Abstract: An acoustic surface wave device comprising a piezoelectric substrate provided with an input transducer (2), an output transducer (4) and a compact reflective multistrip coupler (6) in which the strips of each pair of comparatively widely spaced strips (7 or 8)in one array of mutually parallel strips are connected to respective strips of a pair of comparatively narrowly spaced strips (8 or 7) in the other array. The wide and narrow spacings alternate along each array. The improvement provides further electrodes (9) located in the relatively wide spaces in each array and electrically interconnected so as to effect a transfer of signal currents along each array and from one array to the other. The device improves efficiency, reduces insertion loss and improves the shape of the pass band.

Abstract: Surface acoustic wave bandpass transversal filters, e.g. television intermediate frequency filters, comprising a +.theta..degree. rotated Y-cut X-propagating lithium niobate substrate with .theta. in the range from 121.degree. to 127.degree., preferably 123.degree. to 125.degree.. For a suitable range of filter bandwidths (35 db bandwidth between 0.05 and 0.5) these substrates provide reduced degradation of the filter upper stopband predominantly due to indirect bulk shear waves in the frequency range from the passband up to the frequency where direct bulk longitudinal wave degradation becomes significant. This frequency range is 41.5 MHz to approximately 55 MHz for a U.K. system t.v. i.f. filter and is 60.25 MHz to approximately 90 MHz for a Japanese system t.v. i.f. filter.