CPC G01S 15/8993 (2013.01) [A61B 8/483 (2013.01); B06B 1/06 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A transducer array system comprising:
an acoustic array having a distribution of transducer elements, the acoustic array having a first footprint;
a dematching layer stacked with the acoustic array, the dematching layer having the transducer elements on a first side of the dematching layer where a second footprint of the dematching layer extends beyond the first footprint of the acoustic array;
a chip of an application specific integrated circuit on a second side of the dematching layer, the second side opposite the first side; and
flexible circuit material connected to the dematching layer at a region where the second footprint of the dematching layer extends beyond the first footprint of the acoustic array.
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