Patent ID: 9597710
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,B06B,H01L,H01R,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing an ultrasound transducer, comprising: a first step of manufacturing a wiring layer with insulating fibers arranged on a plurality of conductive threads to hold the conductive threads spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; a second step of electrically connecting one end of the plurality of conductive threads to a transducer array unit having a plurality of electrodes provided on an acoustic radiation face that radiates ultrasound and on a rear side of the acoustic radiation face; a third step of providing the wiring layer with a fluid and curable first backing material that attenuates unnecessary ultrasound and is fillable between the conductive threads and the insulating fibers after providing the wiring layer with a rigid second backing material that attenuates unnecessary ultrasound so that at least connection sites between the transducer array unit and the conductive threads are embedded; and a fourth step of curing the first backing material so as to fix the transducer array unit and the wiring layer.