The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2016
Leltek Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Leltek Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
An ultrasound apparatus and a method of emitting plane wave are provided. The ultrasound apparatus includes an ultrasound probe, a transceiver circuit, a switch module and a processor. The ultrasound probe has a 1to a Mtransducer elements for respectively emitting ultrasound beams to form the plane wave, and the transceiver circuit has a 1to a Ntransceiving channels. M, N are positive integers, and M is a multiple of N. During a scanning period, the processor controls the switch module to initially and respectively connect the 1-Ntransceiving channels to the 1-Ntransducer elements, such that the 1-Ntransducer elements successively emit the ultrasound beams. After the ultrasound beam is emitted by the Ntransducer element, the processor controls the switch module to respectively connect the 1-Ntransceiving channels to the (N+1)-(2N)transducer elements, such that the (N+1)-(2N)transducer elements successively emit the ultrasound beams.