An ultrasonic sensor includes a signal generation circuit, an amplifier, and a matching circuit as a transmission-side circuit. The signal generation circuit includes a driving signal generation circuit that generates a driving signal for transmitting ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic transducer for transmission and reception and a reverberation suppression signal generation circuit that generates a reverberation suppression signal for suppressing reverberation occurring at the ultrasonic transducer from which the ultrasonic waves are transmitted. The reverberation suppression signal generation circuit generates the reverberation suppression signal having a frequency of 1/2 times the frequency of the driving signal and applies the reverberation suppression signal to the ultrasonic transducer at a time delayed from the driving signal by a half wavelength. With the above configuration, an ultrasonic sensor driving circuit capable of reducing the duration of the reverberation occurring at the ultrasonic transducer is provided.


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    Title :

    Ultrasonic sensor driving circuit


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2018-06-26


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge / B06B GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL , Erzeugen oder Übertragen mechanischer Schwingungen allgemein / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung