Resonant modal analysis of the two-dimensional phononic crysals transducers

Abstract

A three-dimensional (3D) finite element method (FEM) model was proposed to analyze the resonant modal of the transducers based on two-dimensional (2D) phononic crystals (PnCs). Using this model two modals existed with symmetric modal and anti-symmetric modal can be extracted, and then reflectivity of the transducers was derived. An example of transducer based on 2D PnCs composed of IDTs of aluminum strips and tungsten stubs on top of IDTs was analyzed. The calculated reflectivity with different thickness of the stubs shows that a optimal thickness of tungsten stubs exists for a specified IDTs. This modal analysis offer a useful tool for the optimal designing 2D PnCs on the surface acoustic waves devices.