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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2023
Applicant:

Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Hideki Matsubara, Kyoto, JP;

Yoshiaki Kono, Kyoto, JP;

Ken Hashimoto, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/06 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/0655 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 1/023 (2013.01); B06B 1/0681 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a driving circuit arranged to be capable of supplying a drive signal in an ultrasonic band to a piezoelectric element, a damping circuit having a resistance load and an inductive load, and a control circuit arranged to be capable of controlling the driving circuit and performing a reverberation reduction operation after stopping the supply of the drive signal to the piezoelectric element. In the reverberation reduction operation, the control circuit controls the driving circuit to supply the piezoelectric element with a damping signal having a phase different from that of the drive signal, and then enables the damping circuit to connect to the piezoelectric element.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Matsubara, Hideki. (2026). Semiconductor device and ultrasonic sensor (U.S. Patent No. 12697641). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12697641

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