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Temperature compensated gallium arsenide surface acoustic wave devices

Assignee: RTX Corp
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Filing: 1980-11-03
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Granted: 1982-08-17
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Expires: 2000-11-03
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Abstract

Abstract Temperature compensation is provided to a surface acoustic wave device including acoustoelectric transducers (12, 14) formed on a surface of a gallium arsenide substrate (10), by a composite layer including silicon dioxide (18, 26) and a mass loading metal (20, 24), which may be gold, titanium and gold, or other metals having Rayleigh wave velocities lower than that of gallium arsenide, such as silver and platinum.

Inventors

  • 👤 Thomas W. Grudkowski
  • 👤 Meyer Gilden

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 22:33
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10K; G10K11/00; G10K11/36; H; H03; H03H; H03H9/00; H03H9/02; H03H9/02535; H03H9/02543; H03H9/02566; H03H9/02818; H03H9/02834

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 64 words
A temperature compensated surface acoustic wave device comprising a semi-insulating gallium arsenide substrate and at least one acoustoelectric transducer disposed on a surface of said substrate, characterized by: a composite mass loading and temperature compensating layer disposed on said surface, said layer including silicon dioxide and a metal having a Rayleigh wave velocity which is lower than the Rayleigh wave velocity of gallium arsenide.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 64 words
A temperature compensated surface acoustic wave device comprising a semi-insulating gallium arsenide substrate and at least one acoustoelectric transducer disposed on a surface of said substrate, characterized by: a composite mass loading and temperature compensating layer disposed on said surface, said layer including silicon dioxide and a metal having a Rayleigh wave velocity which is lower than the Rayleigh wave velocity of gallium arsenide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
A surface acoustic wave device according to claim 1 wherein said composite layer includes a metal selected from the group including gold, silver and tungsten.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 15 words
A surface acoustic wave device according to claim 2 wherein said composite layer includes gold.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 48 words
A surface acoustic wave device according to claim 1 wherein said composite layer includes a layer of silicon dioxide deposited on said surface of said gallium arsenide substrate, a layer of titanium deposited over said silicon dioxide, and a layer of gold deposited over said layer of titanium.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1985-08-16 1986-02-15 1986-08-17 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1989-08-16 1990-02-15 1990-08-17 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1993-08-16 1994-02-15 1994-08-17 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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