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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19921355
