US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Feb. 17 for "Multi-frequency hybrid piezo actuation and capactive transducer" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,927, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Multi-frequency hybrid piezo actuation and capactive transducer" was invented by Mohammad Hadi Motieian Najar (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Peter Smeys (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving, by a piezoelectric stack of a transducer, a first piezoelectric voltage. The transducer has a base structure and a first layer, the base structure having a first displacement between a first portion of the base structure and the first layer. The method also includes transmitting, by the transducer, a first ultrasound frequency while receiv...