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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1990
Shiroh Saitoh, Yokohama, JP;
Mamoru Izumi, Tokyo, JP;
Syuzi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic probe includes a probe head having a piezoelectric element which includes a plurality of piezoelectric layers which are laminated in the thickness direction thereof with the polarity directions of the adjacent piezoelectric layers set opposite to each other and each of which has opposite end surfaces, electrodes formed on the opposite end surfaces of the piezoelectric layers in the laminated direction, a plurality of external electrodes formed on the opposite end surfaces of the piezoelectric layers on the laminated direction, internal electrodes formed in the lamination interface of the piezoelectric layers, an acoustic matching layer having a plurality of layers and formed on one surface of the plurality of laminated piezoelectric layers, an acoustic lens disposed on the matching layer with the convex surface thereof set towards the outside, and a backing material disposed on the other surface of the piezoelectric element.