Surface-acoustic-wave filter with a center frequency of 960 MHz

The paper reports the experimental characteristics of a SAW bandpass filter operating at the third harmonic with a center frequency of 960 MHz. The filter, fabricated by optical lithography, has a passband of 7 MHz at the 3 dB level; the insertion loss is 15 dB; the sidelobe suppression is at least 43 dB; the shape factor of the amplitude-frequency response curve at the 3 and 40 dB levels is 2.6; and the nonuniformity of this curve in the passband is 0.6 dB. Experimental results indicate that SAW absorption in the metal films from which the electrodes and the electrostatic shield between converters are fabricated must be taken into account in the design of devices for the microwave range.