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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2008
Applicants:

Hideo Adachi, Iruma, JP;

Yukihiko Sawada, Tokorozawa, JP;

Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Hachioji, JP;

Akiko Mizunuma, Hachioji, JP;

Takuya Imahashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Etsuko Omura, Saitama, JP;

Yoshiyuki Okuno, Fussa, JP;

Shuji Otani, Oume, JP;

Miyuki Murakami, Hino, JP;

Kiyoshi Nemoto, Hino, JP;

Kozaburo Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;

Naomi Shimoda, Fukushima, JP;

Inventors:

Hideo Adachi, Iruma, JP;

Yukihiko Sawada, Tokorozawa, JP;

Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Hachioji, JP;

Akiko Mizunuma, Hachioji, JP;

Takuya Imahashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Etsuko Omura, Saitama, JP;

Yoshiyuki Okuno, Fussa, JP;

Shuji Otani, Oume, JP;

Miyuki Murakami, Hino, JP;

Kiyoshi Nemoto, Hino, JP;

Kozaburo Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;

Naomi Shimoda, Fukushima, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

It becomes possible to obtain high sound pressure in a high frequency domain by a capacitive ultrasonic transducer which comprises a membrane on which one electrode is formed, a cavity constructed in its backface, and a substrate on which these are mounted and supported and on whose surface an electrode is provided, on a surface in an ultrasonic transmission and reception side, characterized in that the membrane comprises tow or more layers, and at least one layer of them comprises a high dielectric constant film.


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