the noise figure when it is used as a receiver. A further improvement in the noise figure is possible when the cells are clustered and connected to separate receivers. ©2009 IEEE.