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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Berengere Lebental, Levallois Perret, FR;
Anne Ghis, Saing Martin d'Heres, FR;
Inventors:
Berengere Lebental, Levallois Perret, FR;
Anne Ghis, Saing Martin d'Heres, FR;
Assignees:
Commissariat a l'energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, FR;
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Marne la Vallee, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/02 (2006.01); B60B 1/02 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 1/0292 (2013.01); B81C 1/00158 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0257 (2013.01); H01L 29/1606 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0127 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cMUT-type capacitive electroacoustic transducer including: at least one membrane configured to oscillate under effect of an electric field and/or an acoustic wave, wherein the membrane is formed from one or more layers of juxtaposed nanotubes or nanowires or nanorods, and an acoustic imaging device or UHF sonar including such transducers.