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Probes Incident wave front

Emitting Pulses
Trigger
Acquisition Phased array
unit unit Flaw

Reflected wave front

Receiving Echo signals

Acquisition Phased array

unit unit Flaw

Delays at reception

Figure 1-8 Beam forming and time delay for pulsing and receiving multiple beams (same
phase and amplitude).

The beam focusing principle for normal and angled incidences is illustrated in
Figure 1-9.

a b

Delay [ns]
Delay [ns]

PA probe PA probe

Resulting wave surface

Figure 1-9 Beam focusing principle for (a) normal and (b) angled incidences.

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