Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Davis S Yip

Alvin M Kong

Edward M Garber

A reflective grating () having spaced grid lines () patterned on a piezoelectric substrate () for controlling the magnitude and phase of surface acoustic waves () in a reflective filter () or resonator. The magnitude and phase of the surface acoustic wave () are controlled by a sampling period () of the reflective grating () and the density and sequence of distributed acoustic reflective dots (). The reflective dots () are randomly distributed within gaps () between adjacent grid lines () or on top of the grid lines () of the reflective grating (). The pattern of the reflective dots distributed within the gaps () or on the grid lines () is determined by the dot density, where the dot density varies from a lowest density of 0 to a maximum density of 1.

Weighted SAW reflector using distributed acoustic reflective dots

A dual track SAW reflector filter ( ) including a first track ( ) and a second track ( ). The first track and the second track ( ) include an input transducer ( ), an output transducer ( ), first reflectors ( ) and second reflectors ( ). The reflectivity function of the first reflectors ( ) and the second reflectors ( ) are equal in magnitude and opposite in phase. The input transducers ( ) have the same polarity and the output transducers ( ) have opposite polarities. Surface acoustic waves produced by the input transducers ( ) and received directly by the output transducers ( ) are in phase and cancel at the output transducers ( ). Surface acoustic waves reflected by the reflectors ( and ) are in phase and add at the output transducers ( ).

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La Mirada, CA, United States of America

Davis S Yip