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Integrated reconfigurable high-voltage transmitting circuit for CMUTs

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In this paper a high-voltage transmitting circuit aimed for capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) used in scanners for medical applications is designed and implemented in a 0.35 \(\upmu\)m high-voltage CMOS process. The transmitting circuit is reconfigurable externally making it able to drive a wide variety of CMUTs. The transmitting circuit can generate several pulse shapes with voltages up to 100 V, maximum pulse range of 50 V, frequencies up to 5 MHz and different driving slew rates. Measurements are performed on the circuit in order to assess its functionality and power consumption performance. The design occupies an on-chip area of 0.938 mm\(^{2}\) and the power consumption of a 128-element transmitting circuit array that would be used in an portable ultrasound scanner is found to be a maximum of 181 mW.

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  1. Electronics Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) , Ørsteds Plads, Building 349, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    Pere Llimós Muntal, Dennis Øland Larsen, Ivan H. H. Jørgensen & Erik Bruun

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Llimós Muntal, P., Larsen, D.Ø., Jørgensen, I.H.H. et al. Integrated reconfigurable high-voltage transmitting circuit for CMUTs. Analog Integr Circ Sig Process 84, 343–352 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-015-0601-4

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