Programmable surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter
First Claim
1. A surface acoustic wave device, comprising:
- a piezoelectric substrate;
an input interdigital transducer deposited on said piezoelectric substrate, wherein said input interdigital transducer transforms an input electric signal into a surface acoustic wave; and
an output interdigital transducer deposited on said piezoelectric substrate in opposite orientation relative to said input interdigital transducer, wherein said output interdigital transducer transforms said surface acoustic wave resulting from the transformation by said input interdigital transducer into an output electric signal, each of said input and output transducers comprise overlapping electrodes disposed on said piezoelectric substrate, wherein each of said electrodes being of width approximately equal to a quarter wavelength, the wavelength being the wavelength of the surface acoustic wave device and selected ones of said overlapping electrodes being of different widths.
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Abstract
A novel programmable SAW filter with switchable multi-element interdigital transducers (IDTs) controlled by a microprocessor or a computer is provided that realizes the tunability of both center frequency and bandwidth of the SAW filter. The filter possesses the feature of the programmability of both center frequency and 3 dB bandwidth. As an example design, the center frequency of the SAW filter ranges from 126.8 MHz to 199.1 MHz while the 3 dB bandwidth ranges from 18.8 MHz to 58.9 MHz. The multi-input configuration increases the programmability of the device and improves insertion loss. A matching network for the programmable SAW filter further improves insertion loss level and stopband attenuation. A resistance weighting method has been applied to improve in band ripple with the passband ripple being reduced from 6.44 dB to 1.37 dB after resistance weighting. The prototype of programmable SAW filter simplifies the device structure and fabrication process by eliminating the tap weighting and summing circuits, resulting in a smaller device and lower costs. Moreover, frequency response shaping is realized without apodization.
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20 Claims
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1. A surface acoustic wave device, comprising:
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a piezoelectric substrate;
an input interdigital transducer deposited on said piezoelectric substrate, wherein said input interdigital transducer transforms an input electric signal into a surface acoustic wave; and
an output interdigital transducer deposited on said piezoelectric substrate in opposite orientation relative to said input interdigital transducer, wherein said output interdigital transducer transforms said surface acoustic wave resulting from the transformation by said input interdigital transducer into an output electric signal, each of said input and output transducers comprise overlapping electrodes disposed on said piezoelectric substrate, wherein each of said electrodes being of width approximately equal to a quarter wavelength, the wavelength being the wavelength of the surface acoustic wave device and selected ones of said overlapping electrodes being of different widths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20)
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11. A surface acoustic wave device, comprising:
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a piezoelectric substrate;
a plurality of interdigital transducers defined by overlapping electrodes disposed on said piezoelectric substrate, each of said electrodes being of width approximately equal to a quarter wavelength of said surface acoustic wave device, selected ones of said electrodes being of different widths. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A surface acoustic wave device, comprising:
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a piezoelectric substrate;
a plurality of interdigital transducers defined by overlapping electrodes disposed on said piezoelectric substrate, each of said electrodes being of width approximately equal to a quarter wavelength of said surface acoustic wave device, selected ones of said electrodes being of different widths, selected ones of said electrodes defining an input interdigital transducer and other selected ones of said electrodes defining an output interdigital transducer, and means connected to one of said input transducers or said output transducers to change the weighting factor of said one transducer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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