CPC G01N 29/2468 (2013.01) [G01N 29/36 (2013.01); G01S 7/491 (2013.01); G01S 7/5208 (2013.01); G01S 7/52023 (2013.01); G01S 7/52095 (2013.01); G06F 7/582 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. A receiver of an ultrasound probe comprising:
a plurality of transducers;
frontend circuitry coupled to the plurality of transducers;
a beamformer coupled to the frontend circuitry wherein the beamformer comprises:
delay line control circuit, the delay line control circuit comprising:
a pseudo-random number generator; and
a random phase generator circuit coupled to the pseudo-random number generator, and comprising:
a sequence register;
an adder comprising:
a first input coupled to an output of the pseudo-random number generator;
a second input coupled to an output of the sequence register; and
an output coupled to an input of the sequence register; and
an encoding circuit comprising:
an input coupled to the output of the sequence register; and
a plurality of outputs.
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