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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 1997

Filed:

Nov. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:

Samuel M Howard, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Acuson Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367140 ;
Abstract

An ultrasound transducer includes transducer segments having a non-uniform thickness layer of relaxor ferroelectric material and coupled to a source of biasing voltage thereto. The elevational aperture is controlled by varying biasing voltage applied to the layer of relaxor ferroelectric material.


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Howard, Samuel. (1997). Ultrasonic transducer with adjustable elevational aperture and methods (U.S. Patent No. 5657295). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5657295

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