Low-loss SAW filters using new SPUDT structures

The new SPUDT structures based on triple electrode sections (TES) per wavelength with the period between SAW sources about n/spl lambda//3 are presented. The simulation technique which accounts for second order effects has been developed within the framework of modified equivalent circuit model. The SPUDT structures have been implemented in filters with 0.1-3.2% bandwidths fabricated on quartz and LiTaO/sub 3/ substrates. The results of simulation have been verified experimentally and show that insertion loss of TES SPUDT filters is less by 1.0-1.5 dB than that in conventional SPUDT filters. The impedance frequency dependence becomes more symmetrical and the passband distortions are reduced. Stopband rejection is 50-60 dB.