- 专利标题: Monolithic ultrasonic imaging devices, systems and methods
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申请号: US15075942申请日: 2016-03-21
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公开(公告)号: US10856847B2公开(公告)日: 2020-12-08
- 发明人: Jonathan M. Rothberg , Keith G. Fife , Tyler S. Ralston , Gregory L. Charvat , Nevada J. Sanchez
- 申请人: Butterfly Network, Inc.
- 申请人地址: US CT Guilford
- 专利权人: Butterfly Network, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Butterfly Network, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CT Guilford
- 代理机构: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- 主分类号: A61B8/00
- IPC分类号: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/14 ; A61N7/00 ; G01S15/02 ; G01S15/89 ; H04R1/00 ; B81C1/00 ; G01S7/52 ; B06B1/02 ; A61N7/02 ; A61B8/08
摘要:
To implement a single-chip ultrasonic imaging solution, on-chip signal processing may be employed in the receive signal path to reduce data bandwidth and a high-speed serial data module may be used to move data for all received channels off-chip as digital data stream. The digitization of received signals on-chip allows advanced digital signal processing to be performed on-chip, and thus permits the full integration of an entire ultrasonic imaging system on a single semiconductor substrate. Various novel waveform generation techniques, transducer configuration and biasing methodologies, etc., are likewise disclosed. HIFU methods may additionally or alternatively be employed as a component of the “ultrasound-on-a-chip” solution disclosed herein.