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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Antonia Cornelia Van Rens, Nuenen, NL;
George Anthony Brock-Fisher, Andover, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a driver device () for driving a load () having a plurality of separate capacitive load elements (), in particular an ultrasound transducer having a plurality of transducer elements (), comprising: input terminals () for connecting the driver device () to power supply (); a plurality of output terminals () each for connecting the driver device () to one of load elements (), a first controllable switch () connected to a first of the input terminals (), and a plurality of driving elements () each having a second controllable switch () and a resistor () connected in series to each other, wherein each of the driving elements () is connected in series with the first controllable switch () and to a second of the input terminals (), and wherein each of the output terminals () is connected to one of the driving elements () for powering the load elements ().