Development of a Capacitive Ultrasonic Sensor Having Parylene Diaphragm

The present paper reports the development of a capacitive ultrasonic sensor having Parylene diaphragm. Parylene diaphragm is flexible and non-brittle, allowing good sensitivity and durability. The resonant frequency under the tensile stress of Parylene and the influence of the number and the radius of acoustic holes on damping ratio are investigated by FEM simulation. Practical sensor devices are fabricated. They can receive an impulsive ultrasonic pulse transmitted by a spark discharge. The ranging system using this sensor can detect the distance up to 1 m with the error less than 1 mm. The developed sensor can be approximated to be non-directional.

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