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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Nico Maris Adriaan de Wild, Eindhoven, NL;
Marc Godfriedus Marie Notten, Eindhoven, NL;
Antonia Cornelia van Rens, Nuenen, NL;
Franciscus Hendrikus van Heesch, Valkenswaard, NL;
Mckee Dunn Poland, Andover, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound system has a set of CMUT transducer devices and drive electronics for operating a selected device of the set. The drive electronics is shared between all devices of the set. Selection is made by using a set of switches (), with a respective switch between a DC bias output () of the drive electronics and an associated input () of each device. This provides a simple way to provide a selection function between the drive electronics and multiple ultrasound devices. In this way, the number of devices may be scale up, to cover a larger area, but without scaling the cost of the system by the same degree.