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Serge Camou1, Vincent Laude, Thomas Pastureaud
1Laboratoire de Physique et de Métrologie des Oscillateurs, CNRS UPR 3203, associé à l'Université de Franche-Comté, 32 avenue de l'Observatoire, F-25044 Besançon, France.
Abstract:
Interface acoustic waves (IAWs), also termed boundary waves, propagate at the interface between two solids. We present two IAW numerical analysis tools, inspired from well established surface acoustic wave (SAW) methods. First, the interface effective permittivity is derived for arbitrary piezoelectric solids and is used to estimate some basic parameters of IAWs. The harmonic admittance for an interface excitation is then derived from the interface effective permittivity, in much the same way the harmonic admittance for surface excitation is obtained from the (surface) effective permittivity. The finite electrode thickness is neglected in this problem analysis. The harmonic admittance is used to model propagation in case an infinite periodic interdigital transducer is located at the interface. Simulation results are commented upon for some usual piezoelectric material cuts and outline a modal selection specific to IAWs as compared with SAWs. The temperature dependence of the resonance frequency is also estimated.
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