Patent ID: 11888509
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  H  A | IPC A  B  H

Claim 8:
9. The ultrasound system of claim 8, further comprises a gate-on-off drive control circuit for the first NFET and wherein the gate-on-off drive control circuit comprises:
an eighth transistor having a fifteenth current terminal, a sixteenth current terminal, and an eighth control terminal, wherein the fifteenth current terminal is coupled to a voltage supply node configured to provide a voltage supply below a transducer driver voltage level; and
a ninth transistor having a seventeenth current terminal, an eighteenth current terminal, and a ninth control terminal, wherein the seventeenth current terminal is coupled to ground, and wherein the first control terminal is coupled to the eighteenth current terminal and to the sixteenth current terminal.