High sound pressure piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers using sputtered potassium sodium niobate

F Xia, Y Peng, W Yue, M Luo, M Teng… - Microsystems & …, 2024 - nature.com
This work presents air-coupled piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (pMUTs)
with high sound pressure level (SPL) under low-driving voltages by utilizing sputtered …

An ultrasound imaging system with on-chip per-voxel RX beamfocusing for real-time drone applications

L Wu, J Guo, R Jiang, Y Peng, H Wu, J Li… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For drone vision and navigation, low-power 3-D depth sensing with robust operations
against strong/weak light and various weather conditions is crucial. CMOS image sensor …

A High-Voltage Differential SPDT T/R Switch for Ultrasound Systems

Y Zhang, D Jiang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An improved bootstrapped circuit topology is proposed for the design of a high-voltage,
differential, single-pole double-throw transmit/receive switch for an ultrasound hand gesture …

An Energy-Efficient High-Voltage Pulser for High-Frequency Ultrasound Medical Applications

Y Xiao, H Rivandi, TL Costa - 2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging ultrasound (US) biomedical applications, from battery-powered US imaging to US
neuromodulation, demand wearable form factor and power-efficient US transmitters …

Drone-Mounted Low-Frequency pMUTS for> 6-Meter Rangefinder in Air

H Liu, Y Peng, W Yue, S Umezawa… - 2023 IEEE 36th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports a low-frequency piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer
(pMUT) with a small attenuation coefficient to realize the long-distance range finding …

A 14V hybrid boost converter with scalable conversion ratio in 180nm standard CMOS for an ultrasound imaging system

J Guo, J Li, J Yoo - 2022 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound imaging, thanks to its light-insusceptibility, non-invasive and non-ionizing-
radiation characteristics, has gained growing popularity in applications including unmanned …

A Hybrid Boost Converter With Standard CMOS-Compatible 14-V Output for an Ultrasound Imaging System

J Guo, J Li, J Yoo - IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a hybrid boost converter that achieves a 14-V regulated output and
multiple intermediate voltage levels in standard CMOS, targeted for an ultrasound imaging …