Supertex inc.
MD3872DB1
MD3872 Front-End Ultrasound Receiver Demoboard
Introduction
General Description
The MD3872 is a low power and low noise eight-channel The MD3872DB1 provides a very useful platform to evaluate
front-end receiver for medical ultrasound imaging. Its excel- thislowpower and low noise 12-bit resolutionADC ultrasound
lent low power dynamic performance is especially suitable front-end receiver. Simply connect a 5V power supply to the
for portable ultrasound applications. Each channel’s circuit is board and a USB cable to your computer.
composed of a 14dB/18dB low noise pre-amplifier (LNA), a
voltage-controlled attenuator (VCA or TGC), a programma-
The on-board MD3872 and T/R switch ICs, TGC, DAC,
FPGA, de-serialized LVDS, clock generator, DDR2 data
ble gain amplifier (PGA), an anti-aliasing filter (AAF) and an
memory, isolated USB interface, JTAG SPI connector,
analog-to-digital (ADC) converter. The gain and gain range
RS232 serial interface and low noise DC/DC power supplies
of the VGA can be digitally configured separately. The gain
make a stand alone, desktop 8-channel ultrasound receiver
of the PGA can be set to one of four discrete values: 23.5dB,
data acquisition evaluation system.
29dB, 34.5dB or 40dB. The VCA can be continuously varied
by a control voltage from -47dB to a maximum of 0dB.
The MD3872DB1 package includes the demoboard
power supply cable, USB cable, software driver and PC
user interface software files. All software files including
the EEPROM file, FPGA configuration file and PC user
driven by the LNA to generate differential output current.
In CW mode, an integrated trans-conductance amplifier is
interface software files are web downloadable for updating
if necessary.
The resulting signal currents of each channel then connect
to an 8×8 differential cross-point switch which can be pro-
grammed through the SPI. The 12-bit ADC is based on a
pipeline structure to provide high static linearity. The data,
clock, and frame alignment signal outputs are serial LVDS in
binary format for each channel.
This datasheet describes the detail of the built-in hardware
features and PC interface software installation and step by
step operation of the board..
Block Diagram
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