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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Increased mut coupling efficiency and bandwidth via edge groove, virtual pivots, and free boundaries
Applicant:
Exo Imaging, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Bircumshaw, Redwood City, CA (US);
Sandeep Akkaraju, Redwood City, CA (US);
Haesung Kwon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Exo Imaging, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/06 (2006.01); H10N 30/50 (2023.01); H10N 30/87 (2023.01); H10N 30/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/0651 (2013.01); B06B 1/0662 (2013.01); B06B 1/0666 (2013.01); H10N 30/50 (2023.02); H10N 30/871 (2023.02); H10N 30/10516 (2023.02); H10N 30/877 (2023.02);
Abstract
Methods for improving the electromechanical coupling coefficient and bandwidth of micromachined ultrasonic transducers, or MUTs, are presented as well as methods of manufacture of the MUTs improved by the presented methods.