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Ultrasonic detecting apparatus

US6550334B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 22, 2001
Grant dateApr 22, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2291/044
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ultrasonic detecting apparatus includes a transmitting element for emitting an ultrasonic wave toward a surface to be probed inside a sample from a surface of the sample at a predetermined angle. The ultrasonic detecting apparatus also includes a receiving element for receiving the ultrasonic wave reflected from the surface of the sample. The transmitting element and the receiving element are separated from each other on a single pedestal and are movable on the surface of the sample in a direction perpendicular to the surface to be probed. A distance between the transmitting element and the receiving element is arbitrarily changeable.

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