Ultrasound processing system, transceiver circuit, and method related to beamforming

A transceiver circuit, comprising:

• a delay calculator, configured to:
• be configured with a beamline initial location, a receiving ultrasound element location, and a an angle-related parameter, wherein the beamline initial location is a location of a beamline on a baseline, the receiving ultrasound element location is a location of receiving an echo of an ultrasound signal on one of transducer elements, and the angle-related parameter comprises a triangle function which includes a sine function and a cosine function of a steering angle;
• determine location information according to the beamline initial location, the receiving ultrasound element location, and the angle-related parameter, wherein the location information comprises a distance between the receiving ultrasound element location and a location of a point on the beamline, and the location of the point on the beamline is determined according to the beamline initial location and the angle-related parameter;
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• output the location information comprising the distance between the receiving ultrasound element location and the location of the point on the beamline at a timing determined by a built-in counter,
• wherein the beamline, the steering angle, and a line between the beamline initial location and the receiving ultrasound element location form a reference triangle, and the delay calculator is further configured to:
• determine the distance between the receiving ultrasound element location and the location of the point on the beamline corresponding to the beamline initial location and the steering angle according to the reference triangle,
• wherein the reference triangle comprises a first side formed between the beamline initial location and the receiving ultrasound element location, a second side formed between the beamline initial location of the beamline and the location of the point on the beamline, and a third side formed between the receiving ultrasound element location and the location of the point on the beamline.

A method related to beamforming, comprising:

• providing a transceiver circuit, wherein the transceiver circuit comprises a delay calculator;
• configuring the delay calculator with a beamline initial location, a receiving ultrasound element location, and an angle-related parameter, wherein the beamline initial location is a location of a beamline on a baseline, the receiving ultrasound element location is a location of receiving an echo of an ultrasound signal on one of transducer elements, and the angle-related parameter comprises a triangle function which includes a sine function and a cosine function of a steering angle;
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• determining, through the delay calculator, location information according to the beamline initial location, the receiving ultrasound element location, and the angle-related parameter, wherein the location information comprises a distance between the receiving ultrasound element location and a location of a point on the beamline, and the location of the point on the beamline is determined according to the beamline initial location and the angle-related parameter;
• outputting the location information comprising the distance between the receiving ultrasound element location and the location of the point on the beamline at a timing determined by a built-in counter,
• wherein the beamline, the steering angle, and a line between the beamline initial location and the receiving ultrasound element location form a reference triangle, and determining location information comprises:
• determining the distance between the receiving ultrasound element location and the location of the point on the beamline corresponding to the beamline initial location and the steering angle according to the reference triangle, wherein the reference triangle comprises a first side formed between the beamline initial location and the receiving ultrasound element location, a second side formed between the beamline initial location of the beamline and the location of the point on the beamline, and a third side formed between the receiving ultrasound element location and the location of the point on the beamline.