Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Amplifier circuit and ultrasonic probe
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Application No.: US15315696Application Date: 2014-06-06
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Publication No.: US10448923B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Takuma Nishimoto , Yutaka Igarashi , Yusaku Katsube , Kengo Imagawa
- Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/065033 WO 20140606
- International Announcement: WO2015/186234 WO 20151210
- Main IPC: H03K3/00
- IPC: H03K3/00 ; A61B8/00 ; H03K4/94 ; H03K5/003 ; H03K5/159 ; H03K19/0175 ; H03K3/012

Abstract:
Amplification of a signal by a small circuit size and reduction of a power are achieved.A current controlling current source unit 53 changes an outputting current based on a transition time setting signal tp. A current controlling current source unit 54 changes a drawing current based on a transition time setting signal tn. An amplitude control unit 55 changes a power source voltage supplied to the current controlling current source unit 53 and changes amplitude of a voltage generated by a current outputted from the current controlling current source unit 53, based on amplitude setting signal ap. An amplitude control unit 56 changes a power source voltage supplied to the current controlling current source unit 54 and changes amplitude of a voltage generated by the current drawn by the current controlling current source unit 54, based on amplitude setting signal an. The buffer unit 57 drives a load in accordance with the current outputted from the current controlling current source unit 53 and the current drawn from the current controlling current source unit 54.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170150945A1 AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND ULTRASONIC PROBE Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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