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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Hans-Peter Loebl, Eindhoven, NL;
Alfons Wouter Groenland, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound transducer array is provided that comprises a plurality of CMUT (capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer) cells (), each CMUT cell comprising a substrate () carrying a first electrode () of a first electrode arrangement, the substrate being spatially separated from a flexible membrane including a second electrode () of a second electrode arrangement by a gap (), at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode being electrically insulated from said gap by at least one dielectric layer (), wherein at least one of the first electrode arrangement and the second electrode arrangement is partitioned into a plurality of sections interconnected by respective fuse portions (). An ultrasound probe and an ultrasound system comprising such an ultrasound transducer array are also disclosed.