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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Sound Technology Inc., State College, PA (US);
Christopher Beers, Boalsburg, PA (US);
Michael Berkheimer, Altoona, PA (US);
Joseph Conklin, Pleasant Gap, PA (US);
Russell Woods, Lewistown, PA (US);
Sound Technology Inc., State College, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () comprises a probe () including a transducer array () with a plurality of elements (), a communications interface (), and an interconnect () configured to route electrical signals between the plurality of elements and the communications interface. The interconnect includes a flexible printed circuit with a first surface with a first metal layer (), a second opposing surface with a second metal layer (), a first end (), and a second opposing end (). The apparatus further includes traces () configured to readout signals from at least one of the first and second opposing ends.