Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
A surface-wave ambiguity analyzer comprising: a substrate, capable of propagating an acoustic surface wave on its surface; a transmitting electroacoustic transducer, disposed upon the substrate, having a perimeter substantially in the shape of a trapezoid whose base is parallel to the direction of surface wave propagation, comprising: a pair of sets oF interdigitated electrodes, the configuration of the electrodes conforming in shape to the graphs of a set of regular functions which do not cross or otherwise touch each other; a top bus bar, parallel to the base of the trapezoid, to which one of the sets of electrodes is connected; a bottom bus bar, forming the base of the trapezoid, to which the other set of electrodes of the pair of sets is connected; the top and bottom bus bars being connectable to an electrical signal source; two absorbers, one on each end of the substrate, disposed perpendic-ularly to the base of the trapezoid, for absorbing unwanted acoustic reflections and; at least two acoustic-electric receiving transducers, disposed at one end of the substrate between the transmitting transducer and one of the absorbers, whose electrodes are disposed perpendicularly to the direction of propagation of the acoustic wave.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
A surface-wave ambiguity analyzer comprising: a substrate, capable of propagating an acoustic surface wave on its surface; a transmitting electroacoustic transducer, disposed upon the substrate, having a perimeter substantially in the shape of a trapezoid whose base is parallel to the direction of surface wave propagation, comprising: a pair of sets oF interdigitated electrodes, the configuration of the electrodes conforming in shape to the graphs of a set of regular functions which do not cross or otherwise touch each other; a top bus bar, parallel to the base of the trapezoid, to which one of the sets of electrodes is connected; a bottom bus bar, forming the base of the trapezoid, to which the other set of electrodes of the pair of sets is connected; the top and bottom bus bars being connectable to an electrical signal source; two absorbers, one on each end of the substrate, disposed perpendic-ularly to the base of the trapezoid, for absorbing unwanted acoustic reflections and; at least two acoustic-electric receiving transducers, disposed at one end of the substrate between the transmitting transducer and one of the absorbers, whose electrodes are disposed perpendicularly to the direction of propagation of the acoustic wave.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The ambiguity analyzer according to claim 1, wherein the pair of sets of electrodes are uncoded.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The ambiguity analyzer according to claim 2, wherein the pair of sets of electrodes are coded.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The ambiguity analyzer according to claim 3, wherein the transmitting transducer further comprises a third set of electrodes, a field-delineating, interconnected, set disposed between the pair of sets of electrodes, and conforming in shape to the same set of regular functions as the pair of sets of electrodes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The ambiguity analyzer according to claim 4, wherein the set of regular functions are a set of linear functions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The ambiguity analyzer according to claim 4, wherein the set of regular functions are a set of quadratic functions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The ambiguity analyzer according to claim 4, wherein the individual electrodes of each of the three sets of electrodes of the transmitting transducer have the shape of a staircase function.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The ambiguity analyzer according to claim 4, wherein the two lateral sides of the trapezoid are equal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The ambiguity analyzer according to claim 5, wherein the two lateral sides of the trapezoid are equal.