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Magnetically tuned, surface acoustic wave device

US4078186A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1976
Grant dateMar 7, 1978
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Expiry dateOct 21, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K11/36
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A surface acoustic wave device having a thin magnetostrictive film deposi on the surface between its input and output transducers. A variable D.C. field is applied to the film to vary its characteristics and thereby correspondingly continuously vary the delay or phase shift of the surface acoustic wave.

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