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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Flavien Daloz, Antibes, FR;
Jason Barrett, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
Edouard Da Cruz, Nice, FR;
Jean Pierre Malacrida, Saint Laurent, FR;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/09 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); H01L 41/313 (2013.01); H01L 41/08 (2006.01); H01L 41/338 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); B06B 1/0644 (2013.01); H01L 41/0815 (2013.01); H01L 41/313 (2013.01); H01L 41/338 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a single element ultrasound transducer. In one embodiment, the ultrasound transducer comprises a front face, a back face parallel to the front face, a piezoelectric layer having a top surface electrically coupled to the signal pad and a bottom surface electrically coupled to the ground pad. In this way, the transducer can work robustly and may be automatically mounted to an imaging probe.