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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yunhong Li, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Patrick Magee, Allen, TX (US);
Stephen John Fedigan, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/02 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); B08B 7/028 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lens structure system with a lens structure and a multi-segmented transducer coupled to the lens structure. Each segment in the plurality of segments has a first conductor and a second conductor, wherein the first conductor and the second conductor are electrically coupled to the segment. The system also has circuitry for applying a voltage to selected segments in the plurality of segments with standing wave signals and traveling wave signals.