Ultrasonic probe
AssigneeSocionext Inc.
InventorsMasato Yoshioka, Kazuyuki Kanazashi
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Abstract
An ultrasonic probe includes, a transducer transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, and converting ultrasonic signals into voltage signals and vice versa, a first circuit configured to transmit pulse voltage signals to the transducer and receive the voltage signals from the transducer, a second circuit configured to convert the voltage signals received from the first circuit into digital values from analog values, a battery unit configured to supply electric power to the first circuit and the second circuit, and a substrate being provided with the transducer, the first circuit and the second circuit, the first circuit being disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and the second circuit being disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate.
Claims8
An ultrasonic probe comprising:
- a transducer configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves, and convert ultrasonic signals into analog voltage signals and vice versa;
- a first IC chip configured to transmit pulse voltage signals to the transducer and receive the analog voltage signals from the transducer;
- a second IC chip configured to convert the analog voltage signals received from the first IC chip into digital values from analog values and output digital voltage signals;
- a third IC chip configured to receive the digital voltage signals from the second circuit;
- a battery unit configured to supply electric power to the first IC chip, the second IC chip and the third IC chip;
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- a substrate being provided with the transducer, the first IC chip, the second IC chip and the third IC chip, wherein
- the first IC chip is disposed on a first surface of the substrate,
- the second IC chip is disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate,
- the second IC chip includes a plurality of first connection terminals to which the analog voltage signals are inputted, a plurality of second connection terminals from which the digital voltage signals are outputted, a first pair of sides opposed to each other and a second pair of sides opposed to each other,
- the second pair of sides is different from the first pair of sides,
- the plurality of first connection terminals is arranged along the first pair of sides, and
- the plurality of second connection terminals is arranged along one of the second pair of sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.