Ultrasonic echograph with controllable phase coherence
US5010885A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/5206
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
On emission and/or on reception, circuits impose on the signals emitted and/or received, delays in accordance with a random or pseudo-random delay law. On emission, just as on reception, this delay law is superposed on that for focusing and angulation of the signals. On emission, the law is obtained, for example, by causing variation of the instants of triggering of the generators of signals for the excitation of the transducers. On reception, either parallel random delay lines or conditional inversion circuits are included. These circuits permit the breakdown of the coherence of the ultrasonic waves on emission, on reception, or on both simultaneously, may be used in an analogue version, as well as in a digital version.
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