ULTRASONIC RECEIVER AND ULTRASONIC OBSERVATION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240036224A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18485380

    申请日:2023-10-12

    IPC分类号: G01V1/18

    CPC分类号: G01V1/186

    摘要: An ultrasonic receiver encompasses a resin horn, a piezoelectric element provided at a tip of the resin horn exposed to outside, a stealth amplifier disposed at a predetermined minimum distance from the piezoelectric element, embedded in the resin horn and arranged in a behind space to which a shape of the piezoelectric element is projected, configured to change reflection characteristic of a reflection wave reflected by the stealth amplifier, and an input connection member electrically connecting between the piezoelectric element and the stealth amplifier. The predetermined minimum distance is a distance determined by design as a theoretical minimum value of an input stray-capacitance.

    ACOUSTIC ELEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, PROBE, AND DIAGNOSIS DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240157397A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18414011

    申请日:2024-01-16

    IPC分类号: B06B1/02 G01S7/52

    摘要: An acoustic element integrated circuit includes cells, being arrayed two-dimensionally on a same curved surface, wherein capacitive acoustic-elements having vibration membranes are allocated by unit number in each of the cells. Each of the cells encompasses an intra-cell circuit, which includes an exciting circuit for driving collectively portions by the unit number, the portions having transmitting functions of the acoustic-elements, and a reception circuit for processing collectively received signals transferred from portions by the unit number, the portions having reception functions in the acoustic-elements. Here, the exciting circuits are sorted into a chip in which high-voltage drivers for exciting the vibration membranes are merged and a chip in which circuits operated at voltages lower than the high-voltage drivers are merged, and the cells are operated two-dimensionally, by individually controlling the intra-cell circuits so that cells can be driven independently.