Patents by Inventor Bjornar Sten-Nilsen

Bjornar Sten-Nilsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PULSE CIRCUITS OF ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS
    Publication number: 20230112088
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a pulse circuit of a transmitter of an ultrasound system. In one example, the system may include a pulse circuit with transistors driving an ultrasound transducer of the ultrasound system, whereby the switching on and off of the transistors is mediated via one or more dynamic currents flowing from the gates of one or more of the transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Bjornar Sten-Nilsen
  • ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20150087988
    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer array for an ultrasound probe is presented. The ultrasound transducer array includes a support structure. Further, the ultrasound transducer array includes a plurality of electro-acoustic modules coupled to the support structure, wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules comprises at least one matrix acoustic array and an interconnect element, wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules is interchangeable on the support structure so as to adapt to one or more shapes of the ultrasound probe, and wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules operates in a manner substantially identical to each other of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Warren Lee, Bruno Hans Haider, Stephen Dodge Edwardsen, Geir Ultveit Haugen, Scott Cogan, Chester Saj, Christopher Yetter, Bjornar Sten-Nilsen, Shinichi Amemiya, Charles Edward Baumgartner
  • Ultrasound transducer and method for manufacturing an ultrasound transducer
    Patent number: 8659212
    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer includes an array of acoustic elements, an integrated circuit, and an interposer. The interposer includes conductive elements that electrically connect the array of acoustic elements to the integrated circuit. An electrically conductive adhesive is engaged with the conductive elements of the interposer to electrically connect the interposer to at least one of the integrated circuit or the array of acoustic elements. The electrically conductive adhesive is anisotropically conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Trym Eggen, Charles Edward Baumgartner, David A Chartrand, Bjornar Sten-Nilsen, Rolf Johannessen, Jessica Abraham
  • ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER
    Publication number: 20130214641
    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer includes an array of acoustic elements, an integrated circuit, and an interposer. The interposer includes conductive elements that electrically connect the array of acoustic elements to the integrated circuit. An electrically conductive adhesive is engaged with the conductive elements of the interposer to electrically connect the interposer to at least one of the integrated circuit or the array of acoustic elements. The electrically conductive adhesive is anisotropically conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Trym Eggen, Charles Edward Baumgartner, David A. Chartrand, Bjornar Sten-Nilsen, Rolf Johannessen, Jessica Abraham