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Piezoelectric resonator using 165° Y-cut LiNbO3
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1984-05-23
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Granted: 1986-04-15
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Expires: 2004-05-23
Abstract
Abstract A piezoelectric resonator with a rectangular parallelepiped resonator. A lithium niobate single crystal is used as the resonator chip material. Each of the opposed main surfaces of the resonator chip is arranged to be a surface of a rotated Y-cut plate which is rotated 165±5 degrees about an X-axis. The angle of the longitudinal direction of the resonator chip is arranged to be 90±5 degrees with respect to the X-axis of the rotated Y-cut plate.
Inventors
- 👤 Sumio Yamada
- 👤 Yoshiro Fujiwara
- 👤 Noboru Wakatsuki
- 👤 Yuji Kojima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 06:08
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H9/00; H03H9/15; H03H9/17; H03H9/177; H03H9/02; H03H9/02007; H03H9/02015; H03H9/02031; H03H9/05; H03H9/0538; H03H9/0547; H03H9/10; H03H9/1007; H03H9/1014
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A piezoelectric resonator comprising; a rectangular parallelepiped resonator chip of a lithium niobate single crystal, wherein opposed main surfaces of said resonator chip are surfaces of a rotated Y-cut plate which is rotated 165±5 degrees about an X-axis, and the angle of the longitudinal direction of said resonator chip is arranged to be 90±5 degrees with respect to the X-axis of said rotated Y-cut plate; and an electrode on each said main surface of said resonator chip, at the center portion of each said main surface with respect to the longitudinal direction thereof, and covering the entire width thereof at said portion, so as to constitute a strip type resonator element; wherein the ratio L/H is larger than 8, in which L represents the length of said resonator chip and H represents the thickness of said resonator chip.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A piezoelectric resonator comprising; a rectangular parallelepiped resonator chip of a lithium niobate single crystal, wherein opposed main surfaces of said resonator chip are surfaces of a rotated Y-cut plate which is rotated 165±5 degrees about an X-axis, and the angle of the longitudinal direction of said resonator chip is arranged to be 90±5 degrees with respect to the X-axis of said rotated Y-cut plate; and an electrode on each said main surface of said resonator chip, at the center portion of each said main surface with respect to the longitudinal direction thereof, and covering the entire width thereof at said portion, so as to constitute a strip type resonator element; wherein the ratio L/H is larger than 8, in which L represents the length of said resonator chip and H represents the thickness of said resonator chip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 1, wherein the ratio W/H is less than 1.3 or between 2.5 and 4.3, in which W represents the width of said resonator chip.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 2, wherein the ratio W/H is between 0.9 and 1.3 or 3.2 and 3.8.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
127 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 1, wherein: a terminal electrode is provided at each of the longitudinal ends of said resonator chip of said strip type resonator element; said element is mounted on a base plate on which at least two terminals for exterior connection are provided; each said terminal electrode of said element is connected to a respective one of said terminals of said base plate, so as to constitute a strip type piezoelectric reconator; at least two capacitors are formed on said base plate so that said strip type resonator element is electrically connected in series with, and disposed between, the two capacitors; and said resonator element and said capacitors are enclosed and sealed by a cap disposed on said base plate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 4, wherein each of said two capacitors is a film type capacitor which comprises a lower electrode layer, an intermediate dielectric layer, and an upper electrode layer, said layers being superimposed on said base plate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
87 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 5, wherein each of said upper and lower electrode layers comprises an electrode portion and a lead terminal portion, with the electrode portion of the lower electrode layer being common to the two capacitors, said dielectric layer is disposed on said electrode portion of said lower electrode layer, two separated upper electrode portions are disposed on said dielectric layer, and said upper and lower electrode layers have respective lead terminal portions extending toward one edge of said base plate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 6, wherein each of the two separated upper electrode layers is used as each of said two terminals for outer connection of said base plate, so that each terminal electrode of said strip type resonator element is connected to one of the two upper electrode portions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 6 or 7, wherein said lead terminal portion of each said lower electrode layer is used as a ground terminal of the respective capacitor and said lead terminal portion of each said upper electrode layer is used as a respective signal terminal of the capacitor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 8, wherein said lead terminal portion of said lower electrode layer is disposed between the two lead terminal portions of said upper electrode layers along one edge of said base plate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 9, wherein each lead terminal portion extends to the rear side of said base plate through the side edge thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A piezoelectric resonator as set forth in claim 10, wherein a terminal of a device including said resonator is connected to each lead terminal portion of the capacitors.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The resonator of claim 4, wherein the ratio W/H is less than 1.3 or between 2.5 and 4.3, in which W represents the width of said resonator chip.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
The resonator of claim 4, wherein the ratio W/H is less than 1.3 or between 2.5 and 4.3, in which W represents the width of said resonator chip.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The resonator of claim 13, wherein the ratio W/H is between 0.9 and 1.3 or 3.2 and 3.8.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
The resonator of claim 6, wherein the ratio of the thickness t of the portions of said terminal electrode between said resonator chip and said terminals for exterior connection on said baseplate, to the thickness H of the resonator, is less than about 0.25.
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