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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Matthew Harvey Krohn, Lewistown, PA (US);
Prabhjot Singh, Guilderland, NY (US);
Paul Aloysius Meyer, McVeytown, PA (US);
Wei Luo, Lewistown, PA (US);
Matthew Harvey Krohn, Lewistown, PA (US);
Prabhjot Singh, Guilderland, NY (US);
Paul Aloysius Meyer, McVeytown, PA (US);
Wei Luo, Lewistown, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A composite ceramic transducer structure for use in the construction of an ultrasound probe includes a substrate and a plurality of piezoelectric transducer posts. The plurality of piezoelectric transducer posts are controllably formed on the substrate in a plurality of spatial positions located on an X-Y plane of the substrate. The plurality of piezoelectric posts includes a plurality of shapes defined in an X-Y-Z plane of the substrate, wherein the plurality of piezoelectric transducer posts are configured to facilitate minimizing shear waves within the ultrasound probe.