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Ultrasound front-end circuit combining the transmitter and automatic transmit/receive switch with agile power level control

US6050945A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1998
Grant dateApr 18, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S7/5202
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultrasound front end circuit (2000) which includes a multiple winding transformers (N1, N2, N3, N4) to accomplish both transmit pulse generation and transmit/receive switching. An additional set of transformer windings and switching transistors (1103) allows logical selection between one of two transmit levels.

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