Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Transmitter systems – With beam forming – shaping – steering – or scanning
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-01
2011-03-01
Pihulic, Dan (Department: 3662)
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Transmitter systems
With beam forming, shaping, steering, or scanning
Reexamination Certificate
active
07898905
ABSTRACT:
A method for dynamically reconfiguring elements in an ultrasound transducer array is provided. The method includes defining two or more groups of the elements in the array, wherein each element individually comprises a first switch, and a second switch; providing boundary definitions information to the elements in the array to define boundaries for the two or more groups; and locally determining switch configuration state within the array for the first and second switch of one or more elements based on the boundary definitions. Further, a switch matrix configured to locally determine switch settings is provided. Furthermore, a system comprising an array of ultrasonic transducer subelements is provided.
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Cogan Scott Daniel
Wodnicki Robert Gideon
General Electric Company
Klindtworth Jason K.
Pihulic Dan
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