Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic probe and piezoelectric transducer
- Patent Title (中): 超声波探头和压电换能器
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Application No.: US12240221Application Date: 2008-09-29
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Publication No.: US08082794B2Publication Date: 2011-12-27
- Inventor: Minoru Aoki , Hiroyuki Shikata
- Applicant: Minoru Aoki , Hiroyuki Shikata
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-258899 20071002
- Main IPC: H04R17/00
- IPC: H04R17/00 ; H01L41/04 ; H01L41/047 ; A61B8/04

Abstract:
A ultrasonic probe has a plurality of piezoelectric transducers arranged in the array direction. Each piezoelectric transducer has a piezoelectric element which vibrates in the thickness direction. A signal electrode is formed on the lower surface of the piezoelectric element. An earth electrode is formed on the upper surface of the piezoelectric element. Inside the piezoelectric element, a plurality of non-piezoelectric elements are arranged along the lens direction. Each non-piezoelectric element does not come in contact with the signal electrode and the earth electrode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090088643A1 ULTRASONIC PROBE AND PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER Public/Granted day:2009-04-02
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