IP Library Granted Patent US 11,990,887
Granted Patent B2
US 11,990,887 · App. 17/230,186 · Granted May 21, 2024

Vibrator device and vibrator module

Inventors: Ryuta Nishizawa (Nagano, JP); Shinya Aoki (Minowa-machi, JP); Atsushi Matsuo (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H03H9/1021H03H9/0519H03H9/215
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Patent No.
US 11,990,887
App. No.
17/230,186
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vibrator device includes a vibrator element, a relay substrate, a base, an element-side bonding member for bonding the vibrator element and the relay substrate to each other, and a base-side bonding member for bonding the base and the relay substrate to each other. Further, the element-side bonding member has a first bonding member and s second bonding member arranged side by side along an A axis. Further, an X axis of a first quartz crystal substrate provided to the vibrator element is parallel to the A axis, and a second quartz crystal substrate provided to the relay substrate is a Z-cut quartz crystal substrate.

Claims (31)

1. A vibrator device comprising:

a vibrator element including a first quartz crystal substrate including a first surface and a second surface which are in an obverse-reverse relationship, and which extend along an X axis as an electrical axis, a first excitation electrode disposed on the first surface, a second excitation electrode disposed on the second surface so as to be opposed to the first excitation electrode, a first terminal which is disposed on the first surface, and which is electrically coupled to the first excitation electrode, and a second terminal which is disposed on the first surface, and which is electrically coupled to the second excitation electrode;

abase including a substrate located at the first surface side of the vibrator element, a first substrate interconnection provided to the substrate, and a second substrate interconnection provided to the substrate;

a relay substrate including a second quartz crystal substrate which is disposed between the vibrator element and the base, and a thickness direction of which is parallel to a Z axis as an optical axis, a first relay interconnection disposed on a third surface at the vibrator element side of the second quartz crystal substrate, a second relay interconnection disposed on the third surface, a third relay interconnection which is disposed on a fourth surface having an obverse-reverse relationship with the third surface and located on the base side, and which is electrically coupled to the first relay interconnection, and a fourth relay interconnection which is disposed on the fourth surface, and which is electrically coupled to the second relay interconnection;

an element-side bonding member which includes a first bonding member configured to electrically couple the first terminal and the first relay interconnection to each other, and a second bonding member configured to electrically couple the second terminal and the second relay interconnection to each other, and which is configured to bond the vibrator element and the relay substrate to each other; and

a base-side bonding member which includes a third bonding member configured to electrically couple the first substrate interconnection and the third relay interconnection to each other, and a fourth bonding member configured to electrically couple the second substrate interconnection and the fourth relay interconnection to each other, and which is configured to bond the base and the relay substrate to each other, wherein

the first bonding member and the second bonding member are arranged side by side in a direction along the X axis.

2. The vibrator device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third bonding member and the fourth bonding member are arranged side by side in a direction crossing an arrangement direction of the first bonding member and the second bonding member in a plan view of the vibrator element.

3. The vibrator device according to claim 2 , wherein

the third bonding member and the fourth bonding member are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the first bonding member and the second bonding member in the plan view of the vibrator element.

4. The vibrator device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first bonding member, the second bonding member, the third bonding member, and the fourth bonding member are each a metal bump.

5. The vibrator device according to claim 4 , wherein

the metal bump is one of a gold bump formed of gold (Au), a nickel bump formed of nickel (Ni), and a copper bump formed of copper (Cu).

6. The vibrator device according to claim 1 , wherein

in a plan view of the vibrator element, an area obtained by extending the first excitation electrode in a direction along the X axis is defined as a first area, and an area obtained by extending the first excitation electrode in a direction perpendicular to the direction along the X axis is defined as a second area,

the first bonding member and the second bonding member fail to overlap the first area and the second area.

7. The vibrator device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first bonding member and the second bonding member are disposed on an imaginary line which intersects with a center of the first quartz crystal substrate and is parallel to the X axis in a plan view of the vibrator element.

8. The vibrator device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first quartz crystal substrate includes

a vibrating part provided with the first excitation electrode and the second excitation electrode, and

a support part which is provided with the first terminal and the second terminal, and which is thinner than the vibrating part.

9. The vibrator device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first quartz crystal substrate includes

a vibrating part provided with the first excitation electrode and the second excitation electrode,

a support part provided with the first terminal and the second terminal, and

a coupling part which is located between the vibrating part and the support part, and which is thinner than the vibrating part and the support part.

10. A vibrator module comprising:

the vibrator device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2021
From: NISHIZAWA, RYUTA; AOKI, SHINYA; MATSUO, ATSUSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-076348 · Apr 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210336600A1 · Oct 28, 2021
Cited By (1)
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