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US 7,626,891 B2Granted
Capacitive ultrasonic transducer and method of fabricating the same
AssigneeIndustrial Technology Research Institute
InventorsMing-Wei Chang, Tsung-Ju Gwo, Tse-Min Deng, Zhen-Yuan Chung
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Abstract
A capacitive ultrasonic transducer includes a first electrode, an insulating layer formed on the first electrode, at least one support frame formed on the insulating layer, and a second electrode formed spaced apart from the first electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode define an effective area of oscillation of the capacitive ultrasonic transducer, and the respective length of the first electrode and the second electrode defining the effective area of oscillation is substantially the same.
Claims7
A capacitive ultrasonic transducer, comprising:
- a conductive substrate;
- an insulating layer disposed on the conductive substrate;
- a support frame disposed on the insulating layer, wherein the support frame includes a material selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), nickel-cobalt (NiCo), nickel-ferrite (NiFe) and nickel-manganese (NiMn);
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- a conductive layer spaced apart from the conductive substrate by the support frame having substantially the same thermal coefficient as the support frame.
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