MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM WITH A CLASS-E RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER
摘要
A Class-E amplifier has bee adapted for use in the radio frequency section of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. A drive signal is produces by modulating the envelope of a radio frequency carrier signal and then applied to a switch in the Class-E amplifier. The switch is connected in series with a choke between a supply voltage terminal and circuit ground with an output node formed between the choke and the switch. The output node is coupled to circuit ground by a shunt capacitor. In a preferred embodiment, a pair of such amplifiers, that are II radians out of phase, are connected to each rung of a transverse electromagnetic transmit array type radio frequency coil of the MRI system.
申请公布号
WO2007100696(A2)
申请公布日期
2007.09.07
申请号
WO2007US04794
申请日期
2007.02.23
申请人
DENKER, STEPHEN;BULKES, CHERIK;BEUTLER, ARTHUR, J.
发明人
DENKER, STEPHEN;BULKES, CHERIK;BEUTLER, ARTHUR, J.