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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Inventors:
Jerald Yoo, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Judyta B. Tillak, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Assignee:
KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01N 29/06 (2006.01); G01N 29/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/145 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); B06B 1/0607 (2013.01); G01N 29/0654 (2013.01); G01N 29/2406 (2013.01); G01N 29/2437 (2013.01); G01N 29/34 (2013.01); G01N 29/4463 (2013.01); G01S 7/5208 (2013.01); G01S 7/52047 (2013.01); G01S 7/52049 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 8/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is generally directed to an ultrasonic transducer interface system for use within portable 2-D ultrasonic imagers and includes an on-chip adaptive beamformer and Charge-Redistribution TX (CR-TX) to provide a drive strength of up to 500 pF/channel at 5 MHz (or 10 nF at 250 kHz) while reducing the TX drive power by at least 30% compared to other ultrasonic transducer TX drivers. The ultrasonic transducer interface system can be implemented in a single chip via, for example, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process.