PMUT and CMUT devices for biomedical applications: A review

E Moisello, L Novaresi, E Sarkar, P Malcovati… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (PMUT) and Capacitive
Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUT) have seen great developments in recent …

Emerging trends of biomedical circuits and systems

M Sawan, J Yang, M Tarkhan, J Chen… - … and Trends® in …, 2021 - nowpublishers.com
Biomedical circuits and systems are heading toward a multidisciplinary race in two main
directions. On the one hand, advanced smart medical devices must be built to improve …

A pitch-matched high-frame-rate ultrasound imaging ASIC for catheter-based 3-D probes

YM Hopf, DS dos Santos… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for catheter-based 3-D
ultrasound imaging probes. The pitch-matched design implements a comprehensive …

Fully integrated pitch-matched AlScN PMUT-on-CMOS array for high resolution Ultrasound Images

E Ledesma, A Uranga, F Torres… - IEEE Sensors …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a fully integrated pitch-matched piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic
transducers (PMUTs)-on-CMOS array with high potential in catheter-based ultrasound …

Forward-viewing, robotically-steerable guidewire system for peripheral chronic total occlusions: Transducer and imaging system development

GC Collins, A Sarma, ZL Bercu… - 2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although minimally-invasive approaches such as stenting, atherectomy, and angioplasty
represent more desirable alternatives to many open surgical procedures for restoring blood …

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 …

Application of low-temperature processed 0–3 composite piezoelectric thick films in flexible, nonplanar, high-frequency ultrasonic devices

LW Bradley, YS Yaras, B Karahasanoglu… - IEEE sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-temperature, flexible, 0–3 composite piezoelectric materials can decrease the size,
cost, and complexity of high-frequency acoustic devices on temperature-sensitive substrates …

28-nm CMOS Ultrasound AFE With Split Attenuation for Optimizing Gain-Range, Noise, and Area

X Yu, Z Chen, S Wu, L Liu, H Chi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents split attenuators combined with adjustable gain amplifiers as a two-
stage time-gain compensation (TGC), such that it can extend the gain range of the Analog …

Circuits on miniaturized ultrasound imaging system-on-a-chip: a review

J Lim - Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2022 - Springer
Trends of medical system move from a traditional in-person visit to virtual healthcare
increases demands on point-of-care devices. Because ultrasound (US) is non-invasive, the …

A robotically steerable guidewire with forward-viewing ultrasound: Development of technology for minimally-invasive imaging

GC Collins, A Sarma, ZL Bercu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The current standard of care for peripheral chronic total occlusions involves the
manual routing of a guidewire under fluoroscopy. Despite significant improvements in recent …