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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lowell S Smith, Schenectady, NY (US);
Charles W Eichelberger, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert J Wojnarowksi, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Wiliam P Kornrumpf, Albany, NY (US);
Joseph E Piel, Jr, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367153 ; 367155 ; 310334 ; 29 2535 ; 12866203 ;
Abstract
A piezoelectric ultrasonic array transducer has its individual elements connected to external electronics via a high density interconnect structure which facilitates signal connection and uniformity from array-to-array. The array fabrication process is preferably modified for use with a high density interconnect structure in order to obtain maximum transducer quality.