Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and power supply apparatus
AssigneeGE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
InventorShinichi Amemiya
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Abstract
In order to reduce the number of components to achieve size reduction of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus 101 is provided with a power supply section 3 comprised of a bias power supply 4 for generating a bias voltage and a driving power supply 5 for generating a driving voltage using the bias voltage. The bias voltage is higher than the driving voltage. Since the driving power supply 5 merely generates a lower voltage based upon a higher voltage, it is simpler in configuration and smaller in size than the conventional type that independently generates the voltages.
Claims6
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having power supply means comprising:
- bias power supply means for generating a bias voltage;
- and driving power supply means using said bias voltage as an input to generate a driving voltage based upon said bias voltage.
A power supply apparatus for supplying first operating means operated by a first voltage with the first voltage, and supplying second operating means operated by a second voltage lower than the first voltage with the second voltage, comprising:
- first power supply means for generating said first voltage;
- and second power supply means using said first voltage as an input to generate said second voltage based upon said first voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.