A practical method for broadband efficient excitation of the thin‐ribbon waveguide for surface acoustic waves is presented. Other major advantages of the excitation system are the simplicity of both its theoretical design and its practical implementation. Experimentally, a maximum excitation efficiency (power) of 65% has been obtained at an operating frequency of 5.5 MHz. In addition, the measured efficiency was in excess of 55% over the frequency range from 4.7 to 6.4 MHz.