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Electro-acoustic Transducers

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Electro-acoustic transducers (EAT) are intended for transformation of electric voltage into acoustic signal and vice versa. EAT work in gaseous medium, and are widely used in measuring, computing, consumer equipment, etc. [1].EAT elaboration is based on various physical principles.

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Sharapov, V. (2011). Electro-acoustic Transducers. In: Piezoceramic Sensors. Microtechnology and MEMS. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15311-2_12

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