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AU572795B2 – Ultrasonic transducer
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AU572795B2 – Ultrasonic transducer
– Google Patents
Ultrasonic transducer

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Publication number
AU572795B2

AU572795B2
AU19594/83A
AU1959483A
AU572795B2
AU 572795 B2
AU572795 B2
AU 572795B2
AU 19594/83 A
AU19594/83 A
AU 19594/83A
AU 1959483 A
AU1959483 A
AU 1959483A
AU 572795 B2
AU572795 B2
AU 572795B2
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
ultrasonic transducer
transducer
ultrasonic
Prior art date
1982-09-27
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Ceased

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AU19594/83A
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AU1959483A
(en

Inventor
Dennis R. Dietz
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Technicare Corp

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Technicare Corp
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1982-09-27
Filing date
1983-09-26
Publication date
1988-05-19

1983-09-26
Application filed by Technicare Corp
filed
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Technicare Corp

1984-04-05
Publication of AU1959483A
publication
Critical
patent/AU1959483A/en

1988-05-19
Application granted
granted
Critical

1988-05-19
Publication of AU572795B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU572795B2/en

2003-09-26
Anticipated expiration
legal-status
Critical

Status
Ceased
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Classifications

G—PHYSICS

G01—MEASURING; TESTING

G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

G01S15/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems

G01S15/88—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications

G01S15/89—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging

G01S15/8906—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques

G01S15/8909—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration

G01S15/8915—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration using a transducer array

G01S15/8922—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration using a transducer array the array being concentric or annular

G—PHYSICS

G01—MEASURING; TESTING

G01S15/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems

G01S15/88—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications

G01S15/89—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging

G01S15/8906—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques

G01S15/895—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques characterised by the transmitted frequency spectrum

G—PHYSICS

G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS

G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general

G10K11/18—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound

G10K11/26—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning

G10K11/32—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning characterised by the shape of the source

G—PHYSICS

G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS

G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general

G10K11/18—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound

G10K11/26—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning

G10K11/34—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning using electrical steering of transducer arrays, e.g. beam steering

G10K11/341—Circuits therefor

G10K11/345—Circuits therefor using energy switching from one active element to another

AU19594/83A
1982-09-27
1983-09-26
Ultrasonic transducer

Ceased

AU572795B2
(en)

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Title

GB8227532

1982-09-27

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AU1959483A
(en)

1984-04-05

AU572795B2
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AU572795B2
(en)

1988-05-19

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AU19594/83A
Ceased

AU572795B2
(en)

1982-09-27
1983-09-26
Ultrasonic transducer

AU19588/83A
Ceased

AU569848B2
(en)

1982-09-27
1983-09-26
Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging systems

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Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU19588/83A
Ceased

AU569848B2
(en)

1982-09-27
1983-09-26
Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging systems

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(1)

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(en)

EP
(2)

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(en)

JP
(4)

JPS5980098A
(en)

AU
(2)

AU572795B2
(en)

CA
(2)

CA1213355A
(en)

DE
(2)

DE3382060D1
(en)

ES
(2)

ES8501975A1
(en)

HK
(2)

HK38390A
(en)

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