Ultrasonic sensor AFEs

Enhance your system with ultrasonic sensing solutions for flow, level, proximity, position, imaging and distance measurements
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Ultrasonic sound waves are vibrations at a frequency above the range of human hearing (>20kHz) that can travel through air or fluid mediums. It is possible to measure flow, detect objects, perform concentration analysis and measure distances using techniques such as time of flight or Doppler without ever making physical contact. Ultrasonic sensors can detect a variety of materials regardless of shape, transparency or color.

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Frequency

Select drive transducers from 31.25kHz to 4MHz to accurately detect objects with a resolution of 1mm to 1cm and support transducers for flow measurement.

Device type

Shrink your design with fully-programmable integrated and analog front-end (AFE) solutions that allow for system flexibility.

Features

Achieve transducer current and voltage requirements with direct drive and transformer drive solutions and impedance matched drivers for accurate flow measurement.

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Reference design

Automotive Ultrasonic Fluid Level/Quality Measurement Reference Design

TI reference design TIDA-00322 is an automotive liquid level and fluid identification measurement system. It is based on the dual-channel TDC1000-Q1 ultrasonic AFE and the real-time microcontroller C2000. This reference design can also be used with the TDC1000 for industrial/consumer applications. (...)

Reference design

Ultrasonic proximity-sensing module (PSM) reference design

This reference design is a small-form factor solution showcasing double-sided PCB spacing and minimum supporting component requirements for the PGA460 ultrasonic sensor signal conditioner. This module operates in a mono-static mode for single sensor transmit and receive operation to enable object (...)
Reference design

Automotive Ultrasonic Sensor Interface IC for Park Assist or Blind Spot Detection Systems

The TIDA-00151 reference design contains a PGA450-Q1 which is a system on Chip (SOC) sensor interface IC for automotive Ultrasonic sensors. It provides all signal conditioning and processing for the transducer echo signals and for calculating the distance between the transducer and objects. MCU and (...)

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Build your expertise with TI Precision Labs - Ultrasonic Sensing

This modular on-demand curriculum includes hands-on training videos that combine theory and applied exercises to quickly bring you up to speed on ultrasonic sensing design by covering the fundamentals of ultrasonic sensing.
Application note

Ultrasonic Sensing Basics (Rev. D)

Read about the fundamentals of ultrasonic sensing through our ultrasonic sensing basics application note.
Application note

How to select the right proximity sensor technology

Read our proximity sensing infographic to quickly understand the pros and cons of each technology we offer including ultrasonic.