A front-end ASIC with high-voltage transmit switching and receive digitization for forward-looking intravascular ultrasound

Mingliang Tan; Chao Chen; Zhao Chen; Jovana Janjic; Verya Daeichin; Zu Yao Chang; Emile Noothout; Gijs Van Soest; Martin Verweij; Nico De Jong; Michiel Pertijs

doi:10.1109/CICC.2017.7993708

A front-end ASIC with high-voltage transmit switching and receive digitization for forward-looking intravascular ultrasound

Mingliang Tan^*
, Chao Chen
, Zhao Chen
, Jovana Janjic
, Verya Daeichin
, Zu Yao Chang
, Emile Noothout
, Gijs Van Soest
, Martin Verweij
, Nico De Jong
, Michiel Pertijs

^*Corresponding author for this work

Cardiology

Delft University of Technology

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Abstract

This paper presents a front-end ASIC for forward-looking intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging. The ASIC is intended to be mounted at the tip of a catheter and can interface a total of 80 piezo-electric transducer elements with an imaging systems using only 4 cables, thus significantly reducing the system complexity compared to the prior art. It is capable of switching high-voltage transmit pulses to 16 transmit elements, and capturing the resulting echo signals using 64 multiplexed receive elements. The ASIC digitizes the received signals locally, providing more robust communication than prior analog approaches. Measurements show that the ASIC effectively switches transmit pulses up to 30 V, and digitizes echo signals with a bandwidth of 16 MHz, while consuming only 10 mW. Acoustic measurements in combination with a prototype transducer array demonstrate pulse transmission and reception. Finally, a B-mode image of a needle phantom demonstrates the imaging capability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	38th Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference
Subtitle of host publication	A Showcase for Integrated Circuit Design in Silicon Hills, CICC 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509051915
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CICC.2017.7993708
Publication status	Published - 26 Jul 2017
Event	38th Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2017 - Austin, United States Duration: 30 Apr 2017 → 3 May 2017

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Series	Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference
Volume	2017-April
ISSN	0886-5930

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Conference	38th Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	30/04/17 → 3/05/17

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Tan, M., Chen, C., Chen, Z., Janjic, J., Daeichin, V., Chang, Z. Y., Noothout, E., Van Soest, G., Verweij, M., De Jong, N., & Pertijs, M. (2017). A front-end ASIC with high-voltage transmit switching and receive digitization for forward-looking intravascular ultrasound. In 38th Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference: A Showcase for Integrated Circuit Design in Silicon Hills, CICC 2017 (pp. 1-4). Article 7993708 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CICC.2017.7993708

Tan, Mingliang ; Chen, Chao ; Chen, Zhao et al. / A front-end ASIC with high-voltage transmit switching and receive digitization for forward-looking intravascular ultrasound. 38th Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference: A Showcase for Integrated Circuit Design in Silicon Hills, CICC 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 1-4 (Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Vol. 2017-April).

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A front-end ASIC with high-voltage transmit switching and receive digitization for forward-looking intravascular ultrasound. / Tan, Mingliang; Chen, Chao; Chen, Zhao et al.
38th Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference: A Showcase for Integrated Circuit Design in Silicon Hills, CICC 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 1-4 7993708 (Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Vol. 2017-April).

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Tan M, Chen C, Chen Z, Janjic J, Daeichin V, Chang ZY et al. A front-end ASIC with high-voltage transmit switching and receive digitization for forward-looking intravascular ultrasound. In 38th Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference: A Showcase for Integrated Circuit Design in Silicon Hills, CICC 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 1-4. 7993708. (Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Vol. 2017-April). doi: 10.1109/CICC.2017.7993708

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