Patent ID: 11874405
Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An ultrasound system for imaging a patient comprising:
an ultrasound transducer to transmit ultrasound waves toward a subject area of the patient;
a hybrid transmitter comprising:
a controller;
a waveform memory coupled to the controller to store a representation of an output waveform sequence supplied by the controller;
a transmit/receive switch having an output coupled to drive the ultrasound transducer;
an N-bit digital-to-analog converter having an input coupled to receive N-bits of the waveform memory;
a linear transmitter having an input coupled to the N-bit digital-to-analog converter and an output coupled to a first input of the transmit/receive switch, the linear transmitter to generate linear transmitter output; and
a switching transmitter having an input coupled to receive M-bits of the waveform memory and an output coupled to a second input of the transmit/receive switch, the switching transmitter to generate switching transmitter output, wherein the transmit/receive switch is configured to switch between either the linear transmitter output or the switching transmitter output while driving the ultrasound transducer to generate hybrid transmitter output and transmit ultrasound waves toward the subject area; and

an ultrasound receiver configured to receive one or more ultrasound waves from the subject area in response to the ultrasound waves transmitted toward the subject area for generating one or more ultrasound images of the subject area.