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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Susan Trolier-mckinstry, State College, PA (US);
Thomas N. Jackson, State College, PA (US);
Kyusun Choi, State College, PA (US);
Richard L. Tutwiler, Port Matilda, PA (US);
IN Soo Kim, State College, PA (US);
Hyun Soo Kim, University Park, PA (US);
Sung Kyu Park, State College, PA (US);
Ioanna G. Mina, State College, PA (US);
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, State College, PA (US);
Thomas N. Jackson, State College, PA (US);
Kyusun Choi, State College, PA (US);
Richard L. Tutwiler, Port Matilda, PA (US);
In Soo Kim, State College, PA (US);
Hyun Soo Kim, University Park, PA (US);
Sung Kyu Park, State College, PA (US);
Ioanna G. Mina, State College, PA (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
An example ultrasound device, such as a transducer array, includes a plurality of ultrasound transducers, each ultrasound transducer having a first electrode, a second electrode, a thin piezoelectric film located between the electrodes, and a substrate supporting the plurality of ultrasound transducers. In some examples, the electrode separation is less than 10 microns, facilitating lower voltage operation than conventional ultrasound transducers.