Acoustic wave devices for controlling high frequency signals

Abstract

Devices are disclosed for controlling high frequency signals such as optic or electric signals by the generation of acoustic waves. The devices use certain bulk or surface-modified crystalline substrates which have a surface with a receiving area and an input interdigital transducer deposited on the signal receiving area of the substrate surface which is suitable for connection to a source of signal and for inverse piezoelectrically generating acoustic waves in the crystalline substrate. The crystal substrates are of a material having a piezoelectric-elastic dielectric matrix capable of the generation of acoustic waves and for bulk substrates, are of MTiOXO.sub.4 (where M is K, Rb, Tl, and/or NH.sub.4 and X is P and/or As) having mm2 symmetry. The receiving area of the surface-modified crystal substrates has alternating sections of crystalline material which are aligned and have a ferroelectric domain structure opposite to that of adjacent sections, and the IDT for said substrates is in contact with said alternating sections.

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