@inproceedings{MayerRuileJohnsonetal.2014, author = {Markus Mayer and Werner Ruile and John Johnson and J{\"u}rgen Kiwitt and Romeo San Jose and Edgar Schmidhammer and Ingo Bleyl and Karl Wagner and Andreas Mayer and Elena Mayer}, title = {Application of a rigorous nonlinear P-matrix method to the simulation of third order intermodulation in test devices and duplexers}, series = {2014 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium}, publisher = {IEEE}, isbn = {978-1-4799-7049-0 (Elektronisch)}, issn = {1051-0117}, doi = {10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0193}, pages = {787 -- 790}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Recently a P-matrix and COM formalism was presented, which predicts third order intermodulation (IMD3) and triple beat with good accuracy and needs only a single nonlinearity constant. This formalism describes frequency dependence correctly. In this work the dependence of this nonlinearity constant on metalization ratio is investigated for aluminum metalization on LiTaO 3 (YXl)/42°. By comparison to test devices the nonlinearity constant is shown to be largely independent of metalization ratio. The nonlinear effect, however, strongly depends on metalization ratio, which is well described by the model. The linearity of a duplexer is optimized by reduction of metalization ratio and redesign of Tx branch topology.}, language = {en} }