IMPEDANCE MATCHING DEVICE AND METHOD
    142.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170338790A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-23

    申请号:US15158148

    申请日:2016-05-18

    Inventor: Cheol-Min HAN

    CPC classification number: H03H7/40 B06B1/0215 B06B2201/55 H03H11/30

    Abstract: An impedance matching device includes a matching element array unit with a matching element array to which a transmission pulse and a received pulse pass, an extraction/calculation unit extracting pulse information from the transmission pulse and the received pulse, calculating impedance values corresponding to the pulse information, and calculating an impedance value having best response characteristics of the received pulse with respect to the transmission pulse as a matching impedance value, an array control unit routing the matching element array unit according to the matching impedance value, a first converter converting a frequency of the transmission pulse into a carrier frequency and outputting the transmission pulse to the matching element array unit, a second converter converting the carrier frequency into a low frequency, and a converter control unit outputting a signal for controlling the frequency converting of the first converter and the second converter.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER AND ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER

    公开(公告)号:US20170274420A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-28

    申请号:US15618260

    申请日:2017-06-09

    Inventor: Masaya TODA

    CPC classification number: B06B1/0611 B06B3/00 B06B2201/55 H04R17/10

    Abstract: A method for producing an ultrasonic transducer including an arrangement determination step of determining an arrangement of piezoelectric elements in a stack on the basis of mechanical quality factors of the respective piezoelectric elements; and an assembly step of assembling the stack in which the piezoelectric elements are arranged according to the arrangement determined in the arrangement determination step, a horn, and a back mass. In the arrangement determination step, the arrangement of the piezoelectric elements is determined so that the difference in mechanical quality factor between the piezoelectric elements adjacent in the longitudinal direction is within 5% of a mean value of the mechanical quality factors of the piezoelectric elements.

    Piezoelectric and logic integrated delay line memory

    公开(公告)号:US09761324B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-12

    申请号:US15116441

    申请日:2015-02-03

    Abstract: Delay line memory device, systems and methods are disclosed. In one aspect, a delay line memory device includes a substrate; an electronic unit disposed on the substrate and operable to receive, amplify, and/or synchronize data signals into a bit stream to be transmitted as acoustic pulses carrying data stored in the delay line memory device; a first and a second piezoelectric transducer disposed on the substrate and in communication with the electronic unit, in which the first piezoelectric transducer is operable to transmit the data signals to the acoustic pulses that carry the data through the bulk of the substrate, and the second piezoelectric transducer is operable to transduce the received acoustic pulses to intermediate electrical signals containing the data, which are transferred to the electronic unit via an electrical interconnect to cause refresh of the data in the delay line memory device.

    PIEZOELECTRIC AND LOGIC INTEGRATED DELAY LINE MEMORY

    公开(公告)号:US20170169899A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-15

    申请号:US15116441

    申请日:2015-02-03

    Abstract: Delay line memory device, systems and methods are disclosed. In one aspect, a delay line memory device includes a substrate; an electronic unit disposed on the substrate and operable to receive, amplify, and/or synchronize data signals into a bit stream to be transmitted as acoustic pulses carrying data stored in the delay line memory device; a first and a second piezoelectric transducer disposed on the substrate and in communication with the electronic unit, in which the first piezoelectric transducer is operable to transmit the data signals to the acoustic pulses that carry the data through the bulk of the substrate, and the second piezoelectric transducer is operable to transduce the received acoustic pulses to intermediate electrical signals containing the data, which are transferred to the electronic unit via an electrical interconnect to cause refresh of the data in the delay line memory device.

    ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER AND ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE

    公开(公告)号:US20170144194A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-25

    申请号:US15422527

    申请日:2017-02-02

    Inventor: Takanao FUJIMURA

    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer includes: an acoustic matching layer bending with a predetermined curvature; a plurality of piezoelectric elements disposed on an inner face on a side of a curvature center of the acoustic matching layer in such a manner that the plurality of piezoelectric elements bend; a plurality of wirings including respective one ends electrically connected to the plurality of piezoelectric elements, respectively; a substrate to which respective other ends of the plurality of wirings are electrically connected; and a holding member provided on the plurality of wirings at a position partway of the plurality of wirings between the plurality of piezoelectric elements and the substrate, the holding member being configured to hold a pitch of the plurality of wirings so as to be a pitch that is equal to or smaller than a predetermined arrangement pitch of the plurality of piezoelectric elements.

    Transducer Driving Methods and Transducer Driving Systems
    150.
    发明申请
    Transducer Driving Methods and Transducer Driving Systems 审中-公开
    传感器驱动方法和传感器驱动系统

    公开(公告)号:US20170063327A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-02

    申请号:US15246073

    申请日:2016-08-24

    CPC classification number: B06B1/0253 B06B2201/55

    Abstract: Transducer driving methods and transducer driving systems are described. According to one aspect, a transducer driving method includes providing a plurality of initial driving signals to a transducer, wherein each of the initial driving signals has a respective one of a plurality of different frequencies, identifying one of the frequencies where the transducer has a reduced impedance as a result of the provision of one of the initial driving signals having the one frequency to the transducer compared with impedances of the transducer resulting from the provision of others of the initial driving signals having others of the frequencies to the transducer, determining that the identified one of the frequencies is not acceptable for driving the transducer, as a result of the determining, identifying another of the frequencies, and driving the transducer using another driving signal having the another frequency.

    Abstract translation: 介绍了传感器驱动方法和传感器驱动系统。 根据一个方面,传感器驱动方法包括向换能器提供多个初始驱动信号,其中每个初始驱动信号具有多个不同频率中的相应一个,识别换能器具有减小的频率之一 阻抗是由于向传感器提供具有一个频率的初始驱动信号中的一个与传感器的阻抗相比而产生的,所述阻抗是由于将其他初始驱动信号提供给换能器的其它频率而确定的, 由于确定,识别另一个频率并且使用具有另一频率的另一个驱动信号来驱动换能器,识别出的一个频率对于驱动换能器是不可接受的。

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