Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic probe
- Patent Title (中): 超声波诊断仪和超声波探头
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Application No.: US11556629Application Date: 2006-11-03
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Publication No.: US07755256B2Publication Date: 2010-07-13
- Inventor: Koichi Shibamoto , Minoru Aoki , Yasuhisa Makita , Takashi Takeuchi , Hiroyuki Shikata
- Applicant: Koichi Shibamoto , Minoru Aoki , Yasuhisa Makita , Takashi Takeuchi , Hiroyuki Shikata
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPP2005-320995 20051104
- Main IPC: H01L41/08
- IPC: H01L41/08

Abstract:
An ultrasonic probe including a piezoelectric vibrator configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves, an acoustic lens configured to focus the ultrasonic waves and an acoustic matching layer arranged between the piezoelectric vibrator and the acoustic lens and configured to modify acoustic impedance from the piezoelectric vibrator to the acoustic lens. The acoustic matching layer includes a first region arranged at center areas along a direction of transmitting and receiving of the ultrasonic waves, a second region arranged between the first region and the piezoelectric vibrator and having a rate of change of acoustic impedance which is less than rate of change of acoustic impedance of the first region and a third region arranged between the first region and the acoustic lens, and having a rate of change of acoustic impedance which is less than a rate of change of acoustic impedance of the first region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070108872A1 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC PROBE Public/Granted day:2007-05-17
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