Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmission circuit for ultrasonic diagnosis and method for transmitting ultrasonic wave
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Application No.: US15050584Application Date: 2016-02-23
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Publication No.: US10219783B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Hiroyasu Yoshizawa , Satoshi Hanazawa , Tatsuya Odawara , Na Li
- Applicant: SII Semiconductor Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Chiba
- Assignee: ABLIC INC.
- Current Assignee: ABLIC INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiba
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JP2015-231639 20151127
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/08 ; B06B1/02

Abstract:
A transmission circuit for ultrasonic diagnosis includes a delay processing circuit that delays a transmission signal pattern and an operational circuit that calculates a delay time. A transmission timing for supplying the transmission signal pattern to a plurality of piezo electric elements corresponding to a plurality of channels is approximated by a multi-dimensional polynomial with locations of the plurality of piezo electric elements being variables so that the transmission timing becomes linear or arc-like. Coefficients in the multi-dimensional polynomial are supplied to the transmission circuit for ultrasonic diagnosis. The delay time in the delay processing circuit is determined by a first coefficient. The operational circuit calculates the delay time based on a second coefficient. The transmission signal pattern is supplied to the plurality of piezo electric elements at a transmission timing including the delay time according to the first coefficient and the delay time according to the second coefficient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170150946A1 TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ULTRASONIC WAVE Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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