A pitch-matched front-end ASIC with integrated subarray beamforming ADC for miniature 3-D ultrasound probes

C Chen, Z Chen, D Bera, E Noothout… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a front-end application-specified integrated circuit (ASIC) integrated
with a 2-D PZT matrix transducer that enables in-probe digitization with acceptable power …

A pitch-matched transceiver ASIC with shared hybrid beamforming ADC for high-frame-rate 3-D intracardiac echocardiography

YM Hopf, BW Ossenkoppele… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for 3-D, high-frame-rate
ultrasound imaging probes is presented. The design is the first to combine element-level …

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 …

A reduced-wire ICE catheter ASIC with Tx beamforming and Rx time-division multiplexing

G Jung, C Tekes, MW Rashid… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a single chip reduced-wire active catheter application-specific
integrated circuit (ASIC), equipped with programmable transmit (Tx) beamforming and …

Direct digital demultiplexing of analog TDM signals for cable reduction in ultrasound imaging catheters

TM Carpenter, MW Rashid… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In real-time catheter-based 3-D ultrasound imaging applications, gathering data from the
transducer arrays is difficult, as there is a restriction on cable count due to the diameter of the …

A 125 m-Pitch-Matched Transceiver ASIC With Micro-Beamforming ADC and Multi-Level Signaling for 3-D Transfontanelle Ultrasonography

P Guo, F Fool, ZY Chang, E Noothout… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a pitch-matched transceiver application-specific integrated circuit
(ASIC) for a wearable ultrasound device intended for transfontanelle ultrasonography, which …

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 …

Time-division multiplexing for cable reduction in ultrasound imaging catheters

TM Carpenter, MW Rashid… - … Circuits and Systems …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In ultrasound imaging catheter applications, gathering the data from multi-element
transducer arrays is difficult as there is a restriction on cable count due to the diameter of the …

Impact of bit errors in digitized RF data on ultrasound image quality

Z Chen, M Soozande, HJ Vos, JG Bosch… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article quantitatively analyzes the impact of bit errors in digitized RF data on ultrasound
image quality. The quality of B-mode images in both linear array and phased array imaging …

A front-end ASIC for miniature 3-D ultrasound probes with in-probe receive digitization

C Chen, Z Chen, D Bera, E Noothout… - 2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a front-end application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that
demonstrates the feasibility of inprobe digitization for next-generation miniature 3-D …