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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Applicant:
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Inventor:
Bruno Haider, Rehoboth Beach, DE (US);
Assignee:
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); B06B 1/0276 (2013.01); B06B 2201/51 (2013.01); B06B 2201/55 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for an ultrasound probe including a piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer including a first top electrode, a second top electrode, and a bottom electrode. The ultrasound probe further includes a transmitter/receiver configured to apply a single drive signal to the bottom electrode and a bias circuit configured to apply a first voltage bias to the first top electrode and to apply a second voltage bias to the second top electrode.