EP 4344795 A1 20240403 - CMUT DRIVE METHOD
Title (en)
CMUT DRIVE METHOD
Title (de)
CMUT-ANSTEUERUNGSVERFAHREN
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE CMUT
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 22197910 A 20220927
Abstract (en)
A method (10) for improving receive sensitivity of a cMUT transducer element (32) by dynamically adjusting the bias volage (20, 26) between the transmit (12) and receive (16) phases of the drive cycle while keeping the cMUT in collapsed operation mode at all times.
IPC 8 full level
B06B 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- US 5997479 A 19991207 - SAVORD BERNARD J [US], et al
- US 6013032 A 20000111 - SAVORD BERNARD J [US]
- US 6623432 B2 20030923 - POWERS JEFFRY E [US], et al
- US 6283919 B1 20010904 - ROUNDHILL DAVID N [US], et al
- US 6458083 B1 20021001 - JAGO JAMES R [US], et al
- US 6443896 B1 20020903 - DETMER PAUL ROSS [US]
- US 6530885 B1 20030311 - ENTREKIN ROBERT R [US], et al
- "Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers", IEEE TRANS UFFC, vol. 50, no. 9, 2003
Citation (search report)
- [XAY] US 10313027 B2 20190604 - OUZOUNOV SOTIR FILIPOV [NL], et al
- [YA] US 2021129187 A1 20210506 - SHULEPOV SERGEI [NL], et al
- [A] WO 2021118476 A1 20210617 - ORTA DOGU TEKNIK UNIV [TR]
- [A] ORALKAN ÖMER ET AL: "Experimental Characterization of Collapse-Mode CMUT Operatio", 1 January 2006 (2006-01-01), pages 1513 - 1523, XP093024073, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~dtyeh/papers/oralkan06_collapsemode.pdf> [retrieved on 20230215]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 22197910 A 20220927; EP 2023075873 W 20230920