(under subclass 311) Subject matter wherein a piezoelectric element is combined with, or comprises, a material or body having an elastic surface on which varying mechanical stresses produced by the piezoelectric element travel.
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334, for piezoelectric generators of acoustic waves which travel through a body or material rather than on the surface of the body or material, e.g., "bulk mode".
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235, Registers,
181, and 197 for devices wherein the surface wave device functions as a correlator or convolver.
333, Wave Transmission Lines and Networks,
157+, for devices wherein the waveguide serves as a delay line, and subclasses 187+ where the surface wave device performs as an electric filter.