• 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