Ultrasonic imaging device with line and column addressing
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InventorsAudren BOULME, Edgard JEANNE
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Abstract
An ultrasonic imaging device includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged in rows and columns. Each transducer has a lower electrode and an upper electrode. In each row, any two neighboring transducers of the row respectively have their lower electrode and their upper electrode connected to each other, or their upper electrode and their lower electrode connected to each other and in each column, any two neighboring transducers in the column respectively have their lower electrode and their upper electrode connected to each other, or their upper electrode and their lower electrode connected to each other.
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An ultrasonic imaging device comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged in rows and columns, each transducer comprising a lower electrode and an upper electrode, wherein:
- in each row, any two neighboring transducers in the row respectively have their lower electrode and their upper electrode connected to each other, or their upper electrode and their lower electrode connected to each other;
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- in each column, any two neighboring transducers in the column respectively have their lower electrode and their upper electrode connected to each other, or their upper electrode and their lower electrode connected to each other.
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