IP Library Granted Patent US 9,346,665
Granted Patent B2
US 9,346,665 · App. 14/191,884 · Granted May 24, 2016

MEMS vibrator, method of manufacturing MEMS vibrator, electronic device, and moving object

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Patent No.
US 9,346,665
App. No.
14/191,884
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A MEMS vibrator includes an insulating portion, a first electrode provided on one surface of the insulating portion, a fixed portion, and a function portion, a second electrode provided so that at least a portion thereof overlaps the first electrode at a distance therefrom. The second electrode comes into contact with the function portion and extends from the fixed portion.

Claims (10)

1. A MEMS vibrator comprising:

an insulating layer;

a fixed electrode that is provided on the insulating layer;

a movable electrode that is provided over the insulating layer, part of the movable electrode being overlapped with the fixed electrode in a plan view so that the movable electrode is spaced apart from the fixed electrode;

a beam that extends from the movable electrode over the insulating layer so that the beam is spaced apart from the insulating layer in the plan view;

a fixing member that is provided on the insulating layer and that is continuously formed with the beam; and

a vibration suppression member that is provided on the insulating layer and that is continuously formed with the beam and the fixing member so that the vibration suppression member prevents vibration from being transmitted from the movable electrode to the fixing member via the beam, wherein

the fixed electrode is shifted from the beam in the plan view.

2. An electronic device to which the MEMS vibrator according to claim 1 is mounted.

3. A moving object to which the MEMS vibrator according to claim 1 is mounted.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058952/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2014
From: KINUGAWA, TAKUYA; YAMADA, AKINORI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032312/0792 →