Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Efficient on-chip high-voltage driver circuit for ultrasonic transducer
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Application No.: US15958415Application Date: 2018-04-20
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Publication No.: US10944320B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Mitchell Kline , Richard Przybyla , David Horsley
- Applicant: Chirp Microsystems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Berkeley
- Assignee: Chirp Microsystems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Chirp Microsystems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Berkeley
- Agency: JDI Patent
- Agent Joshua D. Isenberg; Robert Pullman
- Main IPC: H02M1/00
- IPC: H02M1/00 ; H02M3/07 ; H02M7/483 ; B06B1/02 ; H02M1/08 ; H02M1/36
Abstract:
An ultrasound transducer may be driven by a driver circuit having one or more charge pumps and a multi-level inverter. The one or more charge pumps are configured to drive the ultrasound transducer only during output transitions of the inverter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180248477A1 EFFICIENT ON-CHIP HIGH-VOLTAGE DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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