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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Applicants:
David Brian Barkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua Posamentier, Oakland, CA (US);
Ira Oaktree Wygant, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Brian Barkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua Posamentier, Oakland, CA (US);
Ira Oaktree Wygant, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/0207 (2013.01); B06B 2201/30 (2013.01); B06B 2201/51 (2013.01); B06B 2201/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
A micromachined ultrasonic transducer (MUT) circuit, which has a MUT with a MUT membrane that can vibrate back and forth to transmit an ultrasonic wave, electrically controls the movement of the MUT membrane by controllably transferring energy to the MUT membrane, thereby allowing the MUT membrane to transmit substantially any desired ultrasonic wave.