Electrode Mass Loading Effects on Different Piezoelectric Substrates for Saw Delay Lines: A Comparative FEM Analysis

Several modelling techniques are currently available to analyse the efficiency of inter-digital transducers (IDTs) fabricated on piezoelectric substrates for producing surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices. Impulse response method, equivalent circuit method, coupling of modes, transmission matrix meth...

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Main Authors: Sheeja P. George, Johney Issac, Jacob Philip
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Published: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences 2022-04-01
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description Several modelling techniques are currently available to analyse the efficiency of inter-digital transducers (IDTs) fabricated on piezoelectric substrates for producing surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices. Impulse response method, equivalent circuit method, coupling of modes, transmission matrix method, and numerical techniques are some of the popular ones for this. Numerical techniques permit modelling to be carried out with any number of finger electrode pairs with required boundary conditions on any material of interest. In this work, we describe numerical modelling of SAW devices using ANSYS to analyse the effect of mass loading, a major secondary effect of IDTs on the performance of SAW devices. The electrode thickness of the IDT influences the resonance frequency of the SAW delay line. The analysis has been carried out for different electrode materials, aluminium, copper, and gold, for different substrate materials, barium titanate (BaTiO3), X-Y lithium niobate (LiNbO3), lithium tantalate (LiTaO3), and the naturally available quartz. The results are presented and discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-06866a5e1ce147cbb79f1b25bf0228802025-08-20T02:52:02ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2022-04-01vol. 47No 18995https://doi.org/10.24425/aoa.2022.140735Electrode Mass Loading Effects on Different Piezoelectric Substrates for Saw Delay Lines: A Comparative FEM AnalysisSheeja P. George0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-5748Johney Issac1Jacob Philip2Department of Electronics, College of Engineering, Chengannur, Kerala, IndiaDepartment of Instrumentation, CUSAT, Kochi, Kerala, IndiaAmaljyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, Kottayam, Kerala, IndiaSeveral modelling techniques are currently available to analyse the efficiency of inter-digital transducers (IDTs) fabricated on piezoelectric substrates for producing surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices. Impulse response method, equivalent circuit method, coupling of modes, transmission matrix method, and numerical techniques are some of the popular ones for this. Numerical techniques permit modelling to be carried out with any number of finger electrode pairs with required boundary conditions on any material of interest. In this work, we describe numerical modelling of SAW devices using ANSYS to analyse the effect of mass loading, a major secondary effect of IDTs on the performance of SAW devices. The electrode thickness of the IDT influences the resonance frequency of the SAW delay line. The analysis has been carried out for different electrode materials, aluminium, copper, and gold, for different substrate materials, barium titanate (BaTiO3), X-Y lithium niobate (LiNbO3), lithium tantalate (LiTaO3), and the naturally available quartz. The results are presented and discussed.https://journals.pan.pl/Content/122952/PDF/aoa.2022.140735.pdfinter-digital transducerssurface acoustic wave devicesfinite element analysisnumerical modelling and simulationansys
spellingShingle Sheeja P. George
Johney Issac
Jacob Philip
Electrode Mass Loading Effects on Different Piezoelectric Substrates for Saw Delay Lines: A Comparative FEM Analysis
Archives of Acoustics
inter-digital transducers
surface acoustic wave devices
finite element analysis
numerical modelling and simulation
ansys
title Electrode Mass Loading Effects on Different Piezoelectric Substrates for Saw Delay Lines: A Comparative FEM Analysis
title_full Electrode Mass Loading Effects on Different Piezoelectric Substrates for Saw Delay Lines: A Comparative FEM Analysis
title_fullStr Electrode Mass Loading Effects on Different Piezoelectric Substrates for Saw Delay Lines: A Comparative FEM Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Electrode Mass Loading Effects on Different Piezoelectric Substrates for Saw Delay Lines: A Comparative FEM Analysis
title_short Electrode Mass Loading Effects on Different Piezoelectric Substrates for Saw Delay Lines: A Comparative FEM Analysis
title_sort electrode mass loading effects on different piezoelectric substrates for saw delay lines a comparative fem analysis
topic inter-digital transducers
surface acoustic wave devices
finite element analysis
numerical modelling and simulation
ansys
url https://journals.pan.pl/Content/122952/PDF/aoa.2022.140735.pdf
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