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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
David Brian Barkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ira Oaktree Wygant, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 (2006.01); G01F 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/667 (2013.01); G01F 1/662 (2013.01); G01F 25/0007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flow meter system includes a first ultrasonic transducer array to be flush-mounted to a pipe. The system also includes a second ultrasonic transducer array to be flush-mounted to the pipe. The system further includes a controller coupled to the first and second ultrasonic transducer arrays and configured to cause bidirectional beam steering between the first and second ultrasonic transducer arrays.