Analysis of the Film Thickness Dependence of a Single-Phase Unidirectional Transducer Using the Coupling-of-Modes Theory and the Finite-Element Method

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 82-94

  Chen, Z H ^a   Yamanouchi, K ^a   Takeuchi, M ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS--APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS--APPLICATIONS;

COUPLING OF MODES (COM) THEORY; FILM THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; MODE CONVERSION; SAW FILTER INSERTION LOSS; SINGLE-PHASE UNIDIRECTIONAL TRANSDUCER (SPUDT); TRANSDUCER DISPERSION CURVES;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0026622647     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.166814     Document Type: Article

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