Patent ID: 6383141
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A61B,B06B,G10K

Abstract:
An ultrasound transducer, comprising:an array of transducer elements arranged in a polygonal shape on a common plane, said array of transducer elements including a core unit consisting of a single transducer element of the polygonal shape and a plural number of frame units each consisting of a plural number of transducer elements arranged in the polygonal shape around said transducer element of said core unit, each one of said transducer elements of said frame units being formed in the shape of a straight-edged quadrilateral and being electrically connected to adjacent transducer elements of the same frame unit, wherein said core unit and each one of said transducer elements of said frame units are insulated from transducer elements of an adjacent frame unit through coat layer, said insulating coat layers being bonded by means of adhesives to transducer elements in an adjacent frame unit.