@inproceedings{613d8628cdb942d7a667590f8ef9b7f3,
title = "High-voltage pulser for ultrasound medical imaging applications",
abstract = "This paper presents the design and implementation of a fully integrated high-voltage (HV) front-end transducer for MEMS ultrasonic applications. Each of the front-end transducers in the array includes a HV transmitting driver and a 50MHz capacitive micro-machined ultrasound transducer (CMUT). The design adapts low voltage integrated circuit (IC) design techniques to create integrated high voltage interfaces. Effective methods to implement high voltage interfaces to integrated CMOS/DMOS circuits are presented. Using a 0.18μm CMOS/DMOS process, simulation results of this interface IC show that can generated a 30V high voltage pulse from a 1.8V input triggering signal to drive a 50MHz MEMS ultrasound transducer with the largest 44pF capacitive load.",
keywords = "High voltage pulser, MEMS transducer, Ultrasound",
author = "Dongning Zhao and Tan, \{Meng Tong\} and Cha, \{Hyouk Kyu\} and Jinli Qu and Yan Mei and Hao Yu and Arindam Basu and Minkyu Je",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1109/ISICir.2011.6131983",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781612848648",
series = "2011 International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, ISIC 2011",
pages = "408--411",
booktitle = "2011 International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, ISIC 2011",
note = "2011 International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, ISIC 2011 ; Conference date: 12-12-2011 Through 14-12-2011",
}