IP Library Granted Patent US 11,196,403
Granted Patent B2
US 11,196,403 · App. 15/472,576 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Piezoelectric vibrator and piezoelectric vibration device

Inventors: Ryota Kawai (Nagaokakyo, JP); Daisuke Nakamura (Nagaokakyo, JP); Toshio Nishimura (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H03H9/02448H03H9/02259H03H9/10H03H9/1057H03H9/173H03H9/2405H03H2009/155H03H2009/241
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Patent No.
US 11,196,403
App. No.
15/472,576
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric vibrator is a piezoelectric vibrator including a vibration portion. The vibration portion has an n-type Si layer which is a degenerated semiconductor and which has a resistivity of not less than 0.5 mΩcm and not greater than 1.2 mΩcm and preferably not greater than 0.9 mΩcm.

Claims (17)

1. A piezoelectric vibrator comprising a vibration portion having an n-type Si layer and which has a resistivity of not less than 0.5 mΩcm and not greater than 0.9 mΩcm.

2. The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration portion has a piezoelectric thin film formed on the Si layer.

3. The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 2 , wherein the vibration portion further has a silicon oxide layer formed on at least one of an upper surface of the Si layer, a lower surface of the Si layer, and an upper surface of the piezoelectric thin film.

4. The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrator is planar and operates in an in plane vibration mode.

5. The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrator is planar and operates in an out of plane vibration mode.

6. A piezoelectric vibration device comprising:

a lower substrate;

an upper substrate cooperating with the lower substrate to form a vibration space between the lower substrate and the upper substrate; and

a piezoelectric vibrator disposed within the vibration space, the piezoelectric vibrator including a vibration portion having an n-type Si layer and which has a resistivity of not less than 0.5 mΩcm and not greater than 0.9 mΩcm.

7. The piezoelectric vibration device according to claim 6 , wherein the vibration portion has a piezoelectric thin film formed on the Si layer.

8. The piezoelectric vibration device according to claim 7 , wherein the vibration portion further has a silicon oxide layer formed on at least one of an upper surface of the Si layer, a lower surface of the Si layer, and an upper surface of the piezoelectric thin film.

9. The piezoelectric vibration device according to claim 6 , wherein the vibrator is planar and operates in an in plane vibration mode.

10. The piezoelectric vibration device according to claim 6 , wherein the vibrator is planar and operates in an out of plane vibration mode.

11. The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 6 , wherein the n-type Si layer is a degenerated semiconductor.

12. The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 6 , wherein the piezoelectric vibrator is a tuning fork type crystal vibrator.

13. The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein the n-type Si layer is a degenerated semiconductor.

14. The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric vibrator is a tuning fork type crystal vibrator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2017
From: KAWAI, RYOTA; NAKAMURA, DAISUKE; NISHIMURA, TOSHIO
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2014-255042 · Dec 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015085408 · Dec 17, 2015
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