Title :
An integrated beamforming driver for CMUT based ultrasound catheter ablation system
Author :
Yetik, Hasan ; Ergun, Arif Sanli ; Bozkurt, Alican
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., TOBB Univ. of Econ. & Technol., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
In CMUT based ultrasound catheter ablation systems, transducer arrays and their drivers are to be kept as small as possible due to size restrictions, while maintaining a reasonable number of channels for proper beamforming. In addition, these systems should be highly integrated with minimal power consumption for flexibility and functionality. Despite the size restrictions on these systems, such problems can be overcome by ASICs. In this work, we present a simple 8 channel high-frequency, high-voltage driver, together with its beamforming and control circuitry designed with AMS´s H35 high voltage process.
Keywords :
biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; catheters; ultrasonic therapy; AMS H35 high voltage process; ASIC; CMUT based ultrasound catheter ablation system; control circuitry design; integrated beamforming driver; power consumption; transducer arrays; Array signal processing; Catheters; Clocks; Integrated circuit modeling; MOSFET; Radiation detectors; Ultrasonic imaging; CMUT; HIFU; VLSI; beamforming; beamforming driver;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0379
