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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2022
Exo Imaging, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Kutay Ustuner, Mountainview, CA (US);
Chad Steward, Redwood City, CA (US);
David Dea, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jonathan Strode, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yusuf Haque, Woodside, CA (US);
Bicheng William Wu, Redwood City, CA (US);
Charles Bradley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Anming Cai, Redwood City, CA (US);
Exo Imaging, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for ultrasound imaging and beamforming with a matrix array of transducer elements are provided. Receive signals of each transducer array element are amplified. The amplified receive signal of each transducer array element is digitized. A delay and weight are applied on the amplified and digitized receive signals. The amplified, digitized, delayed, and weighted receive signals are summed across all transducer elements of the matrix array to form a dynamically focused receive beam. An application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that is integrated with the matrix array of transducer elements performs such steps.