Patent ID: 8624469

Claim:
A piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer apparatus, comprising: a transducer device disposed on a dielectric layer on a device substrate, and including a piezoelectric material disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode, the device substrate and the dielectric layer defining a first via extending to the first electrode and substantially filled with a first conductive material, the transducer device further including a support member engaged with the device substrate and the first conductive material, and defining a second via extending thereto, the second via having a second conductive material disposed thereon and forming an electrically-conductive engagement with the first conductive material, the second conductive material extending outwardly of the second via so as to be accessible externally to the support member; and a connective element extending through a third via defined by a connection support substrate and being in electrically-conductive engagement with the second conductive material, with one of the connective element and the connection support substrate being bonded to one of the support member and the second conductive material by a bonding material engaged therebetween.