A combined time-gain compensation low-noise amplifier for ultrasound imaging applications

This work presents a type of low noise amplifiers (LNA) that are used for ultrasound imaging systems. To account for the attenuating nature of ultrasound echo signals, a so-called time gain compensation (TGC) circuit is required. By increasing the gain over time, the output dynamic range is decreased, while the switching artifacts are suppressed...

A low-noise amplifier for ultrasound imaging with continuous time-gain compensation

This work presents a low-noise amplifier (LNA) for ultrasound imaging with built-in continuous time-gain compensation (TGC), which compensates for the time-dependent attenuation of the received echo signal and thus significantly reduces its dynamic range (DR). The proposed design combines the LNA and TGC functions in a single variable-gain...