ST STHV748高性能超声波脉冲控制方案

ST 公司的STHV748是4路5级±90V, 2 A高性能高速超声波脉冲控制器,输出电压从0V到90V,工作频率高达20MHz,抖动低至20ps,具有抗交叉导通功能和低2次谐波失真特性,STHV748应用在医疗超声波图像,脉冲发生器,NDT超声波发送和压电传感器驱动器.本文介绍STHV748主要特性,方框图和典型应用电路.

World’s Most Integrated High-Performance Ultrasound Pulse Controller

STHV748: 5-level, ±90 V, 2 A high-speed pulser with four independent channels

This monolithic, high-voltage, high-speed pulser generator features four independent channels. It is designed for medical ultrasound applications, but can also be used for other piezoelectric, capacitive or MEMS transducers. The device comprises a controller logic interface circuit, level translators, MOSFET gate drivers, noise blocking diodes and high-power P-channel and N-channel MOSFETs as output stage for each channel,clamping-to-ground circuitry, anti-leakage, antimemory effect block, thermal sensor and HV receiver switch (HVR_SW) which guarantees a strong decoupling during transmission phase.Moreover the STHV748 includes self biasing and thermal shutdown blocks .

Each channel can support up to five active output levels with two half bridges. The output stage of each channel is able to provide ±2 A peak output current. In order to reduce power dissipation during continuous wave mode, the peak current is limited to 0.6 A.

STHV748主要特性:

■ High-density ultrasound transmitter

■ 0 to ±90 V output voltage

■ Up to 20 MHz operating frequency

■ Low-power, high-voltage drivers

■ 2 independently supplied half bridges for each channel in pulse wave (PW) mode

– 5-level output waveform

– ±2 A source and sink current

– Down to 20 ps jitter

– Anti-cross conduction function

– Low 2nd harmonic distortion

– Fine-tuning on propagation delay

■ Fully integrated clamping-to-ground function

– 6 Ω synchronous active clamp

– Anti-leakage on output node

■ Dedicated half bridge for continuous wave (CW) mode on each

– Down to 0.1 W power consumption

– ±0.6 A source and sink current

– Down to 10 ps jitter

■ Fully integrated HV receiver switch

– 13.5 Ω on resistance

– HV MOS topology to minimize current consumption

– Up to 300 MHz BW

■ 2.4 V to 3.6 V CMOS logic interface

■ Auxiliary integrated circuits

– Noise blocking diodes

– Fully self-biaising architecture

– Anti-memory effect for all internal HV nodes

– Thermal protection

– Stand by function

■ Latch-up free due to HV SOI technology

■ Very few external passive components needed

STHV748应用:

■ Medical ultrasound imaging

■ Pulse waveform generator

■ NDT ultrasound transmission

■ Piezoelectric transducers driver

图1.STHV748单路方框图

图2.STHV748典型应用电路

详情请见:

http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/15450.pdf