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- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital drive circuitry having built-in time gain compensation functionality for ultrasound applications
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Application No.: US15263939Application Date: 2016-09-13
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Publication No.: US10231713B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Kailiang Chen , Keith G. Fife
- Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CT Guilford
- Assignee: Butterfly Network, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Butterfly Network, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Guilford
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/06 ; G01S7/52 ; A61B8/08
Abstract:
A time gain compensation (TGC) circuit for an ultrasound device includes a first amplifier having an integrating capacitor and a control circuit configured to generate a TGC control signal that controls an integration time of the integrating capacitor, thereby controlling a gain of the first amplifier. The integration time is an amount of time an input signal is coupled to the first amplifier before the input signal is isolated from the first amplifier.
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