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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2012
Applicants:

Jong-keun Song, Yongin-si, KR;

Kyung-il Cho, Seoul, KR;

Dong-wook Kim, Seoul, KR;

Bae-hyung Kim, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Jong-keun Song, Yongin-si, KR;

Kyung-il Cho, Seoul, KR;

Dong-wook Kim, Seoul, KR;

Bae-hyung Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52019 (2013.01); G10K 11/346 (2013.01);
Abstract

A beamforming method includes generating a control signal for implementing a delay time for each of a plurality of transducers of each of a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) transducer-arrays, transmitting the control signal to a plurality of driving units respectively corresponding to the plurality of 2D transducer-arrays via an interposer that electrically connects the plurality of 2D transducer-arrays to each other, and driving each 2D transducer-array of the plurality of 2D transducer-arrays with a corresponding driving unit of the plurality of driving units according to the control signal transmitted via the interposer.


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