Design of a low power time-gain-compensation amplifier for a 2D piezoelectric ultrasound transducer

J. Yao; Z. Yu; M. A P Pertijs; G.C.M. Meijer; C. T. Lancée; J. G. Bosch; N. De Jong

doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935775

Design of a low power time-gain-compensation amplifier for a 2D piezoelectric ultrasound transducer

J. Yao^*, Z. Yu, M. A P Pertijs, G.C.M. Meijer, C. T. Lancée, J. G. Bosch, N. De Jong

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Abstract

In this paper, a programmable time-gain-compensation amplifier dedicated to a 2D piezoelectric ultrasound transducer is presented. It uses an open-loop amplifier structure consisting of a voltage-to-current converter and a current-to-voltage converter. The circuit has been designed in a standard 0.35-μm CMOS process. Simulation and measurement results show that gains of 0dB, 12dB, 26dB and 40dB can be achieved for input signals centered at 6MHz with 80dB dynamic range (100V to 1V). The measured gain errors at 6MHz are below 1dB for all gain settings. The amplifier consumes only 130W when driving a 250f Fload.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2010
Editors	B.R. Potter
Place of Publication	Los Alamitos, CA, USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	841-844
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781457703812
ISBN (Print)	9781457703829
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935775
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2010 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 11 Oct 2010 → 14 Oct 2010

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Conference	2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	11/10/10 → 14/10/10

Keywords

2D piezoelectrictransducer
low-power analog circuit
Time-gain-compensation amplifier

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Yao, J, Yu, Z, Pertijs, MAP , Meijer, GCM, Lancée, CT, Bosch, JG & De Jong, N 2010, Design of a low power time-gain-compensation amplifier for a 2D piezoelectric ultrasound transducer. in BR Potter (ed.), 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2010., 5935775, IEEE, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 841-844, 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2010, San Diego, CA, United States, 11/10/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935775

Design of a low power time-gain-compensation amplifier for a 2D piezoelectric ultrasound transducer. / Yao, J.; Yu, Z.; Pertijs, M. A P et al.
2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2010. ed. / B.R. Potter. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE, 2010. p. 841-844 5935775.

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