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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:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1992
Donald G Killam, Woodinville, WA (US);
Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
An acoustic transducer assembly is provided in which the signal and reference potential contacts of the elements of the transducer are electrically connected to external circuitry by means of tape automated bonding conductors. At least a first array of TAB conductors is provided for the signal leads to the transducer elements and a second array is provided for the reference potential leads. In a preferred embodiment a uniform reference potential is maintained across the reference potential contacts of the transducer by utilizing TAB conductors connected to each end of the reference potential contacts and leading to a source of reference potential.