同轴线法在小孔径真空元件阻抗测量中的应用北大核心CSCD

粒子加速器中真空元件的阻抗是引起束流不稳定的重要原因。基于储存环的新一代同步辐射光源的设计发射度更小,相应地要求更小的真空盒孔径,进而带来阻抗的显著增加,这就要求在设计阶段对真空元件的阻抗进行准确的评估和优化。阻抗测量是验证阻抗模型准确性的重要手段,而同轴线法是常用的实验室测量方法。对小孔径真空元件同轴线法纵向阻抗测量进行了研究,针对窄带阻抗元件,使用pillbox腔开展了相关的阻抗测量,研究了不同的内导体尺寸对于测量结果的影响,同时基于尾场模拟、散射参数模拟以及本征模模拟对测量结果进行了验证,模拟和测量结果符合很好,并证明原有的内导体导致谐振峰频移的理论分析应用于小孔径元件时存在偏差。此外针对非窄带阻抗元件,对条带冲击磁铁结构进行了同轴线法阻抗测量,研究了内导体对结果的影响,验证了同轴线法测量的有效性。     

Acoustics of ear canal measurement of eardrum SPL in simulators

The effect of standing waves on the ear canal measurement of eardrum sound pressure level (SPL) was determined by both calculation and measurement. Transmission line calculations of the standing wave were made using the dimensions of the ANSI S3.25-1979 ear simulator and three different eardrum impedances. Standing wave curves have been obtained for the standard eardrum impedance at 1-kHz intervals in the range of 1-8 kHz. The changes in standing wave position due to each of the three eardrum impedances and their effects on ear canal measurements of SPL were computed for each of the eardrum impedances. Ear canal SPL measurements conducted on simulators modified to correspond to the eardrum impedances used in the calculations were compared to the computed values. Differences between eardrum SPLs and those measured at different locations in the ear canal approached a standing wave ratio (SWR) of 10-12 dB as the position of the measuring probe approached the standing wave minimum at each frequency. These maximum differences compared favorably with data developed by other investigators from real ears. Differences due to the eardrum impedance were found to be significant only in the frequency region of 2-5 kHz. Calibration of probes in a standard or modified ANSI simulator at the same distance from the eardrum as in the real ear reduces the eardrum SPL measurement errors to those resulting from differences in eardrum impedance.     

Model and estimation method for predicting the sound radiated by a horn loudspeaker - With application to a car horn

This paper deals with a new car horn device made of a sound synthesizer and an electrodynamic horn loudspeaker. It presents an one-dimensional model allowing to predict the loudspeaker efficiency and a specific method to estimate experimentally the model parameters. First, this model aims at reducing the time spent in the design process. Second it aims at correcting the sound emitted by the sound synthesizer in order that the listener hears the sound designed for creating the warning message. The study gives a survey of the vast loudspeaker literature. It is based on the conventional electroacoustic approach used for electrodynamic loudspeakers and on wave propagation models used for characterizing acoustic horns. The estimation of the model parameter values is performed using measurements of the electrical impedance of the loudspeaker and of the acoustic impedance of the horn. The model is assessed by comparing the calculated and measured electrical impedances and horn efficiencies. Results show that the model predicts well the horn efficiency up to 2500 Hz, the limitation being due to the horn radiation impedance modelization.     

Ultrasound-induced lung hemorrhage: role of acoustic boundary conditions at the pleural surface

In a previous study [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 108, 1290 (2000)] the acoustic impedance difference between intercostal tissue and lung was evaluated as a possible explanation for the enhanced lung damage with increased hydrostatic pressure, but the hydrostatic-pressure-dependent impedance difference alone could not explain the enhanced occurrence of hemorrhage. In that study, it was hypothesized that the animal's breathing pattern might be altered as a function of hydrostatic pressure, which in turn might affect the volume of air inspired and expired. The acoustic impedance difference between intercostal tissue and lung would be affected with altered lung inflation, thus altering the acoustic boundary conditions. In this study, 12 rats were exposed to 3 volumes of lung inflation (inflated: approximately tidal volume; half-deflated: half-tidal volume; deflated: lung volume at functional residual capacity), 6 rats at 8.6-MPa in situ peak rarefactional pressure (MI of 3.1) and 6 rats at 16-MPa in situ peak rarefactional pressure (MI of 5.8). Respiration was chemically inhibited and a ventilator was used to control lung volume and respiratory frequency. Superthreshold ultrasound exposures of the lungs were used (3.1-MHz, 1000-Hz PRF, 1.3-micros pulse duration, 10-s exposure duration) to produce lesions. Deflated lungs were more easily damaged than half-deflated lungs, and half-deflated lungs were more easily damaged than inflated lungs. In fact, there were no lesions observed in inflated lungs in any of the rats. The acoustic impedance difference between intercostal tissue and lung is much less for the deflated lung condition, suggesting that the extent of lung damage is related to the amount of acoustic energy that is propagated across the pleural surface boundary.     

Numerical Simulation of the Base Impedance of Long Wire Whisker Antennas

With increasing frequencies the whisker structures used to contact honeycomb Schottky diodes remain no longer thin compared to wavelength. Whereas the finite thickness and the detailed tip shape do not influence the antenna pattern very much the antenna base impedance depends on these parameters to a great extent. A good impedance matching between Schottky diode and whisker antenna is necessary to optimise mixer or detector performance and can only be achieved if the antenna impedance is known.Antenna base impedances have been simulated numerically and checked by means of scaled model measurements for several whisker shapes. The influence of further parts of the antenna environment, as for example reflectors, has also been investigated. Simulation results have been discussed and compared to theory. Simulation has been found out to be a reliable tool for the determination of base impedances of almost arbitrarily shaped whisker antennas.     

Acoustic load on the ear caused by headphones

The standardized method for measurement of complex impedances according to ISO 10534 Part 2 is applied to the acoustic impedance of the ear with an "open-pinna" condition and with different types of headphones. The method is based on measurement of the transfer function of two microphone locations in an impedance tube and subsequent signal processing of the complex signal spectra. The termination of the tube is interpreted as ear canal entrance, while the measurement direction is, apparently, from "inside" the head towards outside. A tube which was specifically designed for this purpose works well, even though extremely small impedances must be measured. The impedances of the free pinna are similar to the "soft" end condition in the open tube, approximately following the radiation impedance of a piston into free space. The headphone impedances can be separated according to the type of headphone. In addition, the absolute impedances as the differences to the open ear compared with a number of headphones are interesting and may be starting point for further investigations. One possibility is, of course, quality control of headphones. The results are also expected to be useful for psychoacoustic research, for better understanding of sound perception, and for use in development of audio equipment.     

RF discharge impedance measurements using a new method to determinethe stray impedances

The impedance of a capacitively coupled radio frequency discharge in a tubular fluorescent lamp filled with neon and mercury is measured. The stray impedances in the electrical network are determined using a new method that requires no extra instruments. The reflection of power is used to determine the stray impedances. Making use of a simple discharge impedance model, the electron density in the lamp is estimated     

高气压快放电XeCl准分子激光器的放电特性

基于快放电(毫微秒)XeCl激光器电极两端电压和电流的精确测量和计算机分析,给出高气压(3—8大气压力)激光放电等离子体的动态阻抗特性。在几毫微秒内,阻抗降到欧姆量级。研究了放电峰值电流和平均阻抗与充电电压和气体压力的关系。结果显示,放电等离子体阻抗与传输线阻抗精确匹配并不是十分重要和实际的。 关键词：     

The mechanical point impedance of the human head, with and without skin penetration

The fact that a titanium screw can be implanted into the mastoid portion of the human skull, at the same time establishing a permanent, reaction-free skin penetration, has made it possible to attach a new bone conduction hearing aid directly to the skull. To understand and improve this new method of bone stimulation, the mechanical point impedance of the titanium screw-skull system was measured. The conventional point impedance of the skin-covered mastoid portion of the temporal bone was also measured and the difference in magnitude between the two impedances was calculated. An impedance head (Brüel & Kjaer 8001) and an FFT analyzer (Hewlett-Packard 5423) were used for mechanical point impedance measurements. Seven patients have been investigated. The magnitude of the impedance for the screw-skull system was found to be generally between 10 and 30 dB higher than that for the conventional skin-covered mastoid bone. One conclusion is that the conventional point impedance of the skin-covered mastoid portion of the human skull is essentially due to the properties of the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue. Another conclusion is that a much lower stimulation velocity is needed, with skin penetration, to produce a given hearing sensation.     

The detection of thin embedded layers using normal incidence ultrasound

A theoretical investigation of the use of normal incidence ultrasonic reflection measurements for the detection and characterization of thin layers embedded between two much thicker media has been carried out. It has been shown that the form of the relationship between the normal incidence longitudinal reflection coefficient and frequency is defined by the reflection coefficients at zero frequency and at half the resonance frequency of the layer. The reflection coefficient at zero frequency is solely a function of the impedances of the media on either side of the layer, while that at half the resonance frequency of the layer is a function of the impedances of all three media. In general, the sensitivity of the reflection coefficient to the presence of the layer increases as the product of frequency and layer thickness increases, the maximum sensitivity being at half the resonance frequency of the layer. Unfortunately, with thin layers, it is generally not practical to test at this frequency. However, the reflection coefficient curve can, in principle, be reconstructed from data measured at lower frequencies and the sensitivity of the reflection coefficient at lower frequencies to the characteristics of the layer can be predicted from the sensitivity at half the resonance frequency. The sensitivity is also critically dependent on the relative impedances of the three media and is generally greatest when the half spaces on either side of the layer have the same impedance. With favourable impedances, it is possible to detect layers whose thickness is a small fraction of the wavelength of the ultrasonic waves employed. However, with other combinations of impedances, the detection of much thicker layers is not possible.     

Characterization of the radiation from single-walled zig-zag carbon nanotubes at terahertz range

This paper investigates the radiation characteristics of metal single-walled zig-zag carbon nanotubes as a dipole antenna at terahertz wave range. The current distribution, input impedance and mutual impedance are calculated for various geometrical parameters of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes. The numerical results demonstrate the properties of the antenna depending strongly on the geometrical parameters such as the radius, the lengths of carbon nantobues, and the spacing between nanotubes. It is found that the zig-zag carbon nanotubes exhibit very high input impedance and the mutual impedances for antenna array applications. These unique high impedance properties are different from the conventional metal thin wire antenna. The far-field patterns and gain of antenna array are also calculated. The maximum gain of array of 100-element array is up to 20.0~dB, which is larger than the gain of 0.598~dB of single dipole antenna at distance d = 0.5\lambda .     

On the selection of loads in the multiload method for measuring the acoustic source parameters of duct systems

The in-duct source can be characterized by two acoustical parameters such as the source strength and the source impedance, which permit the prediction of radiated sound pressure or insertion loss of the whole duct system. One-port acoustic characteristics of an in-duct source can be measured by the multiload method using an overdetermined set of open pipes or side-branch pipes with different lengths as applied loads. The input data, viz. load pressure and load impedance, are usually contaminated by measurement error in the actual measurements, which result in errors in the calculated source parameters. In this paper, the effects of the errors in the input data on the results have been studied numerically, varying the number of loads and their impedances in order to determine what combination of the loads will yield the best result. It is noted that, frequently, only a set of open pipes is used when applying the multiload method to the internal combustion engine sources. A set of pipe lengths, which cause the calculated results to be least sensitive to the input data error, can be found when using open pipe loads. The present work is intended to produce guidelines for preparing an appropriate load set in order to obtain accurate source properties of fluid machines.     

Anatomy of the respiratory system in the, “Portrait of a Musician” by Leonardo da Vinci

The object of the research is the painting, Portrait of a Musician’’. Upon closer examination of the painting, we discovered three details. Two have the shape of trachea and bronchi and the third a larynx. By moving the details through the program Paint X we got an image of the larynx, trachea and bronchi. The larynx is presented by thyroid and cricoid cartilage. The characteristic cartilaginous rings are distinguished on the trachea. The right and left main bronchi are also seen. In our opinion, Leonardo da Vinci reflected the elements of the respiratory system in the, Portrait of a Musician’’, thus emphasizing the fact that the bronchi, trachea and larynx are involved in the production of sound.     

Correction for transducer influence on sound velocity measurements by the pulse echo method

The accuracy of sound velocity measurements calculated by the pulse echo method is influenced markedly by the transducer used. This influence is the result of multiple internal reflections within the transducer and is dependent both on transducer thickness and the impedance mismatch between transducer and sample. Corrections for this effect have been computed for a wide range of sample acoustic impedances and the results were confirmed by experiment. These corrections improve sound velocity measurements, particularly on low impedance materials.     

Impedance spectroscopy of Na+ conducting zeolite ZSM-5

The electrochemical impedance of Na⁺ ion conducting zeolite Na-ZSM-5 contacted with gold electrodes is measured. Complementary impedance measurements of the same material contacted with Na⁺ ion conducting Na₂CO₃ enabled the separation of volume and electrode parts of the impedance. Both volume and electrode impedances consisted of multiple components. Possible underlying mechanisms are discussed in view of the application of zeolites as sensitive materials in solid-state ionic gas sensors.     

雷电在水平导体中产生感应电压的观测及数值模拟研究

对自然雷电的9次回击过程在水平导体上产生的感应电压特征进行了分析,并利用数值模拟分析了各种参量对感应电压的影响.自然雷电9次回击在导体上产生的感应电压的变化范围为4.6—18.6 kV,平均值为11.2 kV.感应电压的半峰值宽度和下降时间的几何平均值分别为0.87和2.9 μs.数值模拟结果表明,回击在导体两端产生的感应电压随回击速度的增加而增大,随导体高度的增加而增大.当导体两端的接地电阻匹配时,感应电压随电阻的增加而增大,但并不满足线性关系.当导体两端的接地电阻不匹配时,高电阻端的感应电压远大于低电 关键词： 感应电压 自然雷电 数值模拟     

Electrical characteristics of argon radio frequency glow dischargesin an asymmetric cell

Measurements of the current and voltage at both electrodes of a parallel-plate, capacitively coupled RF discharge cell (the Gaseous Electronics Conference Reference Cell) were combined with measurements of the voltage on a wire inserted into the glow region between the electrodes, for argon discharges at pressures of 1.3-133 Pa and peak-to-peak applied voltages ⩽400 V. Together, these measurements determined the RF voltage, current, impedance, and power of each sheath of the plasma. Simple power laws were found to describe changes in sheath impedances observed as voltage and pressure were varied. An equivalent circuit model for the electrical behavior of the discharge was obtained. The equivalent circuit model can be used to relate the electrical data to plasma properties such as electron densities, ion currents, and sheath widths. The results differ from models previously proposed for asymmetric RF discharges, and the implications of this disagreement are discussed     

Temperature dependence of acoustic impedance for specific fluorocarbon liquids

Recent studies by our group have demonstrated the efficacy of perfluorocarbon liquid nanoparticles for enhancing the reflectivity of tissuelike surfaces to which they are bound. The magnitude of this enhancement depends in large part on the difference in impedances of the perfluorocarbon, the bound substrate, and the propagating medium. The impedance varies directly with temperature because both the speed of sound and the mass density of perfluorocarbon liquids are highly temperature dependent. However, there are relatively little data in the literature pertaining to the temperature dependence of the acoustic impedance of these compounds. In this study, the speed of sound and density of seven different fluorocarbon liquids were measured at specific temperatures between 20 degrees C and 45 degrees C. All of the samples demonstrated negative, linear dependencies on temperature for both speed of sound and density and, consequently, for the acoustic impedance. The slope of sound speed was greatest for perfluorohexane (-278 +/- 1.5 cm/s-degrees C) and lowest for perfluorodichlorooctane (-222 +/- 0.9 cm/s-degrees C). Of the compounds measured, perfluorohexane exhibited the lowest acoustic impedance at all temperatures, and perfluorodecalin the highest at all temperatures. Computations from a simple transmission-line model used to predict reflectivity enhancement from surface-bound nanoparticles are discussed in light of these results.     

Determination of acoustic impedances of multi matching layers for narrowband ultrasonic airborne transducers at frequencies <2.5 MHz - Application of a genetic algorithm

The effective ultrasonic energy radiation into the air of piezoelectric transducers requires using multilayer matching systems with accurately selected acoustic impedances and the thickness of particular layers. One major problem of ultrasonic transducers, radiating acoustic energy into air, is to find the proper acoustic impedances of one or more matching layers. This work aims at developing an original solution to the acoustic impedance mismatch between transducer and air. If the acoustic impedance defences between transducer and air be more, then finding best matching layer(s) is harder. Therefore we consider PZT (lead zirconate titanate piezo electric) transducer and air that has huge acoustic impedance deference. The vibration source energy (PZT), which is used to generate the incident wave, consumes a part of the mechanical energy and converts it to an electrical one in theoretical calculation. After calculating matching layers, we consider the energy source as layer to design a transducer. However, this part of the mechanical energy will be neglected during the mathematical work. This approximation is correct only if the transducer is open-circuit. Since the possibilities of choosing material with required acoustic impedance are limited (the counted values cannot always be realized and applied in practice) it is necessary to correct the differences between theoretical values and the possibilities of practical application of given acoustic impedances. Such a correction can be done by manipulating other parameters of matching layers (e.g. by changing their thickness). The efficiency of the energy transmission from the piezoceramic transducer through different layers with different thickness and different attenuation enabling a compensation of non-ideal real values by changing their thickness was computer analyzed (base on genetic algorithm). Firstly, three theoretical solutions were investigated. Namely, Chebyshev, Desilets and Souquet theories. However, the obtained acoustic impedances do not necessarily correspond to a nowadays available material. Consequently, the values of the acoustic impedances are switched to the nearest values in a large material database. The switched values of the acoustic impedances do not generally give efficient transmission coefficients. Therefore, we proposed, in a second step, the use of a genetic algorithm (GA) to select the best acoustic impedances for matching layers from the material database for a narrow band ultrasonic transducer that work at frequency below the 2.5 MHz by considering attenuation. However this bank is rich, the results get better. So the accuracy of the propose method increase by using a lot of materials with exact data for acoustic impedance and their attenuation, especially in high frequency. This yields highly more efficient transmission coefficient. In fact by using increasing number of layer we can increase our chance to find the best sets of materials with valuable both in acoustic impedance and low attenuation. Precisely, the transmission coefficient is almost equal to unity for the all studied cases. Finally the effect of thickness on transmission coefficient is investigated for different layers. The results showed that the transmission coefficient for air media is a function of thickness and sensitive to it even for small variation in thickness. In fact, the sensitivity increases when the differences of acoustic impedances to be high (difference between PZT and air).     

Acoustic simulation of mobile phone coupled to artificial ear

Artificial ear is being used to evaluate the acoustic response and the sound quality of the mobile telephony devices, which simulates the practical listening condition of the outer ears. In this paper, a method to estimate the coupled acoustic response of the device with an artificial ear is studied to be effectively used in the design. To this end, an equivalent circuit model of the total receiver system including all accessory elements is established. Acoustic impedance of artificial ear, which is essential in the equivalent model, is directly measured by using three microphones arranged in tandem on the duct wall connected to the artificial ear. Input impedances of two artificial ears, Type 3.3 and 3.4, which are currently employed as the standard devices, are measured. The measured data is incorporated into the model to predict the acoustic response. To validate the proposed model using the measured impedance, the measured acoustic responses of two simulation systems including mobile phone and artificial ear are compared with the predicted ones. A reasonably good agreement between measurement and prediction is observed, and their difference is less than 4.5 dB at the narrow communication band for a mobile phone (f < 3.4 kHz). It is also found that the input impedance of Type 3.3 ear is more robust to the change of measuring condition than Type 3.4 ear.