BR112017007742A2 - transdutor ultrassônico piezoelétrico de três portas - Google Patents

transdutor ultrassônico piezoelétrico de três portas

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BR112017007742A2
BR112017007742A2 BR112017007742A BR112017007742A BR112017007742A2 BR 112017007742 A2 BR112017007742 A2 BR 112017007742A2 BR 112017007742 A BR112017007742 A BR 112017007742A BR 112017007742 A BR112017007742 A BR 112017007742A BR 112017007742 A2 BR112017007742 A2 BR 112017007742A2
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diaphragm
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ultrasonic transducer
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william burns David
Sammoura Firas
Tang Hao-Yen
Vijaykumar Panchawagh Hrishikesh
Bradley Lasiter Jon
Dimitrov Djordjev Kostadin
Kuo Nai-Kuei
Vaman Shenoy Ravindra
Ganti Suryaprakash
Lu Yipeng
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Abstract

a presente invenção se refere a um transdutor ultrassônico micromecânico piezoelétrico (pmut) que inclui um diafragma disposto sobre uma cavidade, o diafragma incluindo uma pilha de camadas piezoelétricas incluindo uma camada piezoelétrica, um primeiro eletrodo acoplado eletricamente com circuitos transceptores, e um segundo eletrodo acoplado eletricamente com os circuitos transceptores. o primeiro eletrodo pode estar disposto em uma primeira parte do diafragma, e o segundo eletrodo pode estar disposto em uma segunda parte, separada, do diafragma. cada um dos primeiro e segundo eletrodos é disposto sobre ou próximo a uma primeira superfície da camada piezoelétrica, a primeira superfície sendo oposta à cavidade. o pmut é configurado para transmitir primeiros sinais ultrassônicos por meio do primeiro eletrodo durante um primeiro período de tempo e para receber segundos sinais ultrassônicos por meio do segundo eletrodo durante um segundo período de tempo, o primeiro período de tempo e o segundo período de tempo sendo pelo menos parcialmente sobrepostos.
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