2-IDT double-mode SAW filters with decreased insertion loss and advanced functionalities
This paper presents new 2-IDT double-mode SAW (DMS) filters with the decreased insertion loss and advanced functionalities: low input and output impedances, balanced operation and impedance conversion on 42º YX LiTaO3, 64º YX and 41º YX LiNbO3. To decrease the input and output impedances and resistive losses of the IDT electrodes the parallel connection of the 2-IDT DMS filters in the different acoustic tracks is used simultaneously reducing the aperture of each track. For an impedance conversion a series connection of the output IDTs in the 2 parallel acoustic tracks of the filters is used. To increase the selectivity of the filters the cascaded connection and phase weighting are employed. The constructional and topological optimization of the SAW filters is provided with a computer simulation using an equivalent circuit model. The 240–367 MHz samples of the balanced SAW filters have shown an insertion loss of about 1 dB, stopband attenuation of about 20 dB, impedance conversion from 50–75 Ω at the input to 200–300 Ω at the output in a wide fractional bandwidth of 2–6%. Two cascaded filter has provided an insertion loss of less than 2 dB and stopband attenuation of about 50 dB. The filters are housed in the 5×5×1.35 mm SMD packages.
Review on Surface Acoustic Wave ( SAW ) Filters
the uses of RF devices have been increasing day by day. Filters are one of the most important device in communication channel. Now a days, SAW devices are most commonly used in many systems due to their linear phase response. The survey has been done for Saw filters based on different techniques to achieve advanced functionality, This paper presents the literature survey on SAW filters having different structures to improve parameters such as narrowband operation, sharp cutoff, less insertion loss, wide band operation etc.
Knocking in an Internal-Combustion Engine
The question remains open of the relation between the phenomena of knocking in the engine and the explosion wave. The solution of this problem is the object of this paper. The tests were conducted on an aircraft engine with a pyrex glass window in the cylinder head. Photographs were then taken of various combinations of fuels and conditions.