Title :
Development of Electronic Components for an Integrated Ultrasonic Front End ASIC
Author :
Ivchenko, V.G. ; Kalashnikov, A.N. ; Challis, R.E. ; Hayes-Gill, B.R. ; Light, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Nottingham Univ., Nottingham
Abstract :
The development of an ASIC for ultrasonic front end is described. The ASIC contains a high speed binary driver and broadband amplifier optimised for a conventional piezoelectric transducer. Experimental results that agree well with simulations are presented and discussed.
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; driver circuits; piezoelectric transducers; ultrasonic measurement; ultrasonic transducers; ASIC; broadband amplifier; electronic components; high speed binary driver; integrated ultrasonic front end; piezoelectric transducer; ultrasonic transducer; Application specific integrated circuits; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Driver circuits; Electronic components; Frequency; Gain; Operational amplifiers; Piezoelectric transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement; measurement ASIC; mixed signal ASIC; ultrasonic instrumentation;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2007. IMTC 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Warsaw
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0588-2
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2007.379225
