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Surface acoustic wave device and method for manufacturing the same

US4427515A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 23, 1981
Grant dateJan 24, 1984
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H3/08
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A surface acoustic wave device, a method for manufacturing the same and a manufacturing equipment therefor are disclosed. In the surface acoustic wave device having functional elements such as input and output interdigital electrodes of Al, Al-Si alloy or Al-Cu-Si alloy thin film strips and a grating type reflector, arranged on a piezoelectric substrate and any other bus conductors arranged on the same substrate, at least a portion of the functional elements and the bus conductors having a high frequency metal strip having a line width of no more than 2 .mu.m, at least the metal strip having the width of no more than 2 .mu.m has a film thickness of no less than 0.25 .mu.m at least a portion thereof but no more than an upper limit of an effective film thickness determined by a required characteristic of the surface acoustic wave device, whereby a transfer characteristic of the surface acoustic wave device is compensated and controlled, for example, a reflection efficiency of a grating type reflector is improved or a loss due to a D.C. resistance of the input and output electrodes is reduced.

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