Abstract
This article presents the frequency response of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor for current measurements. The SAW sensor exploits the Love waves of a magnetostrictively coated delay line. The focus of this article lies on the frequency response of the sensor, which shows a very wide bandwidth. The delay time $\tau _D$ is the time an acoustic wave needs to traverse the delay line. Since the acoustic wave is modulated during the whole duration of the delay line crossing, $\tau _D$ is comparable to the integration time of a sample-and-hold device. The signal measured with the SAW sensor is averaged over the delay time. Therefore, undersampling behavior occurs for signal frequencies approaching $1/{\tau_D}$ . A mathematical model of their frequency response up to several megahertz was developed and compared with measurements of two SAW sensors with different delay line lengths.
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