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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Rayette A. Fisher, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David M. Mills, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Lowell Scott Smith, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert S. Lewandowski, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Rayette A. Fisher, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David M. Mills, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Lowell Scott Smith, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert S. Lewandowski, Amsterdam, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A curved sensor device, such as an ultrasonic transducer array, is fabricated from a flat micromachined sensor (such as cMUT or pMUT) array constructed using micromachined electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. The device comprises: a support structure comprising a spine having a profile that is generally curved and a multiplicity of teeth extending from one side of the curved spine; and a multiplicity of sensors built on the support structure. The spine can be bent forward or backward and attached to a curved front face of a support member, thereby causing the sensors to adopt a curved array.