Device mountable packaging of ultrasonic transducers
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- an array of ultrasonic transducers for generating and receiving ultrasonic signals;
an acoustic coupling layer overlying the array of ultrasonic transducers, wherein the ultrasonic signals are propagated through the acoustic coupling layer; and
a cover overlying the acoustic coupling layer, wherein the cover has varying thickness.
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Abstract
An electronic device including an array of ultrasonic transducers for generating and receiving ultrasonic signals, and an acoustic coupling layer overlying the array of ultrasonic transducers, where the ultrasonic signals are propagated through the acoustic coupling layer.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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an array of ultrasonic transducers for generating and receiving ultrasonic signals; an acoustic coupling layer overlying the array of ultrasonic transducers, wherein the ultrasonic signals are propagated through the acoustic coupling layer; and a cover overlying the acoustic coupling layer, wherein the cover has varying thickness. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic device comprising:
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an array of ultrasonic transducers for generating and receiving ultrasonic signals; sidewalls bounding the array of ultrasonic transducers; an acoustic coupling layer overlying the array of ultrasonic transducers and bounded by the sidewalls, wherein the ultrasonic signals are propagated through the acoustic coupling layer, the acoustic coupling layer comprising an acoustic material supporting transmission of the ultrasonic signals; and a cover overlying the sidewalls and the acoustic coupling layer; wherein the sidewalls comprise a relief channel for allowing expulsion of excess acoustic material of the acoustic coupling layer from a cavity defined by the array of ultrasonic transducers, the sidewalls and the cover. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device comprising:
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a processor; a memory unit; a display device disposed on a first surface of the mobile device; and a fingerprint sensor disposed on a second surface of the mobile device, wherein the second surface is a curved surface having a curvature, such that the fingerprint sensor is curved to match the curvature of the curved surface, the fingerprint sensor comprising; an array of ultrasonic transducers for generating and receiving ultrasonic signals; and an acoustic coupling layer overlying the array of ultrasonic transducers, wherein the ultrasonic signals are propagated through the acoustic coupling layer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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