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Title: Acoustic wave device using plate modes with surface-parallel displacement

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868315

Solid-state acoustic sensors for monitoring conditions at a surface immersed in a liquid and for monitoring concentrations of species in a liquid and for monitoring electrical properties of a liquid are formed by placing interdigital input and output transducers on a piezoelectric substrate and propagating acoustic plate modes therebetween. The deposition or removal of material on or from, respectively, a thin film in contact with the surface, or changes in the mechanical properties of a thin film in contact with the surface, or changes in the electrical characteristics of the solution, create perturbations in the velocity and attenuation of the acoustic plate modes as a function of these properties or changes in them.

Research Organization:
AT&T
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 5117146
OSTI ID:
868315
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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