HV738DB1
HV738 ±±6V ꢀ076A Ultrasound Pulser Demo Board
Introduction
Designing a Pulser with HV738
The HV738 is a monolithic four channel, high speed, high
voltage, ultrasound transmitter pulser. This integrated, high
performance circuit is in a single 7x7mm, 48-lead QFN
package.
This demo board data sheet describes how to use the
HV738DB1 to generate the basic high voltage pulse
waveform as an ultrasound transmitting pulser.
The HV738 circuit uses the DC coupling method in all
level translators. There are no external coupling capacitors
needed. The VPP and V rail voltages can be changed
rather quickly, comparedNNto a high voltage capacitor gate
coupled driving pulser. This direct coupling topology of the
gate drivers not only saves two high voltage capacitors per
channel, but also makes the PCB layout easier.
The HV738 can deliver up to ±0.75A source and sink
current to a capacitive transducer. It is designed for
medical ultrasound imaging and ultrasound material NDT
applications. It can also be used as a high voltage driver
for other piezoelectric or capacitive MEMS transducers, or
for ATE systems and pulse signal generators as a signal
source.
The input stage of the HV738 has high-speed level
translators that are able to operate with logic signals of
1.2V to 5.0V and are optimized at 2.5V to 3.3V. In this demo
board, the control logic signals are connected to a high-
speed ribbon cable connector. The control signal logic-high
voltage should be the same as the VCC voltage of the demo
board, and the logic-low should be reference to GND.
HV738’s circuitry consists of controller logic circuits, level
translators, gate driving buffers and a high current and high
voltage MOSFET output stage. The output stages of each
channel are designed to provide peak output currents over
±1.1Afor pulsing, when MC0=1 and MC1=1, with up to ±±5V
swings. When in mode 1, all the output stages drop the peak
current to ±140mA for low-voltage CW mode operation to
save power. Two floating 8VDC power supplies, referenced
to VPP and V , supply the P- and N-type power FET gate
drivers. ThisNNpulser waveform’s frequency upper limit is
20 MHz depending on the load capacitance. One HV738
can also be used as four damping circuits to generate fast
return-to-zero waveforms by working with another HV738
as four pulsing circuits. It also has built-in under-voltage and
over-temperature protection functions.
The HV738DB1 output waveforms can be displayed by using
an oscilloscope probe directly connected to the test point
TX1~4 and GND. The soldering jumper can select whether
or not to connect the on-board equivalent-load, a 330pF,
200V capacitor, parallel with a 2.5kΩ, 1W resistor. Also, a
coaxial cable can be used to connect the user’s transducer
to easily drive and evaluate the HV738 transmitter pulser.
Application Circuit
+2.5V
+8V
VPP-8V 0V to +±5V
+±5V
VCC
VLL
VSUB
VPF
VPP
VDD
OTP
EN
RGND
TXP1
TXN1
MC0
MC1
Level
P-Driver
Translator
PIN1
NIN1
Logic
Control
HVOUT
1
HV738
GREF
Level
Translator
N-Driver
GND
1 of 4 Channels Shown
VNF
RGND
VNN
VSS
GND
VNN + 8V
0V to -±5V