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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard F. Morris, Stoughton, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE Lunar Corporation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/102 ;
Abstract
An acoustic array of independently sensitive detecting elements is produced by locating a pattern of electrodes on a piezoelectric polymer film. Sensitivity of the film and a spaced away supporting structure are used to reduce artifacts caused by acoustic reflection in the supporting structure.