A method of operating a
PMUT electro-acoustical
transducer, the method comprising: applying over an excitation interval to the
transducer an
excitation signal which is configured to emit corresponding
ultrasound pulses towards a surrounding space, acquiring at a
receiver reflected
ultrasound pulses as reflected in said surrounding space, generating a reference
echo signal, performing a cross-correlation of said acquired received
ultrasound pulses with said reference
echo signal, performing a measurement based on the cross-correlation results, in particular a measurement of the
time of flight of the ultrasound pulses, wherein said reference echo is obtained by finding an oscillation frequency of the
transmitter on the basis of a
transmitter ringdown
signal, finding an oscillation frequency of the
receiver on the basis of a
receiver ringdown
signal, performing a frequency tuning respectively on the
transmitter and the receiver on the basis of said respective oscillation frequencies, then sweeping an input frequency of the transmitter to find a frequency of the
maximum displacement in the ringdown
signal, performing a frequency tuning of the receiver at said frequency of the
maximum displacement in the ringdown signal of the transmitter.