Electromechanical transducer device and analyte information acquiring apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9698705-B2
Application number	US-201514841853-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	Jun 7, 2010
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

To suggest an electromechanical transducer device with a high S/N ratio, an electromechanical transducer device includes a first substrate; electromechanical transducer elements two-dimensionally arrayed on a front surface of the first substrate and configured to provide conversion between acoustic waves and electric signals; an electric wiring substrate that is a second substrate electrically connected with a back surface of the first substrate; a first acoustic matching layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; an acoustic attenuating member arranged on a back surface of the second substrate; and a second acoustic matching layer provided between the second substrate and the acoustic attenuating member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electromechanical transducer device, comprising:
a first substrate having electromechanical transducer elements configured to provide conversion between acoustic waves and electric signals, two-dimensionally arrayed on a first surface side of the first substrate;
an electric wiring substrate that is a second substrate electrically connected with the electromechanical transducer elements, and is located on a second surface side being a back side of the first surface which is opposite the first surface side of the first substrate; and
a first acoustic matching layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, containing electrically connecting parts between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first acoustic matching layer having an acoustic impedance larger than that of the second substrate such that a reflection of an acoustic wave entering from the first substrate is restricted.

2. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 1 , wherein the electromechanical transducer elements include capacitive electromechanical transducer elements having a vibrating membrane and a cavity.

3. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic impedance of the first acoustic matching layer is smaller than that of the first substrate.

4. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 1 , wherein the first acoustic matching layer contains a resin.

5. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 4 , wherein the first acoustic matching layer contains the resin and fine particles.

6. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 1 , further comprises an acoustic attenuating layer provided on an opposite side of the second substrate to the first substrate side, the acoustic attenuating layer absorbs and attenuates the acoustic wave transmitted through the second substrate.

7. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 6 , wherein the acoustic attenuating layer contains a resin.

8. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 6 , further comprising a second acoustic matching layer provided between the second substrate and the acoustic attenuating layer, wherein the second acoustic matching layer restricts a reflection of the acoustic wave between the second substrate and the acoustic attenuating layer.

9. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate has a plurality of through wiring lines.

10. An analyte information acquiring apparatus, comprising:
the electromechanical transducer device according to claim 1 ;
a light source configured to emit pulsed light; and
a signal processing system configured to process a signal that is detected by the electromechanical transducer device,
wherein the analyte information acquiring apparatus irradiates an analyte with the light emitted from the light source, detects an acoustic wave generated as the result of a photoacoustic effect of the light emitted on the analyte by the electromechanical transducer device, and acquires physical information of inside of the analyte through processing by the signal processing system.

11. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic impedance of the first acoustic matching layer has a gradient in the thickness direction.

12. The electromechanical transducer device according to claim 11 , wherein the acoustic impedance matching is provided at the interface between the first substrate and the first acoustic matching layer.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Akiyama Takahiro
• Chang Chienliu

Classifications

• G01N29/2418

  using optoacoustic interaction with the material, e.g. laser radiation, photoacoustics (photoacoustic cells G01N21/1702; measuring characteristics of vibrations by using radiation-sensitive means G01H9/00; acousto-optical conversion techniques for short-range imaging G01S15/8965; sound-producing devices using laser bundle G10K15/046) · CPC title

• B06B1/067 Primary

  which is used as, or combined with, an impedance matching layer · CPC title

• H02N1/00

  Electrostatic generators or motors using a solid moving electrostatic charge carrier · CPC title

• G01N2291/101

  one transducer · CPC title

• H02N11/002

  Generators · CPC title