A single-chip time-interleaved 32-channel analog beamformer for ultrasound medical imaging

Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 193-196

  Urn, Ji Yong ^a   Kim, Jae Hwan ^a   Song, Eun Woo ^a   Kim, Yoon Jee ^a   Sim, Jae Yoon ^a   Park, Hong June ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

analog beamformer; medical imaging; single chip; time interleaving; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANALOG BEAMFORMER; FABRICATED CHIPS; SINGLE-CHIP; STANDARD CMOS PROCESS; TIME-INTERLEAVING; TOTAL POWER CONSUMPTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND MEDICAL IMAGING;

BEAMFORMING; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS;

EID: 84881035050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPEC.2012.6522658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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