HV738

Supertex inc. HV738 Four-Channel, High Speed, ±65V 750mA Ultrasound Pulser Features ►► HVCMOS technology for high performance ►► High density integration ultrasound transmitter ►► 0 to ±65V output voltage ►► ±750mA source and sink current in Pulse mode ►► ±110mA source and sink current in CW mode ►► Up to 20MHz operating frequency ►► Matched delay times ►► 1.2 to 5.0V CMOS logic interface ►► Built-in output drain bleed resistors Application ►► Portable medical ultrasound imaging ►► Piezoelectric transducer drivers ►► NDT ultrasound transmission ►► Pulse waveform generator General Description The Supertex HV738 is a four-channel, monolithic, high voltage, high speed pulse generator. It is designed for portable medical ultrasound applications. This high voltage and high speed integrated circuit can also be used for piezoelectric, capacitive or MEMS sensing in ultrasonic nondestructive detection and sonar ranger applications. The HV738 consists of a controller logic interface circuit, level translators, MOSFET gate drivers and high power P-channel and N-channel MOSFETs as the output stage for each channel. The output stages of each channel are designed to provide peak output currents over ±1.1A for pulsing, when in mode 4, with up to ±65 volt swings. When in mode 1, all the output stages drop the peak current to ±140mA for low-voltage CW mode operation to decrease the power consumption of the IC. The P and N type of power FETs gate drivers are supplied by two floating 8.0VDC...