Patent ID: 6377514
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G01H,G01S,G10K,Y10S

Abstract:
An acoustic/video processing stack of a plurality of substantially identical acoustic/video processing stacks for attachment to a processing stack backplane and which together generate a VGA signal for display of a three-dimensional acoustic image, the acoustic/video processing stack comprising:a two-dimensional array of transducer elements; a companion chip block coupled to and adapted to transceive acoustic signals under a time-division multiplexed format through the transducer elements and to provide a portion of the VGA signal together generated by the plurality of acoustic/video processing stacks; and a backing block disposed between the two-dimensional array and companion chip block and adapted to acoustically isolate the two-dimensional transducer array from the companion chip block, said companion chip block and backing block being of a size and diameter substantially the same as the two-dimensional transducer array.