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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);

Inventors:

Mikael Mortensen, Cambridge, MA (US);

Eric G. Nestler, Long Beach Township, NJ (US);

J. Brian Harrington, Revere, MA (US);

Jeffrey G. Bernstein, Norwood, MA (US);

Assignee:

ANALOG DEVICES, INC., Norwood, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52017 (2013.01); G01S 7/52034 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G10K 11/346 (2013.01); G01S 7/5208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for ultrasound beamforming is provided, including a sampled analog beamformer, an array of ultrasound transducers, and a high voltage amplifier coupled to the sampled analog beamformer and the array of ultrasound transducers. The sampled analog beamformer includes a sampled analog filter for filtering an incoming analog signal and adding a fractional delay, and transmitting a filtered analog ultrasound signal. The array of ultrasound transducers further transmits the filtered analog ultrasound signal. The high voltage amplifier drives transducers in the array of ultrasound transducers.


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