Fully integrated high-voltage front-end interface for ultrasonic sensing applications

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-190

  Chebli, Robert ^a   Sawan, Mohamad ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DC DC converter; Drive amplifier; High voltage (HV) process; Sensor interface; Ultrasonic sensor

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSDUCERS;

DRIVE AMPLIFIER; HIGH-VOLTAGE PROCESS; SENSOR INTERFACE;

ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

EID: 33847689719     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2006.888675     Document Type: Article

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