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Granted Patent B2
US 11,824,517 · App. 17/954,892 · Granted Nov 21, 2023

Resonator and resonance device

Inventors: Ville Kaajakari (Helsinki, FI); Ryota Kawai (Nagaokakyo, JP); Yoshiyuki Higuchi (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H03H9/1057H03H9/0595H03H9/2489
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Patent No.
US 11,824,517
App. No.
17/954,892
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resonator may include a vibrating portion that includes a plurality of vibrating arms to numbering in three or more, each having a fixed end, and including at least two vibrating arms to bend out of plane with different phases and a base portion having a fore end portion to which the fixed end of each of the plurality of vibrating arms to is connected and a rear end portion opposed to the fore end portion; a holding portion configured to hold the vibrating portion; and a support arm having one end connected to the holding portion and the other end connected to the rear end portion of the base portion. The support arm is asymmetric with respect to a center line of the vibrating portion with respect to a longitudinal direction in plan view.

Claims (45)

1. A resonator comprising:

a vibrating portion including:

a plurality of vibrating arms each having a fixed end, wherein at least two vibrating arms of the plurality of vibrating arms are configured to bend out of plane with different phases, and

a base portion comprising a first end attached to each fixed end of the plurality of vibrating arms and a second end opposed to the first end;

a holding portion configured to hold the vibrating portion; and

a support arm comprising a first end connected to the holding portion and a second end connected to the second end of the base portion,

wherein the support arm consists of a single arm that is asymmetric with respect to a center line of the vibrating portion with respect to a longitudinal direction in a plan view.

2. The resonator according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the support arm is connected to a position on the second end of the base portion that is deviated from the center line of the vibrating portion.

3. The resonator according to claim 1 , wherein:

the support arm extends from a first side to a second side with respect to the center line, and

the second end of the support arm is connected to a position on the second side on the second end of the base portion.

4. The resonator according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a second support arm, and

wherein the support arm on the first side and the second support arm on the second side are asymmetric with respect to the center line in the plan view.

5. The resonator according to claim 4 , wherein the support arm on the first side and the second support arm on the second side of differ in lengths of a width of the support arm and the second support arm.

6. The resonator according to claim 4 , wherein the support arm on the first side and the second support arm on the second side differ in lengths.

7. The resonator according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the base portion is a direction from the first end toward the second end, and a width of the base portion is a direction orthogonal to the length, and wherein the length of the base portion is less than or equal to 0.3 times the width of the base portion.

8. The resonator according to claim 7 , wherein the length of the base portion is less than or equal to 90 μm and the width of the base portion less than or equal to 300 μm.

9. A resonator comprising:

a vibrating portion including:

three vibrating arms each having a fixed end, wherein at least two vibrating arms of the three vibrating arms are configured to bend out of plane with different phases, and

a base portion having a first end coupled to the fixed end of each of the three vibrating arms, a second end opposed to the first end, and a side end;

a holding portion configured to hold the vibrating portion; and

a support arm comprising a first end connected to the holding portion and a second end connected to the side end of the base portion,

wherein the support arm extends from a first side to a second side with respect to a center line of the vibrating portion with respect to a longitudinal direction in a plan view, and the second end of the support arm is connected to the side end on the second side on the base portion.

10. A resonance device comprising:

a resonator including:

a vibrating portion including:

a plurality of vibrating arms each having a fixed end, wherein at least two vibrating arms of the plurality of vibrating arms are configured to bend out of plane with different phases, and

a base portion comprising a first end coupled to each fixed end of the plurality of vibrating arms and a second end opposed to the first end;

a holding portion configured to hold the vibrating portion; and

a support arm comprising a first end connected to the holding portion and a second end connected to the second end of the base portion,

wherein the support arm consists of a single arm that is asymmetric with respect to a center line of the vibrating portion with respect to a longitudinal direction in a plan view.

11. The resonance device according to claim 10 , wherein the second end of the support arm is connected to a position on the second end of the base portion that deviates from the center line of the vibrating portion.

12. The resonance device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the support arm extends from a first side to a second side with respect to the center line, and

the second end of the support arm is connected to a position on the second side on the second end of the base portion.

13. The resonance device according to claim 12 , further comprising a second support arm, with the support arm on the first side and the second support arm on the second side being asymmetric with respect to the center line in the plan view.

14. The resonance device according to claim 13 , wherein the support arm on the first side and the second support arm on the second side differ in lengths of a width of the support arm and the second support arm.

15. The resonance device according to claim 13 , wherein the support arm on the first side and the second support arm on the second side differ in lengths.

16. The resonance device according to claim 10 , wherein a length of the base portion is a direction from the first end toward the second end, and a width of the base portion is a direction orthogonal to the length, and wherein the length of the base portion is less than or equal to 0.3 times the width of the base portion.

17. The resonance device according to claim 16 , wherein the length of the base portion is less than or equal to 90 μm and the width of the base portion less than or equal to 300 μm.

18. The resonance device according to claim 10 , further comprising a lid body.

19. The resonance device according to claim 18 , wherein the lid body includes a lower lid and an upper lid.

20. The resonance device according to claim 19 , wherein the lower lid is below the resonator, and the upper lid is above the resonator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: KAAJAKARI, VILLE; KAWAI, RYOTA; HIGUCHI, YOSHIYUKI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061244/0168 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-078246 · Apr 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020041997 · Nov 11, 2020
Related Publication 20230014350A1 · Jan 19, 2023
Cited By (1)
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