Abstract:
The system comprises a substrate capable of propagating acoustic surface waves. Disposed near opposite ends of the substrate are an input transducer that responds to an input signal for launching acoustic surface waves and an output transducer that responds to those waves for developing an output signal which is fed to a load. Extending lengthwise down the center of the wavepropagating surface is an acoustic wave guide that concentrates acoustic surface waves along a propagation path between the two transducers. Each of the transducers includes a pair of interleaved combs of conductive electrodes coupled piezoelectrically to the substrate. Adjacent teeth in the combs are spaced apart by one-half the acoustic wavelength and are curved concavely toward the adjacent end of the strip.
Abstract:
A body of piezoelectric material is capable of propagating acoustic surface waves and a first transducing device is coupled to a surface of the body to develop those waves. Spaced on the same surface from that first device is a second transducing device. The spacing is sufficiently small that crosstalk exists between the devices. To reduce the magnitude of that crosstalk, one or more of several different decoupling arrangements are included. These comprise the connection of diametrically opposite transducer electrodes to a common plane of reference potential, the connection of the mutually closest electrodes of the respective transducers to a plane of common reference potential, the disposition of one or more ground electrodes between the transducers and across the path of wave propagation, the development across the transducers of signals balanced with respect to such a plane, the physical shielding of the space generally above one of the transducers, the inclusion of a conductive shield on the surface opposite the wave-propagating surface and the formation of shielding channels in that surface opposite the wave-propagating surface. In addition, the wave propagation path advantageously is caused to be oriented at an angle relative to the end surfaces of the piezoelectric body in order to minimize reflected wave interference.
Abstract:
A body of piezoelectric material propagates acoustic surface waves. For launching or absorbing those waves, an electrode array is coupled to a surface portion of the body. The array includes a bifilar coil comprising a pair of windings coiled over the surface. A source or load is coupled between one end of one winding and the remote end of the other winding, with the remaining ends of both windings coupled together. The spacing between adjacent turns of the windings is effectively one-half the wavelength of the acoustic waves at the operating frequency. The bifilar winding is shown either in a form where it is coiled around a cylinder or where it is nested concentrically on a surface. In one species, an input transducer launches waves in two directions around a cylinder, and an output transducer absorbs waves coming from both of the two directions. The bifilar coil contributes an inductive reactance to compensate the clamped capacitance of the transducer.
Abstract:
Undesired time-delayed and reduced-amplitude output signal components or ''''ghosts,'''' due to reflected surface waves arriving at the output transducer of an acousto-electric surface-wave filter, are inhibited or cancelled by providing an additional transducer suitably located to reflect compensating surface waves which arrive at either the input transducer or the output transducer in appropriate amplitude and phase to nullify the effect of the undesired surface waves. The amplitude of the compensating surface waves is controlled by the configuration of the additional transducer and the magnitude of its associated external load impedance.