PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16243546
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["367", "098000"]

Abstract:
A time gain compensation (TGC) circuit for an ultrasound device includes a first amplifier having an integrating capacitor and a control circuit configured to generate a TGC control signal that controls an integration time of the integrating capacitor, thereby controlling a gain of the first amplifier. The integration time is an amount of time an input signal is coupled to the first amplifier before the input signal is isolated from the first amplifier.

Claim (Index 21):
A method of operating an ultrasound system, the method comprising:\n receiving electrical signals from an ultrasonic transducer; coupling the electrical signals to an input of an analog circuit block; and coupling an output of the analog circuit block to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the analog circuit block further comprising: an ADC driver circuit including a differential amplifier having first and second integrating capacitors configured in a feedback configuration; and a control circuit configured to provide time gain compensation by generating a time gain compensation (TGC) control signal that controls an integration time of the first and second integrating capacitors, the integration time comprising an amount of time that an input signal is coupled to the differential amplifier before the input signal is isolated from the differential amplifier.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85714
- Patent Class: 367.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15263939', '12543452', '11198740', '15803081', '12199020']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5954907423829542
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5574636514794319
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.591688033292602
- Mean Citation Score: 239.488086
- Max Citation Score: 427.94995
- Similarity Product: 402.9641114572317

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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