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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Koichi Shibamoto, Otawara, JP;
Hiroyuki Shikata, Nasu-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Koichi Shibamoto, Otawara, JP;
Hiroyuki Shikata, Nasu-gun, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ultrasonic probe includes a piezoelectric oscillator layer having plural arranged piezoelectric oscillators for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves and plural electrodes formed in the piezoelectric oscillators, an acoustic lens for focusing or diffusing the ultrasonic waves, and an acoustic matching layer that is provided between the piezoelectric oscillator layer and the acoustic lens and includes a resin base and fine particles, which have electric conductivity, mixed in the resin base.