IP Library Patent Application 13804837
Patent Application
App. No. 13/804,837

PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE

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App. No.
13/804,837
Abstract

Mounting electrodes are formed in a state of being separated from excitation electrodes on one main surface of a base portion, and the excitation electrodes are formed on another main surface of a piezoelectric plate and includes base portion electrodes which are connected to the excitation electrodes and conducting portions which electrically connect the mounting electrodes and the base portion electrodes in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric plate.

Claims (13)

1 . A piezoelectric vibrating piece comprising:

a piezoelectric plate including a pair of vibrating arm portions, and a base portion integrally connecting base ends of the pair of vibrating arm portions along a length direction;

excitation electrodes on the pair of vibrating arm portions and configured to vibrate the vibrating arm portions;

mounting electrodes on a first main surface of the base portion, the mounting electrodes including a joining member that connects the piezoelectric plate to lead terminals; and

lead-out electrodes on a second main surface of the base portion and connecting the excitation electrodes and the mounting electrodes, the second main surface on an opposite side of the base portion from the first main surface;

wherein the mounting electrodes are separated from the excitation electrodes on the first main surface of the base portion, and the lead-out electrodes include base portion electrodes connected to the excitation electrodes and conducting portions electrically connecting the mounting electrodes and the base portion electrodes in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric plate.

2 . The piezoelectric vibrating piece according to claim 1 , wherein the conducting portions include a penetration hole in the base portion and an inner surface electrode on an inner surface of the penetration hole, and wherein the penetration hole located in the base portion where the mounting electrodes and the base portion electrodes overlap each other in the thickness direction.

3 . The piezoelectric vibrating piece according to claim 2 , wherein the penetration hole is located in the base portion of the piezoelectric plate beneath the mounting electrode and the joining member.

4 . The piezoelectric vibrating piece according to claim 1 , wherein the base portion electrodes are configured in a concentric pattern about the conducting portion on the second main surface.

5 . A piezoelectric vibrator including the piezoelectric vibrating piece according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting electrodes of the piezoelectric vibrating piece are mounted in a package by the lead terminals.

6 . An oscillator including the piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 5 electrically connected to an integrated circuit as an oscillating piece.

7 . An electronic device including the piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 5 electrically connected to a counter portion.

8 . A radio-controlled timepiece including the piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 5 electrically connected to a filter portion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2013
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SII CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 031085/0852 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2013
From: ARIMATSU, DAISHI
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 029999/0457 →