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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Akifumi Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Naoaki Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Nagata, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention addresses the problem of enlarging a sensing area in an ultrasonic probe so as to achieve a higher definition. This ultrasonic diagnostic equipment is provided with an ultrasonic probe that comprises: a CMUT chip () that has drive electrodes ()-(), etc., arranged in a grid-like configuration on a rectangular CMUT element section (); and a CMUT chip () that has drive electrodes ()-(), etc., arranged in a grid-like configuration on the rectangular CMUT element section (), that is adjacent to the CMUT chip (), and in which the drive electrodes ()-() of the adjacent CMUT chip () are electrically connected to the respective drive electrodes ()-() via bonding wires ()-(), etc.