IP Library Granted Patent US 8,093,785
Granted Patent B2
US 8,093,785 · App. 12/722,831 · Granted Jan 10, 2012

Piezoelectric resonator, piezoelectric oscillator, electronic device and method for manufacturing piezoelectric resonator

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,093,785
App. No.
12/722,831
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric resonator includes: a package having a cavity; a plurality of electrode pads formed within the cavity; a first bonding section and a second bonding section that include silicone base conductive adhesive and are formed on the plurality of the electrode pads, respectively; and a piezoelectric vibrating element having one end supported by the first bonding section and the second bonding section, wherein the piezoelectric vibrating element has a piezoelectric substrate having mutually opposing first face and second face, a first electrode that is formed on the first face and electrically connected to the first bonding section, and a second electrode that is formed on the second face and electrically connected to the second bonding section, wherein an area of the piezoelectric vibrating element supported by the first bonding section and the second bonding section defines a supported region and an area of the piezoelectric vibrating element that is not supported by the first bonding section or the second bonding section defines a movable region, wherein a fluorocarbon resin film is formed on the movable region.

Claims (34)

1. A piezoelectric resonator comprising:

a package having a cavity;

a plurality of electrode pads disposed within the cavity;

a first bonding section disposed on one of the plurality of electrode pads;

a second bonding section disposed on another one of the plurality of electrode pads; and

a piezoelectric vibrating element having one end supported by the first bonding section and the second bonding section,

the piezoelectric vibrating element having:

a first face;

a second face mutually opposed to the first face;

a first electrode disposed on the first face, the first electrode electrically connecting to the first bonding section; and

a second electrode disposed on the second face, the second electrode electrically connecting to the second bonding section;

an area of the piezoelectric vibrating element supported by the first bonding section and the second bonding section defining a supported region, an area of the piezoelectric vibrating element that is not supported by the first bonding section or the second bonding section defining a movable region;

the first bonding section and the second bonding section including a first compound that has a siloxane bond; and

a fluorocarbon resin film being disposed on the movable region, the fluorocarbon resin film preventing adhesion of a second compound that has a siloxane bond, the second compound being generated from the first compound.

2. A piezoelectric resonator according to claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric vibrating element includes a piezoelectric substrate, the piezoelectric substrate being a quartz substrate.

3. A piezoelectric resonator according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon resin film is formed, within the movable region, in a manner to cover at least a region where the piezoelectric vibrating element vibrates.

4. A piezoelectric resonator according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon resin film is formed, within the movable region, in a manner to cover at least the first electrode and the second electrode.

5. A piezoelectric resonator according to claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric vibrating element has a predetermined first resonance frequency, and has a second resonance frequency lower by a predetermined frequency than the first resonance frequency as a result of forming the fluorocarbon resin film having a predetermined film thickness in a predetermined region of the piezoelectric vibrating element.

6. A piezoelectric resonator according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon resin film is formed from fluorocarbon resin material having water repellent property and oil repellent property.

7. A piezoelectric resonator according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon resin film is formed from a fluoropolyether base material.

8. A piezoelectric oscillator comprising the piezoelectric resonator recited in claim 1 and an oscillation circuit electrically connected thereto.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising the piezoelectric resonator recited in claim 1 .

10. A piezoelectric resonator comprising:

a piezoelectric vibrating element that has a supported region located at one end of the piezoelectric vibrating element, and that has a movable region; and

an adhesive including a first compound that has a siloxane bond,

a fluorocarbon resin being disposed on the movable region, the fluorocarbon resin film preventing adhesion of a second compound that has a siloxane bond, the second compound being generated from the first compound.

11. The piezoelectric resonator according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a package that surrounds the piezoelectric vibrating element and the adhesive.

12. The piezoelectric resonator according to claim 10 ,

the adhesive electrically connecting an electrode of the piezoelectric vibrating element and an electrode pad of the piezoelectric resonator, the adhesive being mounted on the supported region.

13. The piezoelectric resonator according to claim 1 , the first compound including silicone.

14. The piezoelectric resonator according to claim 13 , the second compound including dimethylsiloxane.

15. The piezoelectric resonator according to claim 10 , the first compound including silicone.

16. The piezoelectric resonator according to claim 15 , the second compound including dimethylsiloxane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2010
From: WADA, MITSUHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024072/0254 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-076055 · Mar 26, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100244630A1 · Sep 30, 2010