SLDA058 March   2021 TUSS4470

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Review of Ultrasonic Sensing Range Performance Factors
    1. 1.1 Physical Parameters
    2. 1.2 Transducer Characteristics
    3. 1.3 AFE Device Configuration
  3. 2Methods Overview
    1. 2.1 Introduction
    2. 2.2 Hardware Configuration
      1. 2.2.1 Transducers
      2. 2.2.2 Experimental Setup: Air-Coupled Level Sensing
      3. 2.2.3 Experimental Setup: Water-Coupled Level Sensing
      4. 2.2.4 TUSS4470 EVM Hardware Configuration
      5. 2.2.5 TDC1000-C2000EVM Hardware Configuration
    3. 2.3 Firmware Configuration
      1. 2.3.1 TUSS4470 Power Configuration
      2. 2.3.2 TUSS4470 220 kHz Configuration
      3. 2.3.3 TDC1000 220kHz Configuration
      4. 2.3.4 TDC1000 220kHz Configuration
      5. 2.3.5 TDC1000 1 MHz
  4. 3Short Range Air-Coupled Test Results
    1. 3.1 TUSS4470
    2. 3.2 TDC1000
  5. 4Mid-Range Air-Coupled Test Results
    1. 4.1 TUSS4470
      1. 4.1.1 Concept
      2. 4.1.2 TUSS4470 35 V Results
    2. 4.2 TDC1000
  6. 5Short Range Water-Coupled Test Results
    1. 5.1 TUSS4470
    2. 5.2 TDC1000
  7. 6Resistive Damping Device Comparison
    1. 6.1 TUSS4470
    2. 6.2 TDC1000
  8. 7Summary
  9. 8References
  10.   A Appendix A
    1.     A.1 TUSS4470: Filter Capacitor Selection
    2.     A.2 TUSS4470: Shematic
  11.   B Appendix B
    1.     B.1 TDC1000 Misc.
    2.     B.2 TDC1000-C2000EVM Schematic

6 Resistive Damping Device Comparison

This section compares the selection and tradeoffs of installing a damping resistor in parallel with a 1 MHz transducer to reduce the minimum possible range. The water-coupled acrylic tank level measurement test fixture was used.