ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,655, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Exo Imaging Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Configurable ultrasonic imager" was invented by Yusuf Haque (Woodside, Calif.), Sandeep Akkaraju (Wellesley, Mass.), Janusz Bryzek (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Brian Bircumshaw (Orinda, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device includes a two dimensional array of piezoelectric elements. Each piezoelectric element includes: a piezoelectric layer; a bottom electrode disposed on a bottom side of the piezoelectric layer and configured to receive a transmit signal during a transmit mode and develop an electrical charge during a receive mode; and a fi...