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 …

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 …

Architecture of single substrate ultrasonic imaging devices, related apparatuses, and methods

JM Rothberg, TS Ralston, NJ Sanchez… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultra Sound device circuitry as may form
part of a single Substrate ultrasound device having integrated ultrasonic transducers. The …

CMOS ultrasonic transducers and related apparatus and methods

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, TS Ralston, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
US 2014/0217478 A1 Aug. 7, 2014(Continued) Primary Examiner—Zandra Smith Related
US Application Data Assistant Examiner—Lawrence Tynes, Jr.(60) Provisional application …

Ultrasonic transducers in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) wafers and related apparatus and methods

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, NJ Sanchez, SA Alie - US Patent 9,505,030, 2016 - Google Patents
Micromachined ultrasonic transducers formed in comple mentary metal oxide semiconductor
(CMOS) wafers are described, as are methods of fabricating Such devices. A metallization …

Semiconductor method and device of forming a fan-out PoP device with PWB vertical interconnect units

Y Lin, PC Marimuthu, K Chen, Y Gu - US Patent 8,810,024, 2014 - Google Patents
A semiconductor device has a carrier with a die attach area. A semiconductor die is mounted
to the die attach area with a back surface opposite the carrier. A modular interconnect unit is …