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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Antonia Cornelia van Rens, Nuenen, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); B06B 2201/51 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
A capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) device in which integrated probe circuitry includes both the ultrasound transmission and reception circuitry and a DC-DC converter for generating a bias voltage for the CMUT cell. The high voltage pulses of a pulser circuit and a high voltage DC bias voltage are both generated by a single probe circuit, which is local to the CMUT cell.