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Granted Patent B2
US 11,431,343 · App. 17/333,078 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Oscillator, electronic apparatus, and vehicle

Inventors: Shoichiro Kasahara (Minowa, JP); Hisahiro Ito (Minowa, JP); Shinya Aoki (Minowa, JP)
H03L7/099H01L41/053H01L41/083H03B5/32H03H9/0547H03H9/10H03K5/00006H03K5/26H03B2200/0022H03B2202/084
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Patent No.
US 11,431,343
App. No.
17/333,078
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the oscillator, a quartz crystal resonator and an oscillation circuit formed in an IC incorporating an inductor are electrically coupled to each other with a resonator interconnection disposed on a surface of a substrate to form an oscillation loop. A conductor layer disposed as an intermediate layer of the substrate is disposed so as to overlap the resonator interconnection and not to overlap the inductor incorporated in the IC in a plan view.

Claims (38)

1. An oscillator comprising:

an integrated circuit element having an oscillation circuit to electrically be coupled to a resonator element, and an inductor; and

a substrate having a first surface on which the integrated circuit element is disposed, and on which a resonator interconnection to be coupled to the resonator element and the oscillation circuit to constitute an oscillation loop is disposed, and a second surface as an opposite surface to the first surface, wherein

the substrate has a conductor layer between the first surface and the second surface,

the conductor layer overlaps the resonator interconnection, and does not overlap the inductor in a plan view, and

the conductor layer overlaps the oscillation circuit in the plan view.

2. The oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein

the integrated circuit element is bonded to the first surface via an electrically-conductive bonding member with an active surface opposed to the first surface.

3. The oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein

the integrated circuit element includes a PLL circuit,

the PLL circuit includes

a phase comparison circuit configured to compare a phase of an oscillation signal from the oscillation circuit and a phase of a feedback signal with each other,

a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit an oscillation frequency of which is controlled based on an output signal from the phase comparison circuit, and

a frequency dividing circuit configured to divide a frequency of an output signal from the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit to generate the feedback signal, and

the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit is an LC oscillation circuit including the inductor.

4. The oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein

the oscillation circuit is disposed between the resonator interconnection and the inductor in the plan view.

5. The oscillator according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a frame body which is bonded to the first surface to form a housing space configured to house the resonator element and the integrated circuit element; and

a lid body which is made of metal, which is bonded to the frame body, and which is configured to cover the housing space, wherein

the lid body is grounded, and

a distance between the lid body and the first surface is longer than a distance between the conductor layer and the first surface.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the oscillator according to claim 1 .

7. A vehicle comprising:

the oscillator according to claim 1 .

8. An oscillator comprising:

an integrated circuit element having an oscillation circuit to electrically be coupled to a resonator element, and an inductor, and

a substrate having a first surface on which the integrated circuit element is disposed and on which a resonator interconnection to be coupled to the resonator element and the oscillation circuit to constitute an oscillation loop is disposed, and a second surface as an opposite surface to the first surface, wherein

the substrate has a conductor layer between the first surface and the second surface,

the conductor layer overlaps the resonator interconnection, and does not overlap the inductor in a plan view, and

the conductor layer is disposed so as to surround at least two sides of a periphery of the inductor in the plan view.

9. An oscillator comprising:

an integrated circuit element having an oscillation circuit to electrically be coupled to a resonator element, and an inductor; and

a substrate having a first surface on which the integrated circuit element is disposed, and on which a resonator interconnection to be coupled to the resonator element and the oscillation circuit to constitute an oscillation loop is disposed, and a second surface as an opposite surface to the first surface, wherein

the substrate has a conductor layer between the first surface and the second surface,

the conductor layer overlaps the resonator interconnection, and does not overlap the inductor in a plan view, and

the conductor layer is grounded.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2021
From: KASAHARA, SHOICHIRO; ITO, HISAHIRO; AOKI, SHINYA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-094000 · May 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210376840A1 · Dec 2, 2021
Cited By (1)
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