IP Library Granted Patent US 7,545,083
Granted Patent B2
US 7,545,083 · App. 11/902,037 · Granted Jun 9, 2009

Piezoelectric device and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,545,083
App. No.
11/902,037
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric resonator including a piezoelectric resonator element, a package for accommodating the piezoelectric resonator in a cavity thereinside, a lid for airtightly sealing the cavity inside the package, a package base included in the package, and an external terminal formed on a bottom surface of the package base; a circuit element stacked together with the piezoelectric resonator to be electrically connected thereto; a wiring substrate having the circuit element mounted on a first surface thereof and a mounting external terminal provided on a second surface thereof, a connecting member arranged in a periphery of the circuit element mounted on the first surface of the wiring substrate to electrically and mechanically connect the wiring substrate to the external terminal of the piezoelectric resonator; and a molded portion made of a molding member that is formed from the first surface of the wiring substrate up to at least a position higher than an upper end surface of the package base of the piezoelectric resonator, the molded portion covering the first surface of the wiring substrate, the package base of the piezoelectric resonator, the external terminal formed on the bottom surface of the package base, the circuit element, and the connecting member, whereas at least a part of a marking region on the lid being exposed from the molded portion.

Claims (9)

1. A piezoelectric device, comprising:

a piezoelectric resonator including a piezoelectric resonator element, a package for accommodating the piezoelectric resonator in a cavity thereinside, a lid for airtightly sealing the cavity inside the package, a package base included in the package, and an external terminal formed on a bottom surface of the package base;

a circuit element stacked together with the piezoelectric resonator to be electrically connected thereto;

a wiring substrate having the circuit element mounted on a first surface thereof and a mounting external terminal provided on a second surface thereof;

a connecting member arranged in a periphery of the circuit element mounted on the first surface of the wiring substrate to electrically and mechanically connect the wiring substrate to the external terminal of the piezoelectric resonator; and

a molded portion made of a molding member that is formed from the first surface of the wiring substrate up to at least a position higher than an upper end surface of the package base of the piezoelectric resonator, the molded portion covering the first surface of the wiring substrate, the package base of the piezoelectric resonator, the external terminal formed on the bottom surface of the package base, the circuit element, and the connecting member, whereas at least a part of a marking region on the lid being exposed from the molded portion.

2. The piezoelectric device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting member includes two or more members having different melting points, the member with a higher melting point being a core whose outer periphery is covered by the member with a lower melting point and at least the latter member being a conductive member.

3. The piezoelectric device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit element is electrically connected to a mounting terminal arranged on the first surface of the wiring substrate by a metallic wire.

4. The piezoelectric device according to claim 1 , wherein side surfaces of the molding member, of the package base and of the wiring substrate are positioned flush with one another to form a side surface of the piezoelectric device.

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 Sep 18, 2007
From: CHIBA, SEIICHI; KOYAMA, YUGO
To: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019883/0584 →