ACUSON X300

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System Introduction
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Definitions, Acronyms and Conventions

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Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Alerts
Caution alerts notify the user and service personnel of potential hazards to the equipment
and are presented in the following format:

CAUTION The system contains components that are sensitive to damage by

electrostatic discharge (ESD).
¹ Observe ESD protective procedures and use ESD protec-
tive equipment-including an ESD wrist strap-when pro-
tective covers are removed from the system.

Warning alerts notify the user and service personnel of potential hazards to the user, the
patient, or to service personnel and are presented in the following format:

WARNING The system contains hazardous voltages that can range from 90
VAC to 264 VAC and cause serious injury or death.
¹ Only authorized service personnel are permitted to
remove protective covers and access the energized com-
ponents of this system.

Notes
Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the document:

NOTE The ultrasound system is not designed to be used as an archive

device.

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Definitions
Tab. 1 Acronym Definitions

Term Acro- Definition

nym
Field Replacement Unit FRU A part on the ultrasound system that may be
replaced in the field.
Replace - To exchanged a faulty FRU with an operative
FRU.
To install the same operative FRU that was
previously removed from the system, back
from which it came.

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ACP AC Power Module

ADC Analog to Digital Converter
AOP Acoustic Output Power
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
AV Audio and Video
AVIF Audio Video Interface
BE Backend
BIST Built in Self Test
BIT Built in Test
CD/DVD-R/RW Compact Disk / Digital Versatile Disc - Recordable/Rewriteable
CPLD Complex Programming Logic Device
CP Control Panel
DAC Digital to Analog Converter
DGC Depth Gain Control
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DICOM Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DIMAQ Digital Image Acquisition
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DLL Dynamic Link Library
ECG Electrocardiogram
ECPR Echo Processor
EM Electronics Module
EMIFIL EMI (Electro-Magnetic Intererence) Filter
EMUX Echo Multiplexer
EP Echo Processor
EPLD Embeded programable logic device
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ETX Embedded Technology Extended Module

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FPD Flat Panel Display

FDA Food and Drug Administration
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
FE Frontend
FiFo Fast in Fast out memory
FOV Field of View
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array IC
HDD Hard Disk Drive
HPRF High Pulse Rate Frequency
HV-MUX High Voltage Multiplexer
IDE Intergrated Drive Electornics
IQ In Phase/ Quadrature phase
IO or I/O Input-Output Board
IOS Input Output Sub Board
IQ In phase/Quadrature phase
LAN Local Area Network
LNF Line Filter
LSPS Line Selector and Power Supply
M&R Measurement & Report
MON Monitor
MPDR Mid Processor/Digital Receiver
MPEP Mid Processor/Echo Processor
NTSC National Television Standards Committee
OB Obstetric
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer (Manufacturing)
OGL Orchid Graphic Library
OS Operating System
OUTL Outlet
PAL Phase Alternation by Line
PCB Printed Circuit Board

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PCD Power Combiner/Divider

PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIF PCI Interface
PCIMG PCI Industrial Computers Manufactures Group
PM Physio Module, Planned Maintenance
POST Power on self test
PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency
PSA Analog Power Supply
PSAC Power Supply AC tray
PSD Digital Power Supply
RACS Real Time Acoustic Control System
RC Receive beamformer and Controller
RF RadioFrequency
RGB Red Green Blue
RGLT Regulator
RM Realtime Manager (Runtime Manager)
RMP Realtime Manage Processor
ROI Region of Interest
RTC Real Time Controller
Rx Receive
RXBF Receive Beam Former
SAM Service Access Manager
SC Scan Conversion
SBC Single Board Computer
SBCR Single Board Computer Riser
SCWD Steerable Continuous Wave Doppler
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SIP Signal/Image Processor
SODIMM Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
SPC Spare Part Catalog

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SVGA monitor Super VGA (800x600)

SWRG Switching Regulator
TBGR Time Base Generator and dRfp ( Digital RF Processor)
TGC(DGC) Time gain compensation(Depth Gain Compensation)
THI Tissue Harmonic Imaging
TI Transducer Interface
TR Transmit / Receive
TRBF Tx / Rx Beam Former
TRNS Isolation Transformer
Tx Transmit
TXPG Transmit Power Generator
TXRX Transmit / Receive Echo
USB Universal Serial Bus
VGA Video Graphic Array
VI Video IO
VP Video Processing
XGA Extended Grapics Array 1024 x768

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