DocumentCode
806733
Title
High-resolution multichannel pulse generator CMOS chip to drive ultrasonic array transducers
Author
Hatfield, J.V. ; Hicks, P.J. ; Payne, P.A.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Technol., UK
Volume
28
Issue
23
fYear
1992
Firstpage
2113
Lastpage
2114
Abstract
A multichannel pulser circuit, developed as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) in CMOS technology, is described. Each channel constitutes a programmable delay element of 1 ns time resolution. The chip is designed to drive linear or phased ultrasonic array transducers.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; acoustic arrays; application specific integrated circuits; driver circuits; linear integrated circuits; pulse generators; ultrasonic transducers; ASIC; CMOS driver; linear US array transducers; multichannel pulse generator CMOS chip; multichannel pulser circuit; phased US array transducers; programmable delay element; ultrasonic array transducers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19921355
Filename
172984
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