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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasonics. 2013 Jun 20;54(1):121–130. doi: 10.1016/j.ultras.2013.04.018

TABLE V.

Summary of the measured performances of the expanders

Parameters Diode-based expander Power MOSFET-based expander
Noise figure (dB) 2.6 0.76
Insertion loss (dB) −1.4 −0.3
Total harmonic distortion (dB) −56.0 −62.9
Reverse recovery time (ns) 119 82
Rise/fall time for +/− HV pulses (ns) 3 3
Dynamic power consumption (mW) 0.2 1
Electrical impedance (Ω) 357.6 66.4