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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2013
Applicant:
University of Windsor, Windsor, CA;
Inventor:
Sazzadur Chowdhury, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR, Windsor, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); B06B 2201/20 (2013.01); B06B 2201/40 (2013.01); B06B 2201/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor assembly including one or more capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) microarray modules which are provided with a number of individual transducers. The microarray modules are arranged to simulate or orient individual transducers in a hyperbolic paraboloid geometry. The transducers/sensor are arranged in a rectangular or square matrix and are activatable individually, selectively or collectively to emit and received reflected beam signals at a frequency of between about 100 to 170 kHz.