ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING PULSE FOR GENERATING ULTRASONIC SIGNAL

• Main Authors: Koo, Hyun Soo, Yu, Byung Sun, Kim, Jae You
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.07.2024
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; DIAGNOSIS; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL; GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICALVIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SURGERY; TESTING; TRANSPORTING

An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a variable voltage supply unit configured to supply a driving voltage to the transmission circuit, a transmission circuit configured to generate a pulse signal for generating an ultrasonic signal using the driving voltage, and a controller configured to store compensation information for compensating for a voltage drop of the driving voltage and to provide a voltage control signal including information on a driving voltage for which the voltage drop is compensated for based on the compensation information to the variable voltage supply unit, wherein the variable voltage supply unit supplies the compensated driving voltage to the transmission circuit in response to the voltage control signal.