Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100327706 | Stacked crystal resonator - An object of the present invention is to provide a crystal resonator capable of maintaining its resonating characteristic and ensuring electrical connections between end surface electrodes using a simple method. Provided is a stacked crystal resonator including: a framed crystal plate, a frame section of which surrounds a resonating section, and to which both of these resonating section and frame section are connected by connecting sections; a first metallic film and second metallic film formed on both of the principle surfaces of the frame section of the framed crystal plate; and a base and cover stacked on both of the principle surfaces of the framed crystal plate. A crystal plate end surface electrode, which is electrically connected to the first metallic film, is electrically connected to a crystal plate auxiliary electrode; the crystal plate auxiliary electrode is electrically connected by a eutectic alloy while facing a base auxiliary electrode; the width of the frame section of one side on one end side of the framed crystal plate where the crystal plate auxiliary electrode is formed, differs from the width of the frame section of at least one other side; and a blocking film which blocks flow of the eutectic alloy to exciting electrodes, is provided on the conducting paths. | 12-30-2010 |
20110234052 | QUARTZ-CRYSTAL DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Methods are disclosed for manufacturing quartz-crystal devices. In an exemplary method three wafers are prepared. One is a quartz-crystal wafer defining multiple quartz-crystal pieces; a second is a wafer defining multiple package bases; and a third is a wafer defining multiple lids for the package bases. Each quartz-crystal piece has a respective excitation portion that vibrates when electrically energized and a respective frame portion surrounding the excitation portion. The quartz-crystal wafer has main surfaces that are lapped and polished to mirror-finish them. The base wafer defines multiple package bases each having a floor surface, a bonding surface surrounding the floor surface, and a lower main surface. The lid wafer defines multiple lids each having a ceiling surface, a bonding surface surrounding the ceiling surface, and a upper main surface. The quartz-crystal wafer is sandwiched between the base and lid wafers. The wafers are bonded together by bonding respective main surfaces of the frame portion to respective bonding surfaces. At least two of the upper main surface, lower main surface, floor surface, and ceiling surface are rougher than the surfaces of the excitation portion. | 09-29-2011 |
20110260585 | SURFACE-MOUNTABLE PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES INCLUDING EUTECTIC-BONDED PACKAGES - Piezoelectric devices are disclosed that are mountable on the surface of a printed circuit board or the like. An exemplary device comprises a piezoelectric vibrating piece enclosed and sealed within a package including at least a cover and a base-substrate formed of glass or piezoelectric material. The package includes frame-shaped metallic films formed in peripheral regions of inner main surfaces of the cover and/or the base substrate. The frame-shaped metallic films are used for sealing the package using a eutectic material (e.g., solder). At least one mounting terminal is provided on the outer (bottom) main surface of the base-substrate. At least one of the frame-shaped metallic films and mounting terminals includes a chromium foundation layer formed on the surface of the glass or piezoelectric material, a middle layer of NiW alloy formed on the surface of the chromium layer, and a gold layer formed on the surface of the middle layer. | 10-27-2011 |
20110303347 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SURFACE MOUNTING CRYSTAL RESONATOR - A method for manufacturing a surface mounting crystal resonator is provided, in which the bonding strength of low melting point glass is increased and the productivity is also increased. The surface mounting crystal resonator includes a set of container components having at least a crystal sheet | 12-15-2011 |
20120133447 | SURFACE MOUNT TYPE CRYSTAL UNIT - An object of the invention is to provide a surface mount oscillator that can suppress a change with the lapse of time in frequency characteristics. A surface mount type crystal unit | 05-31-2012 |
20120139391 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Piezoelectric vibrating devices have piezoelectric vibrating pieces of which the vibration frequency is measurable individually on a wafer scale, without being affected by adjacent piezoelectric devices on the wafer. An exemplary piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece having excitation electrodes and respective extraction electrodes. The device includes a package base with two connecting electrodes facing the vibrating piece and connected to respective extraction electrodes. Two pairs of mounting terminals are situated on the outer surface of the package base. Also on the outer surface of the package base are two pairs of opposing castellations that are recessed toward the center of the package base. Edge-surface electrodes connect the first and second main surfaces of the base; one pair is connected to the connecting electrodes and the other pair is connected to respective mounting terminals. | 06-07-2012 |
20120169182 | AT-CUT QUARTZ-CRYSTAL VIBRATING PIECES AND DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - AT-cut quartz-crystal vibrating pieces and corresponding quartz-crystal devices are disclosed each having a vibrating portion surrounded by a frame portion across a through-slot configured to provide a wide vibrating portion. An exemplary vibrating piece has a quartz-crystal vibrating portion that vibrates when electrically energized, a frame portion surrounding the vibrating portion, and a through-slot defined between the vibrating portion and the frame portion. The through-slot includes a first through-slot extending in the X-axis direction along +Z′-edge of the vibrating portion, and a second through-slot extending in the X-axis direction along the −Z′-edge of the vibrating portion. The first through-slot has a different width than the second through-slot. | 07-05-2012 |
20120280598 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECES AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Exemplary piezoelectric vibrating pieces have an excitation electrode and an extraction electrode having uniform thickness in the vibrating region to prevent unnecessary vibrations and degradation of vibration characteristics. An exemplary piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a vibrating portion having an excitation electrode of a first thickness (d | 11-08-2012 |
20130020911 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibrating device and a piezoelectric vibrating piece including an excitation unit, a framing portion and a connecting portion are provided. The excitation unit includes a first side extending in a first direction and a second side extending in a second direction. The connecting portion has a thickness of a first thickness in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The excitation unit includes a first region, a second region and a third region. The pair of excitation electrodes are disposed on the first region. The second region with the first thickness is directly connected to the connecting portion. The third region is disposed between the first region and the second region. The third region has a thickness in the third direction of a second thickness. The second region has a thickness in the third direction that is thicker than the second thickness. | 01-24-2013 |
20130020912 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibrating piece is to be bonded to and sandwiched between a lid plate and a base plate with an external electrode. The piezoelectric vibrating piece has a first main surface at the lid plate side and a second main surface at the base plate side. The piezoelectric vibrating piece includes an excitation unit, a first excitation electrode, a second excitation electrode, a framing portion, one connecting portion, a first extraction electrode, and a second extraction electrode. The connecting portion includes a planar surface parallel to both the main surfaces and a side face intersecting with the planar surface. The first extraction electrode is extracted via the connecting portion. The second extraction electrode is extracted via the connecting portion. The first extraction electrode is disposed on at least a part of the side face of the connecting portion to be extracted to the framing portion. | 01-24-2013 |
20130033153 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece with a pair of excitation electrodes, a base plate, and a non-conductive bonding material. The base includes a pair of castellations that are hollowed into a side face from the mounting surface to the bonding surface. The pair of castellations include a first surface and a second surface. The first surface extends outward from the mounting surface toward the bonding surface side. The second surface extends outward from the bonding surface toward the mounting surface side. The second surface has a smaller area than an area of the first surface. A wiring electrode is disposed on the first surface, the second surface, and a side face of the bonding material. The wiring electrode is of a same electrode layer as the external electrode. The wiring electrode extends from the external electrode to the extraction electrodes. | 02-07-2013 |
20130043770 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a vibrator in a rectangular shape, a framing portion, and one connecting portion. The vibrator includes a first side and a pair of second sides. The first side extends in a first direction. The second sides extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The framing portion surrounds the vibrator across a void. The one connecting portion connects the first side of the vibrator and the framing portion together. The one connecting portion has a predetermined width in the first direction. The one connecting portion extends in the second direction. | 02-21-2013 |
20130063001 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric device includes: a rectangular piezoelectric element formed of a piezoelectric material, the piezoelectric element having a rectangular excitation portion having an excitation electrode, a frame surrounding a circumference of the excitation portion, a connecting portion connecting one side of the rectangular excitation portion and the frame with a predetermined width; a base plate having a mounting face where a pair of external electrodes electrically connected to the excitation electrode are formed and a base bonding face bonded to one of principal faces of the frame; a lid plate bonded to the other principal face of the frame; and a bonding material for bonding the base plate, the frame, and the lid plate, wherein a trench having a length equal to or more than the predetermined width of the connecting portion is formed in at least one of the frame, the base plate, and the lid plate. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063002 | CRYSTAL ELEMENT AND CRYSTAL DEVICE - A mesa-structure crystal element includes a circumferential portion having a thin thickness, a first convex portion formed on a plane in a center side from the circumferential portion and having a first height from the circumferential portion in a first principal face and a first planar shape, and a second convex portion formed in a center side from the circumferential portion and having a second height from the circumferential portion in a second principal face opposite to the first principal face and a second planar shape, wherein at least one of an area and a planar shape is different between the first planar shape of the first convex portion and the second planar shape of the second convex portion, or the first height of the first convex portion is different from the second height of the second convex portion. | 03-14-2013 |
20130069489 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a piezoelectric device mounted on a mount board, including: a piezoelectric vibrating piece having an excitation electrode and an extraction electrode extracted from the excitation electrode; and a base plate made of an insulative material, the base plate having a first face where the piezoelectric vibrating piece is placed and a second face opposite to the first face, where an external electrode is provided, wherein at least a part of an area other than the external electrode of the second face is hollowed to the first face side to form a cavity in the second face side for the mount board when the piezoelectric device is mounted on the mount board. | 03-21-2013 |
20130193807 | QUARTZ CRYSTAL VIBRATING PIECE AND QUARTZ CRYSTAL DEVICE - An AT-cut quartz crystal vibrating piece with an excitation unit is in a rectangular shape. The quartz crystal vibrating piece includes a framing body, a connecting portion, a pair of excitation electrodes, and a pair of extraction electrodes. The excitation unit has a long side that is rotated at 61° or 119° with respect to the crystallographic axis X. The framing body has a long side that extends in 61° or 119° direction with respect to the crystallographic axis X. The connecting portion extends in 61° or 119° direction with respect to the crystallographic axis X. The connecting portion is perpendicular to a short side of the excitation unit and a short side of the framing body. | 08-01-2013 |
20130214645 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A surface mount type piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece, a base plate in a rectangular shape, and a lid plate. The piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a vibrator vibrating at a predetermined vibration frequency. The base plate has one principal surface where the piezoelectric vibrating piece being to be placed. The lid plate seals the vibrator. The other principal surface of the base plate includes a pair of mounting terminals to mount the piezoelectric device. The pair of mounting terminals includes a metal film and an electroless plating film. The electroless plating film is formed on a surface of the metal film. The mounting terminal includes a trace from which a part of the electroless plating film is removed by laser or dicing. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214649 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A method for fabricating a piezoelectric device includes preparing a piezoelectric wafer, preparing a first wafer, bonding the piezoelectric wafer and the first wafer, preparing a first terminal mask for forming a pair of hot terminals on the bottom surface and a second terminal mask for forming the pair of hot terminals and a grounding terminal as a ground point, selecting an arrangement of the first terminal mask and an arrangement of the second terminal mask on a bottom surface of the first wafer after the wafer bonding, and forming a bottom surface with the power supply terminal and the output terminal through the first terminal mask, or a bottom surface with the power supply terminal, the output terminal, and the grounding terminal through the second terminal mask, after selecting the arrangement. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214650 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece, a base plate, which has a connecting electrode on one principal surface and a mounting terminal on another principal surface, in a rectangular shape, and a lid plate. The another principal surface of the base plate includes a pair of sides that face one another. At least the pair of sides has a level difference portion depressed toward the one principal surface side and a castellation passing through from the another principal surface to the one principal surface. A wiring electrode extracted from the mounting terminal to the one principal surface of the base plate is at a part of the level difference portion and the castellation. The wiring electrode and the mounting terminal include a metal film formed by sputtering or vacuum evaporation and an electroless plating film formed on the metal film by electroless plating. | 08-22-2013 |
20130241357 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece, a base plate, and a lid plate. The base plate includes one principal surface where the piezoelectric vibrating piece is placed and includes a connecting electrode electrically connected to the extraction electrode, and another principal surface including a mounting terminal. The lid plate seals the vibrator. The lid plate seals the vibrator. At least a part of the mounting terminal includes a first metal film, a second metal film, and an electroless plating film. The second metal film is formed to cover the first metal film or is formed at a part of a surface of the first metal film. The second metal film has a different area from the first metal film. The electroless plating film is formed at least on a surface of the second metal film by electroless plating. | 09-19-2013 |
20130241358 | QUARTZ CRYSTAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A method for fabricating a quartz crystal device includes forming a corrosion-resistant film on a first surface and a second surface of the base wafer, forming and exposing a photoresist on the corrosion-resistant film, etching the corrosion-resistant film, and performing wet-etching on through holes. The through hole has, at a +X-axis side, a first inclined surface, a second inclined surface, and a first top formed at an intersection of the first and second inclined surface, and has, at a −X-axis side, a third inclined surface, a fourth inclined surface, and a second top connecting the third and fourth inclined surfaces. The exposing exposes the first and second surfaces such that a distance from a center in the X-axis direction to the first top becomes equal to a distance from the center to the second top in the base plate. | 09-19-2013 |
20130278114 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A surface mount piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece, a base plate, and a lid plate. The piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a vibrating portion. The base plate has one principal surface that includes a pair of mounting terminals and another principal surface where the piezoelectric vibrating piece is placed. The mounting terminals include a metal film formed by sputtering or vacuum evaporation and electroless plating film formed on a surface of the metal film. The lid plate has one principal surface that includes a metal film and an electroless plating film formed on a surface of the metal film by electroless plating and another principal surface seals the vibrating portion. The electroless plating film formed on the one principal surface of the base plate and the electroless plating film formed on the one principal surface of the lid plate have mutually a same shape and a same area. | 10-24-2013 |
20130320809 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a rectangular vibrator, a framing portion, a connecting portion, and a protrusion. The rectangular vibrator vibrates at a predetermined vibration frequency. The framing portion surrounds a peripheral area of the vibrator. The framing portion includes an inner side surface facing the vibrator. The connecting portion connects the vibrator and the framing portion. The protrusion protrudes to the vibrator side. The protrusion is formed on at least one of the inner side surface facing a side of the vibrator where the connecting portion is connected and the inner side surface adjacent to the connecting portion. | 12-05-2013 |
20130320811 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a first extraction electrode and a second extraction electrode. The first extraction electrode is extracted from an excitation electrode formed on one principal surface to a framing portion via one principal surface of a connecting portion. The second extraction electrode is extracted from the extraction electrode formed on another principal surface to the framing portion via another principal surface of the connecting portion, a side surface of the connecting portion, and the one principal surface of the connecting portion. A distance between a first side and a second side at the framing portion is larger than a distance between the first side and the second side at the connecting portion. The first side is a side of the first extraction electrode at the second extraction electrode side. The second side is a side of the second extraction electrode at the first extraction electrode side. | 12-05-2013 |
20130328449 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a vibrator, a framing portion, and a connecting portion. The vibrator vibrates at a predetermined vibration frequency. The vibrator includes excitation electrodes on both principal surfaces. The vibrator is formed at a predetermined thickness. The framing portion surrounds a peripheral area of the vibrator. The connecting portion connects the vibrator and the framing portion. The vibrator has a side surface. At least a part of the side surface is formed into a taper shape such that a thickness of the vibrator becomes thin as close to an outer periphery of the vibrator. The piezoelectric vibrating piece further includes an extraction electrode extracted from each of the excitation electrodes to the framing portion via the connecting portions. One of the extraction electrodes is extracted from one principal surface to another principal surface via a taper-shaped side surface of the vibrator. | 12-12-2013 |
20130328450 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a rectangular vibrator, a framing portion, and a connecting portion. The rectangular vibrator is configured to vibrate at a predetermined vibration frequency and includes excitation electrodes on both principal surfaces. The framing portion surrounds a peripheral area of the vibrator and includes a first framing body and a second framing body. The first framing body extends in a long side direction. The second framing body extends in a short side direction. The connecting portion connects the vibrator and the framing portion. The first framing body includes a depressed portion or an extruding part on one principal surface that extends in a long side direction. The piezoelectric vibrating piece further includes an extraction electrode extending from the excitation electrode via the connecting portion. The extraction electrode extends from one end to another end of the one principal surface of the first framing body. | 12-12-2013 |
20140042874 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a vibrator, a framing portion, a connecting portion, and an extraction electrode. The vibrator includes excitation electrodes formed on both principal surfaces. The framing portion includes an inner peripheral side facing the vibrator and an outer peripheral side on an opposite side of the inner peripheral side. The framing portion has a predetermined width from the inner peripheral side to the outer peripheral side. The connecting portion connects the vibrator and the framing portion. The extraction electrode is extracted from the excitation electrode to the framing portion via the connecting portion. The extraction electrode contacts the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side of the framing portion. The extraction electrode includes an end side that connects the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side of the extraction electrode. All of the end side is longer than the predetermined width. | 02-13-2014 |
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20140361665 | QUARTZ CRYSTAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A surface mount type quartz crystal device includes a quartz crystal vibrating piece and a base plate. The quartz crystal vibrating piece is configured to vibrate at a predetermined frequency. The base plate is made of a crystal or a glass. The base plate includes an external electrode disposed on a bottom surface of the base plate to mount the quartz crystal device. The quartz crystal vibrating piece is placed on an opposite surface of the bottom face. The external electrode includes a metal film formed on a surface of the base plate by sputtering, and an electroless plating film formed on a surface of the metal film by electroless plating. The electroless plating film includes a nickel layer including lead and bismuth. | 12-11-2014 |
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20150035410 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a vibrator, a framing portion that surrounds the vibrator, and a connecting portion that connects the vibrator and the framing portion together. At least one of a front surface and a back surface of the connecting portion is formed at a depth of 5 μm to 15 μm with respect to the framing portion. | 02-05-2015 |