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公开(公告)号:US20240280696A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-22
申请号:US18649885
申请日:2024-04-29
申请人: Exo Imaging, Inc.
发明人: Yusuf S. HAQUE , Sandeep AKKARAJU , Janusz BRYZEK , Larry SKRENES
CPC分类号: G01S15/8934 , G01S15/895 , A61B5/0095 , A61B8/06 , A61B8/145 , A61N7/02
摘要: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an imaging device is described. The imaging device includes an array of transducers. Each transducer includes an array of piezoelectric elements. Each piezoelectric element transmits pressure waves towards an object to be imaged and receives reflections of the pressure waves off the object to be imaged. The imaging device also includes a transmit channel per one or more piezoelectric elements to generate the pressure waves and a receive channel per one or more piezoelectric elements to process the reflections of the pressure waves. The number of channels are selectively altered to control parameters such as power consumption and temperature.
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公开(公告)号:US20230204742A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-29
申请号:US18091288
申请日:2022-12-29
申请人: Exo Imaging, Inc.
发明人: Yusuf HAQUE , Janusz BRYZEK
CPC分类号: G01S7/52034 , G01S7/52085 , A61B8/56 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/5207 , A61B8/483 , H04N19/10
摘要: An ultrasonic imaging system can include an ultrasound imaging probe, a computing device, and a link for communicatively coupling the computing device and the ultrasound imaging probe. The probe can include an ultrasonic transducer and preprocessing circuitry. The ultrasonic transducer can produce an electrical signal from an ultrasonic pressure wave and have a transducer element. The preprocessing circuitry can be electrically coupled to the ultrasonic transducer and have a signal converter and a signal integrator. The signal converter can condition a signal from the transducer element and convert the signal to a digital signal. The signal integrator can combine the digital signal into a transmission signal with at least a 10 Gigabit per second data rate. The signal can then be transmitted for processing by the computing device.
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公开(公告)号:US20220233168A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17156058
申请日:2021-01-22
申请人: eXo Imaging, Inc.
摘要: Disclosed herein are ultrasonic transducer systems comprising: an ultrasonic imager comprising a plurality of pMUT transducer elements; and one or more circuitries connected electronically to the plurality of transducer element, the one or more circuitries configured to enable: pulse transmission and reception of reflected signal for the ultrasonic transducer, where inductors are used to equalize impedance to obtain greater pressure output. Also disclosed are methods of altering a pressure of an ultrasonic wave emitted by an ultrasonic transducer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240000429A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-04
申请号:US18369832
申请日:2023-09-18
申请人: Exo Imaging, Inc.
发明人: Yusuf HAQUE , Sandeep AKKARAJU , Janusz BRYZEK , Brian BIRCUMSHAW
IPC分类号: A61B8/00 , B06B1/06 , G01S7/52 , H10N30/88 , H10N30/00 , H10N30/20 , A61B8/08 , A61B8/14 , B06B1/02 , G01S7/521 , G01S15/89
CPC分类号: A61B8/4494 , B06B1/0692 , G01S7/52079 , H10N30/88 , H10N30/1051 , H10N30/2047 , H10N30/2048 , A61B8/0883 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/461 , A61B8/5207 , B06B1/0238 , B06B1/0629 , G01S7/52046 , A61B8/546 , B06B1/0662 , G01S7/521 , G01S15/8925 , A61B8/4483 , A61B8/488 , B06B1/0215 , A61B8/4427 , A61B8/4472 , B06B2201/76
摘要: An imaging device includes a two dimensional array of piezoelectric elements. Each piezoelectric element includes: a piezoelectric layer; a bottom electrode disposed on a bottom side of the piezoelectric layer and configured to receive a transmit signal during a transmit mode and develop an electrical charge during a receive mode; and a first top electrode disposed on a top side of the piezoelectric layer; and a first conductor, wherein the first top electrodes of a portion of the piezoelectric elements in a first column of the two dimensional array are electrically coupled to the first conductor.
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公开(公告)号:US20230200781A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-29
申请号:US17938075
申请日:2022-10-05
申请人: Exo Imaging, Inc.
CPC分类号: A61B8/4494 , A61B8/469 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/54 , G01S15/8925 , B06B1/0215 , B06B1/0292 , B06B1/06
摘要: Disclosed herein are ultrasonic transducer systems comprising: an ultrasonic imager comprising a plurality of pMUT transducer elements; and one or more circuitries connected electronically to the plurality of transducer element, the one or more circuitries configured to enable: pulse transmission and reception of reflected signal for the ultrasonic transducer, where inductors are used to equalize impedance to obtain greater pressure output. Also disclosed are methods of altering a pressure of an ultrasonic wave emitted by an ultrasonic transducer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240307035A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-19
申请号:US18668668
申请日:2024-05-20
申请人: Exo Imaging, Inc.
发明人: Sandeep AKKARAJU , Haesung KWON , Yusuf HAQUE , Janusz BRYZEK
IPC分类号: A61B8/00 , A61B8/08 , A61B8/14 , B06B1/02 , B06B1/06 , G01S7/52 , G01S7/521 , G01S15/89 , H10N30/20 , H10N30/88
CPC分类号: A61B8/4494 , A61B8/0883 , A61B8/145 , A61B8/4483 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/461 , A61B8/488 , A61B8/5207 , A61B8/546 , B06B1/0215 , B06B1/0238 , B06B1/0629 , B06B1/0662 , B06B1/0692 , G01S7/52046 , G01S7/52079 , G01S7/521 , G01S15/8925 , H10N30/2047 , H10N30/2048 , H10N30/704 , H10N30/88 , A61B8/4427 , A61B8/4472 , B06B2201/76
摘要: An imaging system includes: a transceiver cell for generating a pressure wave and converting an external pressure wave into an electrical signal; and a control unit for controlling an operation of the transceiver cell. The transceiver cell includes: a substrate; at least one membrane suspending from the substrate; and a plurality of transducer elements mounted on the at least one membrane. Each of the plurality of transducer elements has a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric layer on bottom electrode, and at least one top electrode on the piezoelectric layer. Each of the plurality of transducer element generates a bending moment in response to applying an electrical potential across the bottom electrode and the at least one top electrode and develops an electrical charge in response to a bending moment due to the external pressure wave.
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公开(公告)号:US20230125688A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-27
申请号:US17511245
申请日:2021-10-26
申请人: Exo Imaging, Inc.
发明人: Liang WANG , Yusuf HAQUE , Janusz BRYZEK
摘要: An ultrasound device for use with various types of imaging. In some embodiments, the ultrasound device may comprise a circuitry substrate and a plurality of transducer chips coupled to the circuitry substrate. In some embodiments, each transducer chip may comprise a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) component that may include a plurality of ultrasound elements closely packed with one another, an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) that may be operatively coupled to the plurality of ultrasound elements of said MEMS component, and a control unit that may be electrically coupled to each ASIC of the plurality of transducer chips for control thereof. In some embodiments, at least two transducer chips of the plurality of transducer chips may be placed on the circuitry substrate with a separation distance that may be less than an operational wavelength of the ultrasound elements of the MEMS components of said at least two transducer chips.
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公开(公告)号:US20210293952A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-23
申请号:US17341931
申请日:2021-06-08
申请人: Exo Imaging, Inc.
摘要: Disclosed herein are ultrasonic transducer systems comprising: an ultrasonic imager comprising a plurality of pMUT transducer elements; and one or more circuitries connected electronically to the plurality of transducer element, the one or more circuitries configured to enable: pulse transmission and reception of reflected signal for the ultrasonic transducer; and control of the ultrasonic transducer, the control of the ultrasonic transducer comprising focusing ultrasonic beam in an elevation direction.
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