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MODELS FOR MULTI-REGION SAW WAVEGUIDES ON ANISOTROPIC SUBSTRATES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 5928
Amount: $49,931.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
5419 Ridgedale Dr
Dallas, TX 75206
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 CLINTON S HARTMANN
 (214) 827-4940
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Research Institution
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Abstract

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL DEVELOP A MORE ACCURATE METHOD FOR ANALYZING SAW DEVICES BASED ON MODELING A SAW TRANSDUCER AS AN ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDE. APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN THAT IN MOST CASES, THE LOWEST ORDER TRANSDUCER WAVEGUIDE MODES HAVE UNDESIRABLE MODE SHAPES THAT TEND TO CONCENTRATE ENERGY UNDER THE BUS BARS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. A MORE COMPLEX TRANSDUCER STRUCTURE IS PROPOSED WHICH SHOULD GREATLY IMPROVE THE LOWEST ORDER MODE SHAPES AND HENCE IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF VIRTUALLY ALL TYPES OF SAW DEVICES. THE GOALS OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM ARE (1) DEVELOP THE MODELING TECHNIQUES NEEDED TO ANALYZE COMPLEX TRANSDUCER STRUCTURES, (2) DEVELOP METHODS FOR ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF SUBSTRATE ANISOTROPY, AND (3) DEVELOP METHODS FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSDUCER WAVEGUIDE MODES.

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