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Refractive stigmatic system for elastic surface waves
Assignee: Thales SA
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Filing: 1977-07-07
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Granted: 1980-03-18
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Expires: 1997-07-07
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to refractive stigmatic systems designed to deflect or focus elastic surface waves which can propagate at the surface of a substrate. The object of the invention is a lens or prism comprising an array of elementary refractive zones formed by deposition or ion implantation and intended to produce uniform attenuation of refracted vibrational radiation.
Inventors
- 👤 Pierre Hartemann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 09:23
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10K; G10K11/00; G10K11/36
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
A refractive stigmatic system for the directive transmission of elastic surface waves, said system comprising: a substrate having a surface for propagating said elastic surface waves, and at least one refractive zone located in said surface; the velocity of propagation of said elastic surface waves in the extent of said refractive zone differing by a predetermined amount from that encountered in the neighboring regions of said surface; means for imparting a bending to the paths of travel followed by said elastic surface waves including a string of elementary tapered zones formed in said refractive zone; the mean paths of travel located midway between the limits of each said elementary zones being substantially equal from one of said elementary zones to the next for equalizing the attenuation undergone by said elastic surface waves upon being refracted by said refractive zone, the respective widths of said elementary zones measured along said string being greater than a multiple of the wavelength of said elastic surface waves upon which said bending is imparted.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
A refractive stigmatic system for the directive transmission of elastic surface waves, said system comprising: a substrate having a surface for propagating said elastic surface waves, and at least one refractive zone located in said surface; the velocity of propagation of said elastic surface waves in the extent of said refractive zone differing by a predetermined amount from that encountered in the neighboring regions of said surface; means for imparting a bending to the paths of travel followed by said elastic surface waves including a string of elementary tapered zones formed in said refractive zone; the mean paths of travel located midway between the limits of each said elementary zones being substantially equal from one of said elementary zones to the next for equalizing the attenuation undergone by said elastic surface waves upon being refracted by said refractive zone, the respective widths of said elementary zones measured along said string being greater than a multiple of the wavelength of said elastic surface waves upon which said bending is imparted.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A refractive stigmatic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elementary zones are delimited by two lines successively traversed by said elastic surface waves; said mean paths of travel being equal to the mean distance separating said lines from one another.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A refractive stigmatic system as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least one of said lines has a saw-tooth shape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A refractive stigmatic system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said saw-tooth line has two opposite sets of tips; one of said sets of tips touching on the other of said lines.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A refractive stigmatic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tapered elementary zones are contiguous and tapered to form a convex Fresnel lens.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A refractive stigmatic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tapered elementary zones are contiguous and tapered to form a concave Fresnel lens.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A refractive stigmatic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tapered elementary zones are contiguous and tapered to form a deflecting prism.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A refractive stigmatic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said refractive zone is a zone of the surface of said substrate carrying a layer of deposited material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
A refractive stigmatic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said substrate being crystalline, said refractive zone is a zone located immediately below said surface in which numerous defects in the regular arrangement of atoms of the crystalline lattice have been created by ion implantation.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1983-03-18 | 1983-09-17 | 1984-03-18 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1987-03-18 | 1987-09-17 | 1988-03-18 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1991-03-18 | 1991-09-17 | 1992-03-18 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |