Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic transducer, ultrasonic probe, diagnostic device, and electronic instrument
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Application No.: US15268918Application Date: 2016-09-19
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Publication No.: US09968332B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Jiro Tsuruno
- Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2012-115321 20120521
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; B06B1/06

Abstract:
An ultrasonic transducer includes “m” first ultrasonic elements including first diaphragms, and “n” second ultrasonic elements including second diaphragms. “m” represents a number of the first ultrasonic elements and is an integer of 1 or more. Each of the first diaphragms has a first area. “n” second ultrasonic elements includes second diaphragms. Each of the “n” second diaphragms has a second area being smaller than the first area. “n” represents a number of the second ultrasonic elements and is an integer larger than “m”. The “m” first ultrasonic elements are electrically connected in series in a case where “m” is an integer of 2 or more. The “n” second ultrasonic elements are electrically connected in series. B/A is within a range of 0.9 to 1.1, when a total sum of the first areas is “A” and a total sum of the second areas is “B”.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170000460A1 ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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