Protection circuits for ultrasound applications

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1160-1164

  Camacho, Jorge ^b   Fritsch, Carlos ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Institute of Physical and Information Technologies   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INSERTION LOSSES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CONTROL SIGNALS; PROTECTION CIRCUIT ALTERNATIVE; TRANSDUCER EXCITATION;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

AMPLIFIER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY;

AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 44249104222     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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