IP Library Granted Patent US 7,468,574
Granted Patent B2
US 7,468,574 · App. 11/471,711 · Granted Dec 23, 2008

Piezoelectric resonator for oscillator and surface mount type piezoelectric oscillator

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Patent No.
US 7,468,574
App. No.
11/471,711
Granted
Dec 23, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric resonator for an oscillator contained in an upper concave portion of an insulating case that has a metal lid with which the upper concave portion is air-tightly closed comprises a GND electrode being conductively coupled to an earth pattern of the piezoelectric resonator and provided on an outer bottom face of the insulating case, a piezoelectric connecting electrode being conductively coupled to an excite electrode of the piezoelectric resonator and provided on the outer bottom face of the insulating case, and an adjustment electrode being conductively coupled to the metal lid and provided on the outer bottom face of the insulating case in such a way that a regulator circuit in an IC part conductively contacts with the adjustment electrode if the IC part including the oscillation circuit is attached to the outer bottom face of the insulating case, wherein the metal lid serves as an adjustment terminal.

Claims (10)

1. A piezoelectric oscillator comprising:

a piezoelectric resonator having a structure in which a piezoelectric vibrating element is sealed by a container and a lid; and

an IC part provided with an oscillation circuit;

wherein the container has, on an outer bottom part thereof, a GND electrode conductively coupled to an electrode of the piezoelectric vibrating element,

the IC part has an input terminal to which a signal for rewriting data in a memory of the IC part is inputted,

the lid has a metal surface,

the input terminal and the metal surface of the lid are conductively coupled, and

the electrode of the piezoelectric vibrating element opposes the lid and serves as a shielding conductive material.

2. The piezoelectric oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein the IC part has one input terminal.

3. The piezoelectric oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein the IC part has a plurality of input terminals and the metal surface of the lid is divided into a plurality of sections.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2011
From: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026717/0436 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2006
From: HORIE, KYO; KOMAI, MAKOTO
To: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018027/0859 →