Design of integrated high voltage pulse generator for medical ultrasound transmitters

Deng Fong Lu, Chin Hsia*, Jian Chiun Liou, Yen Chung Huang

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Abstract

Design of an equivalent slew-rate monolithic pulse generator using bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology for medical ultrasound transmitters is presented in this paper. The pulse generator employs a floating capacitive coupling level-shifter architecture to produce a high-voltage (Vp p = 80V) output. The performance of equivalent slew-rate in the rising and falling edge is achieved by carefully choosing the value of coupling capacitors and the size of the final stage high-voltage MOSFETs of the pulse generator. The measured output pulses show the rising and falling time of 8.6 nsec and 8.5 nsec, respectively with second harmonic distortion down to −40 dBc, indicating the designed pulse generator can be used for advanced ultrasonic harmonic imaging systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1121-1127
Number of pages7
JournalIEICE Transactions on Communications
VolumeE102B
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers.

Keywords

  • Harmonic distortion
  • High voltage pulse generator
  • Medical imaging
  • Ultrasound scanner

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