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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mohammad Hadi Motieian Najar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter Smeys, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/047 (2006.01); H01L 41/00 (2013.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/0618 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); H01L 41/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid micromachined ultrasound transducer includes a piezoelectric micromachined transducer and a capacitive micromachined transducer. The capacitive micromachined transducer is vertically stacked with the piezoelectric micromachined transducer. The piezoelectric micromachined transducer and the capacitive micromachined transducer include a common shared electrode.