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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:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2018
Applicants:
Adi Greenberg, Haifa, IL;
Yoav Levy, Hinanit, IL;
Inventors:
Adi Greenberg, Haifa, IL;
Yoav Levy, Hinanit, IL;
Assignee:
Insightec, Ltd., Tirat Carmel, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/06 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); H01L 41/187 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/0622 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01); H01L 41/1876 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various approaches for improving reliability in an ultrasound system having transducer elements, phase transmission lines, and a switch matrix having beamforming switches for connecting the phase transmission lines to the transducer elements involve operating the beamforming switches to avoid 'hot' switching as the activation pattern of the transducers changes.