Wireless communication system using surface acoustic wave (SAW) second harmonic techniques
US6825794B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03H9/0042
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
SAW devices such as interdigital transducers (IDTs) have been widely used in RADAR applications and as filters. An IDT produces a SAW when excited by a single electrical pulse and can be fabricated to embody a code, which code provides for a passive autocorrelation of a SAW input to the IDT and thereby lends itself to further application as a signal generator in a communication device. However, internal dimensions of IDTs are inversely proportional to operating frequency, such that high frequency IDTs present significant manufacturing difficulties. Fabrication of IDTs for high frequency applications is simplified by exploiting a harmonic frequency SAW generated by IDTs. An IDT may therefore be designed according to fundamental frequency internal dimension criteria but can operate at a multiple of the fundamental frequency, thereby providing much higher frequency operation than conventional SAW systems. A communication system based on SAW harmonic techniques would be low-cost, low-power, small and simple alternative to known short range communications schemes, including for example the Bluetooth™ solution. Operation of a second harmonic SAW system at 2.4 GHz based on a fundame…
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