IP Library Granted Patent US 8,183,750
Granted Patent B2
US 8,183,750 · App. 12/713,922 · Granted May 22, 2012

Resonator, conductive film layer and oscillator

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Patent No.
US 8,183,750
App. No.
12/713,922
Granted
May 22, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resonator element includes: a resonating body having a first region and a second region, the first region receiving a compression stress or an extension stress by a vibration, the second region receiving an extension stress responding to the compression stress in the first region, or a compression stress responding to the extension stress of the first region; and at least one film layer, on a surface of the resonating body between the first and the second regions, having thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivity of the resonating body. In the element, the film layer includes a recessed section in which at least one film layer is removed between the first and the second regions.

Claims (6)

1. A resonator element, comprising:

a resonating body having a first region and a second region, the first region receiving a compression stress or an extension stress by a vibration, the second region receiving an extension stress responding to the compression stress in the first region, or a compression stress responding to the extension stress of the first region; and

at least one film layer, on a surface of the resonating body between the first and the second regions, having thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivity of the resonating body, wherein the film layer includes a recessed section, the recessed section being formed between first and second regions, in which at least one film layer is removed.

2. The resonator element according to claim 1 , wherein the resonating body includes a groove section having the recessed section.

3. The resonator element according to claim 1 , wherein the resonating body vibrates in a flexural vibration mode.

4. An oscillator comprising the resonator element according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2011
From: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026788/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2010
From: YAMADA, AKINORI
To: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024003/0556 →