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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bernard Joseph Savord, Andover, MA (US);
Antonia Cornelia Van Rens, Eindhoven, NL;
Sotir Filipov Ouzounov, Eindhoven, NL;
McKee Dunn Poland, Andover, MA (US);
Nik Ledoux, Andover, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound probe contains an array transducer and a microbeamformer coupled to elements of the array. The microbeamformer comprises analog to digital converters and digital beamforming circuitry for at least thirty-two digital channels in the microbeamformer. Preferably the analog to digital converters are low power ADCs for reduced power consumption in the probe. Integrated circuits of thirty-two channels can be cascaded to produce 64-channel and 128-channel digital microbeamformers for an ultrasound array probe.