SBIR/STTR Research Award
LOW-LOSS SAW FILTERS USING MONOLITHIC CONSTRUCTION - DEMONSTRATION
Award amount
$140,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Hartmann Research Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF A NEW MONOLITHIC LOW-LOSS SAW TRANSDUCER STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE IS A SINGLE PHASE UNIDIRECTIONAL TRANSDUCER (SPUDT) BUT AVOIDS THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY PREVIOUS SPUDT STRUCTURES. THE ADVANTAGES OF THE STRUCTURE INCLUDE EASE OF FABRICATION AND ADEQUATE REFLECTIVITY FOR BOTH WIDE BAND AND NARROW BAND FILTERS. THE STRUCTURE ALSO AVOIDS THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED "NATURAL SPUDT" IN WHICH ALL TRANSDUCERS HAVE THEIR FORWARD ACOUSTIC PORTS POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
Technology keywords
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