Halvor Skeie

Electrical and Mechanical Loading of a Piezoelectric Surface Supporting Surface Waves

The influence of surface loading on the propagation of surface waves on a piezoelectric substrate is analyzed. Both mechanical and electrical loading are described by means of a simple first‐order perturbation theory. General formulas for the perturbation of the surface‐wave phase velocity caused by deposition of a uniform thin film or by electrical interaction with an adjacent conducting or semiconducting medium are developed. The scattering of surface waves from discrete strips is also analyzed. Results from scattering and wave‐propagation analysis are utilized to describe the interdigital surface‐wave transducer. An equivalent circuit for a basic transducer element is developed, and the total transducer is analyzed by means of transmission‐line theory applied to a network of cascade‐coupled elements. The effect of electrode mass loading is specially treated, and the results are compared with measurements made on a Y‐cut Z‐propagation LiNbO3 crystal.

Surface acoustic wave passive transponder having nonreflective transducers and pads

A passive transponder for use in an interrogation/transponder system comprises a substrate having a substrate surface defining a path of travel for surface acoustic waves; a launch transducer element arranged on the surface for converting interrogating signals into surface acoustic waves which propagate along the path of travel; a plurality of tap transducer elements arranged on the surface at spaced intervals along the path of travel for converting surface acoustic waves into respective output signals; and a circuit, connected to the tap transducer elements, for combining the output signals of these transducer elements to form reply signals. In order to minimize reflections from the edges of the transducer elements, these elements are configured with serrated edges facing the path of travel.

Surface acoustic wave passive transponder having optimally‐sized transducers

A passive transponder for use in an interrogation/transponder system comprises a substrate having a substrate surface defining a path of travel for surface acoustic waves; a launch transducer element arranged on the surface for converting interrogating signals into surface acoustic waves which propagate along the path of travel; a plurality of tap transducer elements arranged on the surface at spaced intervals along the path of travel for converting surface acoustic waves into respective output signals; and a circuit, connected to the tap transducer elements, for combining the output signals of these transducer elements to form reply signals. In order to maximize energy conversion from the interrogation signals to the reply signals, the launch transducer is made larger than the tap transducers.

Surface acoustic wave modulator

An acoustic wave identification transponder device, having a substrate, an electroacoustic transfer generating an acoustic wave in said substrate and a set of encoding elements disposed in a path of the acoustic wave for modifying the acoustic wave, having elements which reflect portions of the acoustic wave having a component orthogonal to the incident wave. The reflectors may be, for example, trackchangers or reflective arrays compressors (RAC). The wave may be phase-amplitude modulated for increased efficiency expressed in bits per tap. Such phase amplitude modulation is preferably imposed by partial beam width phase delay elements disposed within an acoustic beam path.