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Multi-layer acoustic surface wave device having minimal delay time temperature coefficient

US4516049A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 1983
Grant dateMay 7, 1985
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2003

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H9/02574
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An acoustic surface wave device includes a substrate made of an elastic material, a multilayer structure disposed on a surface of the substrate and having a silicon dioxide layer and an aluminum nitride layer superimposed on each other, and electrodes having predetermined configurations formed on the multilayer structure. The main component of the elastic material is a silicon monocrystal, whose temperature coefficient of delay time for acoustic surface waves is positive, and the piezo-electric axis of the aluminum nitride is either perpendicular or parallel to the surface of the substrate, with a negative delay coefficient, counteracting that of the substrate.

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