Quasi Class-DE Driving of HIFU Transducer Arrays

IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst. 2019 Feb;13(1):214-224. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2018.2888990. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

Abstract

Recently, a method was proposed to determine the parameters for each Class DE driver in high-intensity focused ultrasound arrays for efficient operation and to compensate for variations in the impedance of each array element. This work extends that method to consider the effect of switch resistance and to provide limited control on the power delivered to the transducers with a constant supply voltage while keeping a good efficiency. The method is experimentally validated using an integrated driver developed by the authors. This paper also shows that the frequency range for efficient electrical operation is close to the frequency where the transducer array presents a peak in the conversion efficiency.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acoustics
  • Amplifiers, Electronic*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Electric Impedance
  • High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation / instrumentation*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Transducers*
  • Wavelet Analysis