PGA460 Ultrasonic Sensing Module Overview for Air-Coupled Applications

The objective is to make the viewer aware of air-coupled ultrasonic application considerations to maximize the performance of any transducer supported by the Texas Instruments PGA460 Ultrasonic Sensor Signal Conditioner.

Agenda:

1.Technology Fundamentals

1.1.Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight

1.2.Ultrasonic Transducer

1.3.Competing Technologies

2.Performance Considerations

2.1.Range Requirements

2.2.Target Properties

2.3.Ambient Environment

2.4.Doppler Shift

3.Ultrasonic Module

3.1.Component Selection

3.2.Component Tuning

3.3.Texas Instruments PGA460-Q1