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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Bfly Operations, Inc., Guilford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Lutsky, Los Altos, CA (US);

Nevada J. Sanchez, Guilford, CT (US);

Kailiang Chen, Branford, CT (US);

Keith G. Fife, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Tyler S. Ralston, Clinton, CT (US);

Assignee:

BFLY OPERATIONS, INC., Guilford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultrasound circuits that employ a differential ultrasonic transducer element, such as a differential micromachined ultrasonic transducer (MUT) element. The differential ultrasonic transducer element may be coupled to an integrated circuit that is configured to operate the differential ultrasonic transducer element in one or more modes of operation, such as a differential receive mode, a differential transmit mode, a single-ended receive mode, and a single-ended transmit mode.


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