Lead-Free HIFU Transducers.

High-intensity focused ultrasound transducers operating at 4 MHz based on lead-free piezoceramics from the sodium bismuth titanate (NBT) family are described. First, the piezoelectric material (Pz12X) is evaluated from the standpoint of transducer design and its important characteristics, including temperature dependance of several parameters such as dielectric and mechanical coefficients. Then, the performance of six transducers of the same design is evaluated in terms of electro-acoustic efficiency and its dependency on the operating acoustic power level up to 30 W. Overall, the initial electro-acoustic efficiency of three independent transducers is approximately 50% at low acoustic power levels and slightly drops down to 42% as the input electric power reaches 10 W. This process is stable and fully reversible. Moreover, the stability of electro-acoustic efficiency over extended power burst cycling is studied using another two transducers up to 95 × 10

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Conflict of interest disclosure The research described was funded by TOOsonix A/S and CTS Ferroperm Piezoceramics A/S, each supporting their respective teams. No external funding was received.