The Theory, Design, and Applications of Surface Acoustic Wave Fourier-Transform Processors

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 450-468

  Jack, Mervyn A ^a   Grant, Peter M ^a   Collins, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0019008241     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1980.11674     Document Type: Article

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