Patent ID: 11971477
Assignee: EXO IMAGING, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 18:
19. An imaging system comprising:
an imaging device comprising:
an array of transducers, each transducer comprising:
an array of piezoelectric elements built on a semiconductor wafer in close proximity to an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and connected to the ASIC, to:
transmit pressure waves towards an object to be imaged; and
receive reflections of the pressure waves off the object to be imaged;

a transmit channel per one or more piezoelectric elements to send a transmit signal to the one or more piezoelectric elements;
a receive channel per one or more piezoelectric elements to receive a receive signal from the one or more piezoelectric elements, wherein at least one of a number of transmit channels and a number of receive channels are selectively altered;
a controller to selectively alter a quantity of transmit channels and receive channels that are active at a given time to alter power consumption characteristics of the transmit channels and receive channels;
a computing device to process the receive signals to form an image of the object; and
a display device to generate a display of the image.