Serial interface for parameter transfer in an ultrasound device

    公开(公告)号:AU2017240665B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:AU2017240665

    申请日:2017-03-31

    Abstract: Circuitry for ultrasound devices is described. A multi-level pulser is described, which can support time-domain and spatial apodization. The multi-level pulser may be controlled through a software-defined waveform generator. In response to the execution of a computer code, the waveform generator may access master segments from a memory, and generate a stream of packets directed to pulsing circuits. The stream of packets may be serialized. A plurality of decoding circuits may modulate the streams of packets to obtain spatial apodization.

    Ultrasonic imaging compression methods and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:AU2019201147B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-28

    申请号:AU2019201147

    申请日:2019-02-19

    Abstract: An ultrasound device, comprising: at least one ultrasonic transducer element integrated on a semiconductor die; an analog receive circuit integrated on the semiconductor die, the analog receive circuit arranged to receive an output signal from the at least one ultrasonic transducer element; and a receive compression circuit integrated on the semiconductor die and configured to generate a compressed digital signal prior to any image reconstruction process being performed, the receive compression circuit comprising: a data reduction circuit having an input connected to an output of the analog receive circuit, the data reduction circuit configured to generate the compressed digital signal; and a digital signal processing block in communication with the data reduction circuit, the digital signal processing block arranged to receive the compressed digital signal and perform at least a portion of an image reconstruction process; wherein an output of the digital signal processing block is configured to be transmitted from the semiconductor die as a data stream. 00 0o -oo co L N + N + N + N + rn m xx

    ASYNCHRONOUS SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:CA3005680C

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-15

    申请号:CA3005680

    申请日:2016-12-01

    Abstract: An ultrasound device including an asynchronous successive approximation analog-to- digital converter and method are provided. The device includes at least one ultrasonic transducer, a plurality of asynchronous successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to- digital converters (ADC) coupled to the at least one ultrasonic transducer, at least one asynchronous SAR in the plurality having a sample and hold stage, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a comparator, and control circuitry, wherein a DAC update event following at least one bit conversion is synchronized to a corresponding DAC update event of at least one other ADC in the plurality of ADCs.

    Methods and apparatuses for offloading ultrasound data

    公开(公告)号:AU2019251103A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-15

    申请号:AU2019251103

    申请日:2019-04-09

    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to wirelessly offloading, from a wearable ultrasound device, ultrasound data sufficient for forming one or more ultrasound images therefrom. The wearable ultrasound device may include an ultrasound patch. Indications that may be monitored with such a device, and therapeutic uses that may be provided by such a device, are also described. Methods and apparatuses are also described for compounding multilines of ultrasound data on an ultrasound device configured to collect the ultrasound data. Additionally, certain aspects of the technology relate to non-uniform grouping of ultrasound transducers that share a transmit/receive circuit in an ultrasound device.

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