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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Shinichi Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Bruno Haider, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Naresh Kesavan Rao, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Krishnakumar Sundaresan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Halvorsrod, Horten, NO;
Shinichi Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Bruno Haider, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Naresh Kesavan Rao, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Krishnakumar Sundaresan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Halvorsrod, Horten, NO;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A transmission circuit for use with an ultrasonic probe including an ultrasonic transducer is provided. The transmission circuit includes a high voltage current DAC configured to output a drive current of an ultrasonic transducer to transmit and receive ultrasound, and a waveform generator configured to output a control signal from the high voltage current DAC to the high voltage current DAC with a predetermined timing. The control signal configured to output the drive current with a desired magnitude.