Increasing the bandwidth and signal to nose ratio (SNR) of array sensors is a key problem in generating high-quality medical ultrasound images. However, compared with the electrical impedance of transmitting and receiving circuits, the sensitivity of small array elements is often poor due to its much higher impedance. The realization of MLC is an effective method to reduce the impedance and has the potential to improve the SNR of ultrasonic probe. In this work, we have fabricated multilayer piezoelectric ceramics with the composition of 0.1pb (Ni1 / 3Nb2 / 3) o3-0.35pb (Zn1 / 3Nb2 / 3) o3-0.15pb (MG1 / 3Nb2 / 3) O 3-0.1pbzro3-0.3pbtio3-4mol% excess NiO (pnn-pzn-pn-pz-pt), which was cast by rolling magnetic tape and burned with 90ag / 10pd electrode at 950 ° C. Using the obtained 5-layer MLC (5l-mlc), we designed and demonstrated a 5 MHz 32 element array sensor for ultrasonic and photoacoustic imaging. The 5-layer sensor exhibits 87% bandwidth at - 6 dB, which is much higher than 62% of SLC. In addition, the insertion loss is increased by 16.2 dB on the SLC with an external impedance of 50 Ω. The experimental results and theoretical analysis show that the array sensors made of pnn-pzn-pn-pz-pz-pt multilayer ceramics are promising in obtaining high-quality ultrasonic and photoacoustic images.<br>Ultrasound scanners work in transmitting or receiving<br>
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