The long-term reliability of pre-charged CMUTs for the powering of deep implanted devices

Marta Saccher; Shinnosuke Kawasaki; Ronald Dekker

doi:10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593683

The long-term reliability of pre-charged CMUTs for the powering of deep implanted devices

Marta Saccher, Shinnosuke Kawasaki, Ronald Dekker

Electronic Components, Technology and Materials

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Abstract

Recently, focused ultrasound has been proposed to power deeply implanted medical devices. Almost exclusively, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducers are used to convert acoustic energy into electrical energy. Unfortunately, these lead containing devices cannot be hermetically encapsulated since that would block the ultrasound. We propose the use of biocompatible Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) elements to replace traditional PZT transducers. In addition, to eliminate the external bias voltage, we introduced a charge trapping Al2O3 layer inside the CMUT to create a built-in bias voltage. These devices can be pre-charged and used as a receiver for US power. In this work, the viability of charged CMUTs to power deep implants was explored by investigating the effect of the charging parameters and by performing Accelerated Lifetime Tests (ALT). The estimated lifetime at body temperature ranges between 2.5 to 3.5 years at body temperature, which significantly depends on the charging parameters.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-0355-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-4777-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593683
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) - Virtual at Xi'an, China Duration: 11 Sept 2021 → 16 Sept 2021

Publication series

Name	IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
ISSN (Print)	1948-5719

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Conference	2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
Abbreviated title	IUS 2021
Country/Territory	China
City	Virtual at Xi'an
Period	11/09/21 → 16/09/21

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care
Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers
pre-charged CMUT
zero-bias transducers
ultrasound power transfer
accelerated lifetime test

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Saccher, M, Kawasaki, S & Dekker, R 2021, The long-term reliability of pre-charged CMUTs for the powering of deep implanted devices. in 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS): Proceedings., 9593683, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS, IEEE, Piscataway, pp. 1-4, 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Virtual at Xi'an, China, 11/09/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593683

The long-term reliability of pre-charged CMUTs for the powering of deep implanted devices. / Saccher, Marta; Kawasaki, Shinnosuke; Dekker, Ronald.
2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS): Proceedings. Piscataway: IEEE, 2021. p. 1-4 9593683 (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS).

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The long-term reliability of pre-charged CMUTs for the powering of deep implanted devices

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Pre-Charged Collapse-Mode CMUTs: A building block for future ultrasound

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