Patent ID: 7919906

Claim:
An ultrasound probe particularly for diagnostic purposes analyzing received ultrasound waves, the ultrasound probe comprising: an array of ultrasound transducers constructed and arranged to generate ultrasound waves by electric excitation and transform the received ultrasound waves into electric signals; a probe casing housing the array of ultrasound transducers; a signal transmission line is provided for each transducer of the array; each signal transmission line is connected with a conductor of a multi-channel cable; and a plurality of receipt signal preamplifiers housed inside the probe casing, the receipt signal reamplifiers are mounted in an array disposition on a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of conductive tracks, the receipt signal preamplifiers are in the form of integrated circuits, wherein one of the ultrasound transducers is electrically connected to one of the receipt signal preamplifiers which is in turn connected to the corresponding conductor of the multi-channel cable through a signal receipt line electrically separated from the signal transmission line, a subset of the conductive tracks forms a receipt signal feeding channel connecting one of the preamplifiers with one of the ultrasound transducers, the receipt signal preamplifiers have an orientation which is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the array of transducers.