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Analysis of Acoustic Surface Wave Focused Unidirectional Interdigital Transducers Using Coupling-of-Mode Theory
Guopeng Hui1, Tinglun Ao1, Haotian Liu1
1School of Physics and Electronic Information, Yunnan Normal University, No. 1 Yuhua Area, Chenggong District, Kunming 650500, China.
Abstract:
In cell or droplet separation, high acoustic wave energy of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device is required to generate sufficient acoustic radiation force. In this paper, the electrode width-control floating electrode focused unidirectional interdigital transducer (EWC-FEFUDT) is proposed due to its enhanced focusing properties. The performance of the EWC-FEFUDT is investigated using the Coupling-of-Mode (COM) theory, and the COM parameter is extracted using the Finite Element Method (FEM). The four different forbidden band edge frequencies account for the unidirectionality of the proposed EWC-FEFUDT. A direction angle of ϕκ-ϕζ=44.5° of the EWC-FEFUDT (Design 3) is obtained, being fairly close to the optimum value of 45°. The EWC-FEFUDT (Design 3) has a lower insertion loss (IL) of -5.1 dB and greater unidirectionality (20 × log10(D) = 13.8 dB). The SAW maximum amplitude of the EWC-FEFUDT (Design 3) is increased by about 1.5×10-4 µm compared to that of the focused interdigital transducers (FIDTs). The maximum acoustic pressure of the EWC-FEFUDT is an order of magnitude higher than that of FIDTs. The EWC-FEFUDT exhibits enhanced focusing properties. The proposed EWC-FEFUDT may provide an alternative method for cell or droplet separation in an efficient manner.
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