SLOA341 October   2024 LOG300

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Description
    1. 2.1 Basics of Ultrasound Sensing
    2. 2.2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Ultrasonic Sensing
    3. 2.3 Ultrasonic Transducer
      1. 2.3.1 Transducer Construction
      2. 2.3.2 Transducer Frequencies
    4. 2.4 Transducer Topologies
    5. 2.5 Blind Zone Effect on Minimum Distance
    6. 2.6 Transducer Drive
    7. 2.7 Ultrasonic Echo and Signal Processing
      1. 2.7.1 Digital Gain or Fixed Gain
      2. 2.7.2 Time-Varying-Gain
      3. 2.7.3 Automatic Gain Control or Logarithmic Amplifier
      4. 2.7.4 Logarithmic Amplifier vs Logarithmic Detector
  6. 3LOG Detector Amplifier and the Advantages Over Conventional Opamps
  7. 4Application
    1. 4.1 Double Paper Feed and Paper Thickness Detector
      1. 4.1.1 Schematic Implementation
      2. 4.1.2 Material Thickness Detector
    2. 4.2 Bubble Detector
    3. 4.3 Material Detection
    4. 4.4 Distance or Proximity Detection
  8. 5Summary
  9. 6References

Time-Varying-Gain

Apply a gain that is dependent on how far out an object is. Often, objects that are further out in time produce a weaker echo response and objects that are closer produce a stronger echo response. To combat this, to prevent saturation of the close signals, and to be able to identify the further objects, one can choose to gain the system such that a small gain is applied early in time, and a larger gain is applied further out in time. This gives the user flexibility to configure the gain based on the system requirements.