Patent ID: 11917921
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  H  C | IPC C  H

Claim 0:
1. A flexoelectricity ultrasonic (UT) transducer imaging system comprising:
a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) layer having a front surface and a back surface;
a plurality of flexoelectricity UT transducers attached to the back surface of the PTFE layer, wherein
each flexoelectricity UT transducer of the plurality of flexoelectricity UT transducers has a front-end and a back-end,
the front-end of each flexoelectricity UT transducer is attached to the back surface of the PTFE layer, wherein the PTFE layer is configured as an audio membrane of the front-end of each flexoelectricity UT transducer,
the plurality of flexoelectricity UT transducers is arranged along the back surface of the PTFE layer as a two-dimensional array, and
each flexoelectricity UT transducer is configured to vibrate in a normal direction to the back surface of the PTFE layer; and

a multiplexer in signal communication with each flexoelectricity UT transducer, wherein the plurality of flexoelectricity UT transducers is sandwiched between the multiplexer and the PTFE layer.