Interconnectable ultrasound transducer probes and related methods and apparatus

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, NJ Sanchez, TS Ralston… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Ultrasound devices and methods are described, including a repeatable ultrasound
transducer probe having ultrasonic transducers and corresponding circuitry. The repeatable …

Monolithic ultrasonic imaging devices, systems and methods

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, TS Ralston, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
To implement a single-chip ultrasonic imaging solution, on-chip signal processing may be
employed in the receive signal path to reduce data bandwidth and a high-speed serial data …

Ultrasonic imaging compression methods and apparatus

JM Rothberg, TS Ralston, NJ Sanchez… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
To implement a single-chip ultrasonic imaging solution, on-chip signal processing may be
employed in the receive signal path to reduce data bandwidth and an output data module …

Microfabricated ultrasonic transducers and related apparatus and methods

JM Rothberg, SA Alie, KG Fife, NJ Sanchez… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Micromachined ultrasonic transducers integrated with complementary metal oxide
semiconductor (CMOS) substrates are described, as well as methods of fabricating such …

Tier structure with tier frame having a feedthrough structure

V Ozguz, J Stern - US Patent 7,919,844, 2011 - Google Patents
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Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers and methods for forming the same

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, TS Ralston, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultra sonic transducers (CUTs) and
methods for forming CUTs are described. The CUT's may include monolithically integrated …

CMOS ultrasonic transducers and related apparatus and methods

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, TS Ralston, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
CMOS Ultrasonic Transducers and processes for making such devices are described. The
processes may include forming cavities on a first wafer and bonding the first wafer to a …

Large area modular sensor array assembly and method for making the same

RG Wodnicki, RA Fisher, CG Woychik, S Bansal… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
A modular and tileable sensor array with routing in the interposer carrying the signals from
the sensors to the integrated circuits. In one embodiment a large area modular sensor array …

Piezoelectric and CMUT layered ultrasound transducer array

CMW Daft, PA Wagner, X Lu - US Patent 8,277,380, 2012 - Google Patents
A CMUT or other semiconductor-based transducer is stacked with a piezoelectric transducer
(PZT). The CMUT is sufficiently thin to avoid or limit interference with sound propagation …

Device, system and method for compression treatment of a body part

L Toth - US Patent 8,764,689, 2014 - Google Patents
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