Patent ID: 6757948
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: B06B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an ultrasonic array transducer, said method comprising the steps of:providing a uniformly shaped piece of damping material; attaching a plezoelectric material to a first end of said damping material; segmenting said damping material and said plezoelectric material parallel to and along a first length to form a plurality of individual independent transducers along said length, each said individual independent transducer including a plezoelectric crystal bonded to a damping body, whereby each of said plurality of individual independent transducers being separated from a remainder of said individual independent transducers by a plurality of gaps; filing said plurality of gaps with a non-conductive bonding agent, whereby said non-conductive bonding agent electrically insulates mechanically bonds each of said plurality of individual independent transducers to a remainder of said plurality of individual independent transducers; and separating said plurality of individual independent transducers from a non-segmented remainder of said damping material.