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US 4752918

ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS

Assignee

ETAT FRANCAIS REPRESENTE PAR LE DELEGUE GENERAL POUR L'ARMEMENT

Filed

Jun 13, 1984

Granted

Jun 21, 1988

Location

SIX FOURS LES P FR

Abstract

An electro-acoustic transducer according to the invention is of the Tonpilz type comprising a stack of piezo-electric plates placed between a horn and a countermass, and electrodes inserted between the plates. Some of the electrodes are connected to a common excitation or output conductor through phase-shifting circuits which allow the electric voltage of a proportion of these electrodes to be dephased. A logic unit allows the phase-shifting of the electrodes to be distributed within the stack according to several different groupings in dependence upon frequency. One application of the invention is to the construction of long-range power sonars.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Nov 19, 1984

Rescinded

Mar 13, 1986

Duration

1 year, 3 months

Inventor

  • 1DIDIER BOUCHER

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