Ultrasound Driving Application of a Universal Waveform Generator Derived from Displaying Driving System

Chang Ge^1*, Jihui Wu², Yongming Tang²

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
²School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jcc.2014.213002                

Abstract

The design of a universal waveform generator derived from displaying driving applications using floating power and Miller integrator circuit is introduced first. Then, the feasibility of driving ultrasound transducers is verified by the test of the circuit and compared with other specific design of pulse generator for ultrasound driving purpose.

Keywords

Universal Waveform Generator, Ultrasound, Pulse, Miller Integrator Circuit

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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