Transmissive imaging and related apparatus and methods

JM Rothberg, NJ Sanchez, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods are described that include ultrasound imaging devices, which may
operate in a transmissive ultrasound imaging modality, and which may be used to detect …

Interconnectable ultrasound transducer probes and related methods and apparatus

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, NJ Sanchez, TS Ralston… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Ultrasound devices and methods are described, including a repeatable ultrasound
transducer probe having ultrasonic transducers and corresponding circuitry. The repeatable …

Monolithic ultrasonic imaging devices, systems and methods

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, TS Ralston, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
To implement a single-chip ultrasonic imaging solution, on-chip signal processing may be
employed in the receive signal path to reduce data bandwidth and a high-speed serial data …

Ultrasonic imaging compression methods and apparatus

JM Rothberg, TS Ralston, NJ Sanchez… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
To implement a single-chip ultrasonic imaging solution, on-chip signal processing may be
employed in the receive signal path to reduce data bandwidth and an output data module …

Microfabricated ultrasonic transducers and related apparatus and methods

JM Rothberg, SA Alie, KG Fife, NJ Sanchez… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Micromachined ultrasonic transducers integrated with complementary metal oxide
semiconductor (CMOS) substrates are described, as well as methods of fabricating such …

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer and manufacturing method

DF Lemmerhirt, CA Rich - US Patent 7,888,709, 2011 - Google Patents
The integrated circuit/transducer device of the preferred embodiment includes a substrate, a
complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuit that is fabricated on the …

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers and methods for forming the same

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, TS Ralston, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultra sonic transducers (CUTs) and
methods for forming CUTs are described. The CUT's may include monolithically integrated …

CMOS ultrasonic transducers and related apparatus and methods

JM Rothberg, KG Fife, TS Ralston, GL Charvat… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
CMOS Ultrasonic Transducers and processes for making such devices are described. The
processes may include forming cavities on a first wafer and bonding the first wafer to a …

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer

DF Lemmerhirt, CA Rich - US Patent 8,309,428, 2012 - Google Patents
The first integrated circuit/transducer device 36 of the handheld probe includes CMOS
circuits 110 and cMUT elements 112. The cMUT elements 112 function to generate an …

Architecture of single substrate ultrasonic imaging devices, related apparatuses, and methods

JM Rothberg, TS Ralston, NJ Sanchez… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultra Sound device circuitry as may form
part of a single Substrate ultrasound device having integrated ultrasonic transducers. The …