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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Ivan Koudar, Modrice, CZ;
Jan Ledvina, Tovacov, CZ;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/524 (2006.01); G01S 15/10 (2006.01); G01S 3/801 (2006.01); G01S 3/86 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/002 (2013.01); G01S 3/801 (2013.01); G01S 3/86 (2013.01); G01S 7/524 (2013.01); G01S 15/10 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 17/00 (2013.01); H04S 7/00 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a transducer controller is configured to apply a damping signal to reduce energy stored in the transducer after the transducer has been driven with a drive signal to form a transmitted acoustic signal.