MD2131
Supertex inc.
High Speed Ultrasound Beamforming Source Driver
Features
General Description
► High resolution transmitting waveform
► Up to 3.0A push-pull source-driving current
► 230VP-P maximum output, uses two DN2625 FETs
► Angle vector beamforming I-Q switcher matrix
► 8-bit apodization DAC and 7.5° angular resolution
► Flexible frequency-resolution trade-off
► Programmable aperture windowing
► 250MHz maximum sampling rate
► 25MHz ultrasound maximum frequency
► PWM modulation push-pull current source
► Focusing phase adjustment & chirp waveform
► Fast SPI interface
The MD2131 is a high-speed, arbitrary waveform, push-pull
source driver. It is designed for medical ultrasound imaging and
HIFU beamforming applications. It also can be used in NDT,
Sonar and other ultrasound phase-array focusing beamforming
applications.
The MD2131 consists of CMOS digital logic input circuits, an
8-bit current DAC for waveform amplitude control, and four PWM
current-sources. These current sources are constructed with the
high-speed, in-phase and quadrature current-switch matrix and
the built-in sine and cosine angle-to-vector look-up table. The
angular resolution of the vector table is 7.5O per step, with a total
range of 48 steps. There are four logic input signals to control the
in-phase and quadrature PWM push-pull current-source’s output
timing, frequency, cycle in the burst and waveform envelope.
► 2.5V CMOS logic interface
► +5.0V single power supply
► Low second order harmonic distortions
Applications
The MD2131’s output stage is designed to drive two DN2625
depletion N-type MOSFETs. The MOSFET drains are connected
to a center-tap ultrasound frequency pulse transformer. The
secondary winding of the transformer can connect to the
ultrasound piezo or capacitive transducer via a cable with a
good impendence match. The MD2131 has a high-speed, SPI-
compatible interface to achieve per-scan-line fast updating of the
data register for changing the beamforming phase angles and
apodization amplitudes.
► Medical ultrasound imaging transmit beamforming
► High resolution NDT and Sonar phase arrays
► HIFU transducer phase arrays beamforming and
focus scanning
► Piezoelectric & MEMS transducer waveform drivers
► High speed, high voltage, arbitrary waveform
generator
MD2131 Block Diagram
+2.5V
+5.0V
VLL
VDD
C3A
C2A
KA
C1A
+5.0V
+3.3V
IA
QA
IB
D1
Level
Translator
PA
T1
DN2625
QB
I
SUB
+70-100V
VPP
EN
SDI
SDO
SCK
CS
Vector
SIN/COS
Table
GND
A
Beamforming
Switch
XDRC
Data
Latch
&
Control
Logic
&
Matrix
Level
Translator
Q
DN2625
+3.3V
PB
D2
DAC
LD
+5.0V
DGND
AGND VREF
RFB
C3B
C2B
KB
C1B
+VREF
Doc.# DSFP-MD2131
C102412
Supertex inc.
www.supertex.com