A programmable analog delay line for micro-beamforming in a transesophageal ultrasound probe

ICSICT-2010 - 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 299-301

  Yu, Zili ^a   Pertijs, Michiel A P ^a   Meijer, Gerard C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANALOG DELAY LINES; BUILDING BLOCKES; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; MATRIX; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; PROGRAMMABLE ANALOGS; READOUT IC; SAMPLE-AND-HOLD; TIME-INTERLEAVED; ULTRASOUND PROBES;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PROBES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

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EID: 78751546750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSICT.2010.5667749     Document Type: Conference Paper

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