简介：Animprovedmodelforultrasonictransducersisproposed.Byconsideringonlythefirstsymmetricmode,eachlayerisrepresentedasanacousticaltransmissionlineinmodelingofbulkwavetransducers.Inimagingapplications,widebandwidthandshorttimedurationarerequired.Theapproachwehaveusedconsistsofimpedancematchingthefrontfaceofthepiezoelectrictransducertothepropagatingmediumwithaquarterwavelengthimpedancematchinglayerandinsertinganunmatchingquarterwavelengthacousticallayerbetweentherearfaceandbackingmaterial.Aheavybackingwoulddegradethewide-bandphenomena,butshowatimedurationshorterthan0.5μsforimagingapplications.PSPICEcodeofthecontrolledsourcemodelisimplementedtopreciselypredicttheperformanceofthematchedtransducerssuchasimpedance,insertionloss,bandwidthanddurationoftheimpulseresponse.Goodagreementbetweenthesimulationandexperimentalresultshasbeenachieved.