Ultrasound system front-end circuit for a 128-element array probe

An ultrasound system front-end circuit comprising:

• a transmit voltage transmitter integrated circuit comprising a component powered by a transmit voltage, and further comprising a pulser and a linear transmitter coupled together at a common output, and a transmit/receive switch located on the same integrated circuit as the pulser and linear transmitter,
• transmit control logic circuitry configured to selectively enable either the pulser or the linear transmitter to provide a signal to the common output,
• wherein the common output of the pulser and the linear transmitter and the transmit/receive switch are adapted to be coupled to a transducer element of a transducer array;
• and
• a receiver voltage signal path comprising a preamplifier coupled to the transmit/receive switch of the transmit voltage transmitter integrated circuit.