Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound transmitter
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Application No.: US15000795Application Date: 2016-01-19
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Publication No.: US09744562B2Publication Date: 2017-08-29
- Inventor: Max Earl Nielsen , Ricky Dale Jordanger , Ismail Hakki Oguzman , Zheng Gao
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Tuenlap D. Chan; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H03K5/00
- IPC: H03K5/00 ; B06B1/02 ; B06B1/06 ; H01L41/04

Abstract:
A circuit for driving ultrasound transducers uses a sample-and-hold circuit to sample multiple sample periods of a transducer driving waveform, and uses the samples to modify drive parameters. Use of multiple sample periods enables independent measurement and adjustment of different portions of the transducer driving waveform to ensure mirror symmetry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160129475A1 Ultrasound Transmitter Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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