IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,418,968
Granted Patent B2
US 10,418,968 · App. 15/299,218 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Electronic component manufacturing method, vibrator device, electronic apparatus, and vehicle

Inventors: Atsushi Matsuo (Okaya, JP); Takayuki Kikuchi (Chino, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H03H9/215H03H3/02H03H9/05H03H9/0595H03H9/17H03H9/21H03H2003/026
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Patent No.
US 10,418,968
App. No.
15/299,218
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic component manufacturing method, in which a notch and a concave portion are formed in a substrate, includes forming an etching mask in which a maximum width of a first mask portion which forms a width between two side surfaces of the concave portion along a longitudinal direction, when the substrate is seen in a plan view from a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate having the concave portion formed therein, is smaller than a width of a second mask portion which forms a minimum width of an opening of the notch, and forming the notch and the concave portion by performing dry etching processing on the substrate.

Claims (14)

1. An electronic component manufacturing method in which a notch and a concave portion are formed in a substrate, the method comprising:

forming an etching mask in which a maximum width of a first mask portion which forms a width between two side surfaces of the concave portion along a longitudinal direction, when the substrate is seen in a plan view from a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate having the concave portion formed therein, is smaller than a width of a second mask portion which forms a minimum width of an opening of the notch; and

forming the notch and the concave portion by performing dry etching processing on the substrate.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the forming of the notch and the concave portion includes forming the notch and the concave portion in parallel.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the forming of the etching mask includes forming the first mask portion so that the width between the two side surfaces becomes smaller toward an end of an opening of the concave portion in the longitudinal direction.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the forming of the etching mask includes forming the first mask portion and the second mask portion so that the minimum width of the opening of the notch becomes larger than the maximum width between the two side surfaces of the concave portion by equal to or greater than 10 μm, and a minimum width between the two side surfaces of the concave portion is set to equal to or less than 50 μm.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the forming of the etching mask includes forming the first mask portion so that the minimum width of the concave portion is set to equal to or less than 30 μm.

6. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electronic component is a vibrator element that includes a base and a vibrator arm, and

wherein the forming of the notch and the concave portion includes forming a notch defining exteriors of the base and the vibrator arm on the substrate and forming the concave portion in the vibrator arm, and further includes forming an electrode in the vibrator arm after the notch and the concave portion are formed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2016
From: MATSUO, ATSUSHI; KIKUCHI, TAKAYUKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040080/0866 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-211600 · Oct 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170126200A1 · May 4, 2017