Optics: measuring and testing – Angle measuring or angular axial alignment
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-18
2010-12-07
Tarcza, Thomas H (Department: 3662)
Optics: measuring and testing
Angle measuring or angular axial alignment
C367S012000, C367S137000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07847925
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for forming acoustic beams is disclosed. One embodiment is an acoustic system configured to generate a plurality of beams non-orthogonal to a transducer array simultaneously with a vertical acoustic beam orthogonal to the array. The acoustic system includes a plurality of transducer elements arranged to form a two-dimensional array and electrically connected into rows in a first dimension and columns in a second dimension.
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Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Ratcliffe Luke D
Tarcza Thomas H
Teledyne RD Instruments, Inc.
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