IP Library Granted Patent US 10,734,969
Granted Patent B2
US 10,734,969 · App. 15/914,359 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Vibrator device, oscillator, electronic device, and vehicle

Inventor: Hisahiro Ito (Minowa-machi, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H03H9/0538H01L23/498H01L23/49596H03H9/02551H03H9/02976H03H9/02984H03H9/0547H03H9/0585H03H9/1021H03H9/1071H03H9/145H03H9/19H01L23/4952H01L23/49513H01L23/49541H01L2224/48091H01L2224/48145H01L2224/48247H03B5/32H03H9/25
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Patent No.
US 10,734,969
App. No.
15/914,359
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vibrator device includes a circuit element, which has a first terminal and is a quadrangle in plan view, a vibrator, which is disposed on an active surface and is a quadrangle in plan view, a base, on which the circuit element is disposed and which has a second terminal, and a wire which connects the first terminal and the second terminal together. In plan view of the circuit element, at least one side of the vibrator is disposed along a direction where the one side intersects each of two adjacent sides of the circuit element, and the vibrator does not overlap the first terminal.

Claims (20)

1. An oscillator comprising:

a circuit element having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, having a first terminal on the first surface and being a quadrangle in plan view;

a base on which the circuit element is disposed such that the second surface of the circuit element faces the base and which has a second terminal;

a vibrator that has a vibrator element including a quartz crystal substrate and an electrode formed on the quartz crystal substrate, a vibrator element package configured by a base body and a lid and accommodating the vibrator element, and a third terminal disposed on a surface of the base body opposite to the lid, the vibrator being a quadrangle in plan view and being disposed on the circuit element with the lid facing the first surface of the circuit element; and

a wire that connects the first terminal and the second terminal across a thickness of the circuit element,

wherein in plan view of the circuit element, at least one side of the vibrator is disposed along a direction where the one side intersects each of two adjacent sides of the circuit element, and the vibrator does not overlap the first terminal.

2. The oscillator according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the plan view, any one of corners of the vibrator is positioned outside the circuit element.

3. The oscillator according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the plan view, any one of corners of the vibrator is in contact with an outline of the circuit element.

4. The oscillator according to claim 1 ,

wherein when an area of the circuit element is set as M1 and an area of the vibrator is set as M2 in the plan view, 0.5≤M2/M1≤1 is satisfied.

5. The oscillator according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the plan view, the plurality of second terminals are disposed on a perimeter of the circuit element and along each of four sides of the circuit element.

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

a mold portion that is provided on the base and covers the circuit element and the vibrator.

7. An electronic device comprising the oscillator according to claim 1 .

8. A vehicle comprising the oscillator according to claim 1 .

9. The oscillator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lid is configured by a conductive material and is electrically connected to the circuit element to have a reference potential.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: ITO, HISAHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045133/0340 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-049700 · Mar 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180269850A1 · Sep 20, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,562,708