Tuning fork-type crystal vibrator
US6949870B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03H9/21
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tuning fork-type crystal vibrator is provided that has improved CI and shock resistance. The tuning fork-type crystal vibrator includes a tuning fork-shaped crystal element made of a pair of tuning fork arms having grooves in their principal surfaces, and a tuning fork base portion from which the pair of tuning fork arms extends, an outer shape of the tuning fork-shaped crystal element being processed by etching. The tuning fork-type crystal vibrator has a protrusion, formed due to anisotropy of said etching, on a +X surface of the lateral faces of the tuning fork-shaped crystal element, and a first slanted portion rising from a −X direction in a +X direction formed in a tuning fork slit. A tip of the tuning fork slit on a principal surface side is shifted in +X direction from a center line bisecting the tuning fork-shaped crystal element in a width direction to a position at which tuning fork vibrations of the pair of tuning fork arms are balanced.
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