Unique Ultrasonic Transducers
Low Profile
Optically Transparent
High Efficiency
- Photolithographic array definition
- Very low profile (<1mm in thickness)
- Lightweight
- Wide range of operating frequency selection
High Efficiency
Optically Transparent
High Efficiency
- High acoustic pressure
- Low power consumption
- Reliable long term operation
- Resistant to harsh environments
Optically Transparent
Optically Transparent
Optically Transparent
- Novel implementation of Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUTs)
- Patented design and fabrication process
Potential Applications
Photoacoustic Imaging
- Illumination through transducer array
- Compact design
- Collinear light/ultrasound transmission
- High sensitivity
- High contrast
Speaker/Microphone on Display
- Array microphone
- Localization of the speaker/listener
- High sensitivity
Display as a Directional Sound Source
- Directed sound to the listener without disturbing others
- Virtual speakers on the walls for surround sound
Smartphones
- Gesture sensing with haptic feedback
- Fingerprint sensor on display glass
Precise Distance/Motion detection
- Ultrasonic distance detection
- High accuracy due to wide bandwidth
- Low power consumption
- Suitable for autonomous vehicles
Touchless Screen
- Gesture sensing
- Haptic feedback
- Command/Control
- Navigation
- Touchless signature
Meet the Team
Omer Oralkan
Omer Oralkan is the president and the co-founder of ClearSens. He is a faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State University. His research interests are at the interface of electrical engineering and the life sciences, particularly on using integrated circuits and underlying technologies to implement medical devices and supporting systems for diagnostics and therapy. More specifically, his current research focuses on developing devices and systems for ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic imaging, image-guided therapy, biological and chemical sensing, and ultrasound neural stimulation.
Feysel Yalcin Yamaner
Feysel Yalcin Yamaner is the CEO and the co-founder of ClearSens. He is also a Research Faculty in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at NC State University. He has an extensive experience in microfabrication. He worked for various research institutes around the world. He was a visiting researcher with the VLSI Design and Education Center (VDEC), Tokyo, Japan, in 2006, and a visiting scholar in the Micromachined Sensors and Transducers Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2008. He was a Research Associate with the Laboratory of Therapeutic Applications of Ultrasound, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Lyon, France in 2011. Currently, he focuses on developing micromachined devices for ultrasonic sensing, imaging, and therapy.
NAVY STTR Phase II Award
Clearsens Inc. awarded $2M STTR Phase II funding to develop a wearable ultrasound device for divers. The device will play a critical role in detection of decompression stress.