Insertion loss of magnetostatic surface wave delay lines

An experimental and theoretical study is presented of the insertion loss of magnetostatic surface wave delay lines. The magnetostatic surface waves are excited by single microstrip transducer and propagate in a delay line consisting of conductor-dielectric-YIG-GGG. The effect of nonuniformity in microstrip current and the effect of finite width of YIG film are included in the theory. An undesired notch seen in the insertion-loss response of the surface-wave delay line in the low-frequency region of the band is explained by the present theory, which includes the finite width of the YIG film