The present invention relates to a conductive printed board which can be
used as a common part and therefore offers high productivity, and an
ultrasonic probe which uses this conductive printed board. In a
conductive printed board having terminals which are provided either in a
contiguous manner or at a defined array spacing, and are connected to
conduction paths, terminals connected to the terminals and spaced with
different array spacing from the defined array spacing are provided on
the ends. The conductive printed board is a flexible printed board, and a
plurality of piezo elements having excitation electrodes on both main
faces are lined up at the defined array spacing. If the terminals are
widely spaced, the object can connect as-is to the other terminals, and
if the terminals are spaced narrowly, then the portion with the other
terminals can be removed, allowing the terminals to be connected.
Moreover, the present invention relates to a multicore cable for which
the weight and diameter of the multicore cable are reduced, thus
facilitating multifunctionality, and to an ultrasonic probe with
excellent operability and functionality which uses this multicore cable.
The multicore cable is constructed by winding a flexible printed board
containing signal conductors helically within a flexible outer jacket.