Acoustic microscope
US4028933A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 18, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/8906
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A scanning acoustic microscope wherein a high frequency acoustic plane wave is focused by an acoustic lens to scan an object at the focal plane and is then recollimated by a second acoustic lens, detected with a piezoelectric detector, and the detected acoustic signal applied to an oscilloscope to provide a visual display.
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