Patent ID: 8659212
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A61B,B06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound transducer comprising: an array of acoustic elements; an integrated circuit; an interposer comprising conductive elements that electrically connect the array of acoustic elements to the integrated circuit; an electrically conductive adhesive that is engaged with the conductive elements of the interposer to electrically connect the interposer to at least one of the integrated circuit or the array of acoustic elements, wherein the electrically conductive adhesive is anisotropically conductive; and wherein the integrated circuit comprises electrical contacts, the electrically conductive adhesive being engaged with the conductive elements of the interposer and being engaged with the electrical contacts of the integrated circuit such that the interposer and the array of acoustic elements are electrically connected together through the electrically conductive adhesive.