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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
May. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt Niederer, Eggenfelden, DE;
Peter-Christian Eccardt, Ottobrunn, DE;
Dieter Maier-Schneider, Markt Schwaben, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/00 ;
Abstract
A micromechanical, capacitative ultrasound transducer having a planar membrane is adapted such for manufacturing an air gap between membrane and cooperating electrode that the membrane collapses. The width of the air gap is thereby defined by nubs located on the membrane that lie against the cooperating electrode.