Bernard Savord,Antonia van Rens,Sotir Ouzounov,McKee Poland,Nik Ledoux
申请号：
US16329268
公开号：
US20190212424A1
申请日:
2017.08.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
An ultrasound probe contains an array transducer and a microbeamformer coupled to elements of the array. The microbeamformer comprises one or more analog ASICs containing transmitters and amplifiers coupled to transducer elements, and one or more digital ASICs containing analog to digital converters and digital beamforming circuitry. The analog ASICs and the digital ASICs are manufactured by different integrated circuit 5 processes, with that of the analog ASIC optimized for high voltage analog operation and that of the digital ASICs optimized for high density, low voltage digital circuitry.
