IP Library Granted Patent US 10,530,299
Granted Patent B2
US 10,530,299 · App. 15/412,913 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Resonator element, method of manufacturing resonator element, oscillator, electronic apparatus, moving object, and base station

Inventor: Takayuki Kikuchi (Chino, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H03B5/32H03H3/02H03H9/02157H03H9/0547H03H9/10H03H9/1021H03H9/13H03H9/19H03L1/028H03B2200/0018H03B2200/0022
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Patent No.
US 10,530,299
App. No.
15/412,913
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resonator element includes an SC-cut quartz crystal substrate having a thickness t, and an excitation electrode disposed on a principal surface of the quartz crystal substrate, the principal surface being square or rectangular in shape, a side of which has a length L, 28≤L/t≤60 is satisfied.

Claims (33)

1. A resonator element comprising:

an SC-cut quartz crystal substrate having a thickness t; and

an excitation electrode disposed on a principal surface of the quartz crystal substrate, the principal surface being square or rectangular in shape, a side of which has a length L;

wherein a relationship of 28≤L/t≤60 is satisfied.

2. The resonator element according to claim 1 , wherein

a relationship of 33≤L/t≤55 is satisfied.

3. The resonator element according to claim 2 , wherein

a relationship of 35≤L/t≤45 is satisfied.

4. The resonator element according to claim 1 , wherein

the quartz crystal substrate has an opposite surface having an obverse-reverse relationship with the principal surface, and

an arithmetic mean roughness of a side surface connecting the principal surface and the opposite surface to each other is higher than an arithmetic mean roughness of the principal surface.

5. The resonator element according to claim 4 , wherein

the side surface is provided with a projection part.

6. A method of manufacturing a resonator element,

carving out an SC-cut quartz crystal substrate with a thickness t, having a principal surface being square or rectangular in shape, a side of which has a length L;

forming an excitation electrode on the principal surface of the quartz crystal substrate,

wherein a relationship of 28≤L/t≤60 is satisfied.

7. An oscillator comprising:

the resonator element according to claim 1 ;

an oscillation circuit adapted to oscillate the resonator element;

a temperature control element adapted to control a temperature of the resonator element; and

a temperature control circuit adapted to control an operation of the temperature control element.

8. The oscillator according to claim 7 , wherein

the resonator element is supported by the temperature control element in a single region.

9. The oscillator according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a package adapted to house at least the resonator element,

wherein the resonator element is supported by the package in a single region.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the resonator element according to claim 1 .

11. A vehicle comprising:

the resonator element according to claim 1 .

12. A base station comprising:

the resonator element according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2017
From: KIKUCHI, TAKAYUKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041051/0050 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-020522 · Feb 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170230003A1 · Aug 10, 2017
Cited By (2)
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