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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Junho Song0
Dale E. Chimenti0
Date of Patent
July 20, 2010
Patent Application Number
11913921
Date Filed
May 24, 2006
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
An air-coupled transducer includes a ultrasonic transducer body having a radiation end with a backing fixture at the radiation end. There is a flexible backplate conformingly fit to the backing fixture and a thin membrane (preferably a metallized polymer) conformingly fit to the flexible backplate. In one embodiment, the backing fixture is spherically curved and the flexible backplate is spherically curved. The flexible backplate is preferably patterned with pits or depressions.
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