IP Library Granted Patent US 8,080,921
Granted Patent B2
US 8,080,921 · App. 12/398,663 · Granted Dec 20, 2011

Reduced-height piezoelectric device having a piezoelectric resonator and electronic component

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Patent No.
US 8,080,921
App. No.
12/398,663
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric device includes: a base substrate; an electronic component provided on a first surface of the base substrate; and a piezoelectric resonator that is provided on the first surface of the base substrate without planarly overlapping with the electronic component and have a package base, a mounting surface of the package base having one of a recessed part and a cutout part. In the device, the base substrate includes a resonator-disposing section disposed in a region of the one of the recessed part and the cutout part of the piezoelectric resonator and the resonator-disposing section is a part of the base substrate in plan view and is coupled to a bottom surface of the one of the recessed part and the cutout part.

Claims (24)

1. A piezoelectric device, comprising:

a base substrate;

an electronic component provided on a first surface of the base substrate; and

a piezoelectric resonator that is provided on the first surface of the base substrate without planarly overlapping with the electronic component and has a package base, a mounting surface of the package base having one of a recessed part and a cutout part, wherein

the base substrate includes a resonator-disposing section disposed in one of the recessed part and the cutout part of the piezoelectric resonator, the resonator-disposing section being a part of the base substrate and being coupled to a bottom surface of the one of the recessed part and the cutout part.

2. The piezoelectric device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an external electrode provided on the bottom surface of the one of the recessed part and the cutout part of the package base; and

a terminal provided to the resonator-disposing section of the base substrate and joined to the external electrode with a joining member.

3. The piezoelectric device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the package base includes:

a first substrate disposed as an uppermost layer and having an opening housing a piezoelectric resonator element;

a second substrate disposed as an intermediate layer and sealing the opening; and

a third substrate disposed as a lowermost layer;

the base substrate includes the resonator-disposing section having a planarly projected shape;

the third substrate is formed so as to sandwich the resonator-disposing section of the base substrate in plan view so that the recessed part is formed to the package base; and

the resonator-disposing section of the base substrate is set in the recessed part of the package base.

4. The piezoelectric device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the package base includes:

a one substrate having an opening housing a piezoelectric resonator element; and

an other substrate sealing the opening;

the base substrate includes a pair of the resonator-disposing sections positioned apart from each other;

the one substrate planarly overlaps with both of the pair of the resonator-disposing sections;

the other substrate is provided in a region that is sandwiched between the pair of the resonator-disposing sections of the base substrate, so as to provide a pair of the cutout parts to the package base; and

each of the pair of the resonator-disposing sections of the base substrate is set one of the pair of the cutout parts of the package base.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2011
From: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026788/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2009
From: SHIMODAIRA, KAZUHIKO
To: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022358/0673 →