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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Bruno Hans Haider, Ballston, NY (US);
Robert Stephen Lewandowski, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Robert Gideon Wodnicki, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bruno Hans Haider, Ballston, NY (US);
Robert Stephen Lewandowski, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Robert Gideon Wodnicki, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
According to embodiments of the present technique, a system and a method for addressing transducers in a two-dimensional transducer array is disclosed. According to one aspect of the present technique, the transducers are arranged in rows and columns, and the columns are coupled to a shared transmit and receive circuitry while the rows are coupled to a row selection circuitry. In another embodiment, each transducer is coupled to a separate, dedicated transmit circuitry and the columns are coupled to a shared receive circuitry.