EP0135907A2 - Circuit d'excitation d'un oscillateur piézoélectrique dans un dispositif thérapeutique ultrasonique - Google Patents

Circuit d'excitation d'un oscillateur piézoélectrique dans un dispositif thérapeutique ultrasonique Download PDF

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EP0135907A2
EP0135907A2 EP84111125A EP84111125A EP0135907A2 EP 0135907 A2 EP0135907 A2 EP 0135907A2 EP 84111125 A EP84111125 A EP 84111125A EP 84111125 A EP84111125 A EP 84111125A EP 0135907 A2 EP0135907 A2 EP 0135907A2
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Ralph Meissner
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
    • B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
    • B06B1/00—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency
    • B06B1/02—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy
    • B06B1/0207—Driving circuits
    • B06B1/0223—Driving circuits for generating signals continuous in time
    • B06B1/0238—Driving circuits for generating signals continuous in time of a single frequency, e.g. a sine-wave
    • B06B1/0246—Driving circuits for generating signals continuous in time of a single frequency, e.g. a sine-wave with a feedback signal
    • B06B1/0253—Driving circuits for generating signals continuous in time of a single frequency, e.g. a sine-wave with a feedback signal taken directly from the generator circuit
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
    • B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
    • B06B2201/00—Indexing scheme associated with B06B1/0207 for details covered by B06B1/0207 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • B06B2201/50—Application to a particular transducer type
    • B06B2201/55—Piezoelectric transducer
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
    • B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
    • B06B2201/00—Indexing scheme associated with B06B1/0207 for details covered by B06B1/0207 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • B06B2201/70—Specific application
    • B06B2201/76—Medical, dental

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  • the invention relates to a circuit arrangement for supplying the piezoelectric oscillator in an ultrasound therapy head according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the ultrasound therapy head was connected via a power amplifier to an oscillator which oscillates at a fixed frequency.
  • One was therefore forced either to keep the resonance frequency in a very narrow tolerance band when manufacturing the therapy heads or to readjust the oscillator when the therapy head was changed.
  • the invention has for its object to improve a circuit arrangement of the type mentioned with a simple structure so that a much higher effect degree is achieved; this should be retained without readjusting the frequency of the oscillator even when the therapy head is changed, provided the resonance frequency of the therapy heads is within a practically acceptable tolerance range.
  • the inventive solution to this problem is characterized in claim 1. It is characterized by extremely low circuit complexity and an unusually high level of efficiency. In conjunction with a very low-resistance therapy head according to DE-GM 82 20 944, an efficiency of about 60% could be achieved at the high resonance frequency of 880 kHz.
  • the therapy head is part of the oscillator, which cannot oscillate without the therapy head.
  • the resonance frequency of the series resonance circuit is approximately matched to the middle of the tolerance band for the resonance frequency of the therapy head that can be used: As long as the resonance frequency of a therapy head is between 870 and 880 kHz, no adjustment of the resonance frequency of the series resonance circuit is necessary. Nevertheless, the oscillator vibrates at the resonance frequency of the therapy head.
  • an oscillator circuit for an ultrasonic atomizer with a bipolar transistor which also works with a feedback transformer and a series resonant circuit in the control circuit of the transistor.
  • the low resistance of the series resonance circuit at the resonance frequency leads here to the fact that the transistor works continuously in saturation, whereby it becomes slow and an operating frequency that is significantly higher than 100 kHz can not be achieved.
  • the arrangement of the series resonance according to the invention circuit in the control circuit of a power PA field-effect transistor does just the opposite: the low-impedance series resonance circuit at resonance frequency enables extremely rapid discharge of the capacitance of the control path of the field-effect transistor, so that the circuit arrangement according to the invention can oscillate at a frequency that is practically an order of magnitude above the frequency, have so far been used for the power field effect transistors.
  • devices which protect the field effect transistor from overvoltages, such as can occur when the ultrasound therapy head is not under load: in addition to a low-pass filter parallel to the drain source line, a protective device can be provided which is controlled by the voltage on the drain source line and switches off the oscillator when the voltage mentioned reaches a critical value.
  • 1 designates the piezoceramic oscillator of an ultrasound therapy head, the structure of which is described in detail in DE-GM 82 20 944 and which has a real resistance of ⁇ 20 ohms at the series resonance point.
  • the parallel circuit comprising this oscillator 1, an RF choke 2 and a resistor 3 is connected between the first terminal P of a DC voltage source (not shown) and the drain electrode D of a power field-effect transistor, which is connected via a low-pass filter with a resistor 13 and a capacitor 14 on the other hand is connected to the second terminal N of the DC voltage source.
  • the secondary winding 21 with a fixed capacitor 24 and an adjustable capacitor 23 forms a series resonant circuit which is parallel to a resistor 7; the latter forms with a further resistor 5 a voltage divider connected between the terminals P and N, the tap of which is connected via a series resistor 11 to the gate electrode G of the field effect transistor 10 and is dimensioned such that the oscillator oscillates when the DC voltage is applied.
  • a capacitor 6 is also located between P and N.
  • the series resonance circuit is tuned with the aid of the capacitor 23 approximately to the middle of the tolerance band in which the resonance frequencies of the therapy heads in question must lie.
  • the feedback condition remains fulfilled within this tolerance band and the oscillator oscillates on the series resonance of the connected therapy head.
  • the power output by the therapy head can be adjusted by changing the voltage of the DC voltage source and is, for example, a maximum of 12 watts at a voltage of 20 volts; an efficiency of 60% was measured.

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EP84111125A 1983-09-28 1984-09-18 Circuit d'excitation d'un oscillateur piézoélectrique dans un dispositif thérapeutique ultrasonique Expired EP0135907B1 (fr)

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AT84111125T ATE31257T1 (de) 1983-09-28 1984-09-18 Schaltung zur anregung eines ultraschalltherapiekopfes.

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US5001649A (en) * 1987-04-06 1991-03-19 Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Linear power control for ultrasonic probe with tuned reactance
EP2446847A4 (fr) * 2010-04-09 2012-06-13 Olympus Medical Systems Corp Système de chirurgie ultrasonore et outil de traitement chirurgical
CN117102008A (zh) * 2023-08-07 2023-11-24 江苏大学 半控型步进扫频的变扫模式超声激励信号发生装置及方法

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US5001649A (en) * 1987-04-06 1991-03-19 Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Linear power control for ultrasonic probe with tuned reactance
EP2446847A4 (fr) * 2010-04-09 2012-06-13 Olympus Medical Systems Corp Système de chirurgie ultrasonore et outil de traitement chirurgical
CN117102008A (zh) * 2023-08-07 2023-11-24 江苏大学 半控型步进扫频的变扫模式超声激励信号发生装置及方法

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EP0135907B1 (fr) 1987-12-09
ATE31257T1 (de) 1987-12-15

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