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Composite piezoelectric vibrator with trapezoidal cross section
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-08-01
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Granted: 1986-10-14
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Expires: 2005-08-01
Abstract
Abstract A piezoelectric vibrator capable of vibrating in an expansion mode of vibration comprising a piezoelectric vibrating element, composed of a vibrateable substrate, made of a constant elastic metal, a thin film of piezoelectric material and an exciting electrode layer. The substrate has a generally trapezoidal cross-sectional representation, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation of vibrations, with one of the opposite surfaces thereof adjacent the thin film being greater than the other of said opposite surfaces.
Inventors
- 👤 Takeshi Nakamura
- 👤 Ikuo Matsumoto
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 06:25
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H9/00; H03H9/15; H03H9/17; H03H9/171; H03H9/172
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
In a piezoelectric vibrator capable of vibrating in an expansion mode of vibration comprising a piezoelectric vibrating element, composed of a vibrateable substrate, made of a constant elastic metal, a thin film of piezoelectric material and an exciting electrode layer, the improvement wherein the substrate has a generally trapezoidal cross-sectional representation, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation of vibrations, with one of the opposite surfaces thereof adjacent the thin film being greater than the other of said opposite surfaces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
84 words
In a piezoelectric vibrator capable of vibrating in an expansion mode of vibration comprising a piezoelectric vibrating element, composed of a vibrateable substrate, made of a constant elastic metal, a thin film of piezoelectric material and an exciting electrode layer, the improvement wherein the substrate has a generally trapezoidal cross-sectional representation, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation of vibrations, with one of the opposite surfaces thereof adjacent the thin film being greater than the other of said opposite surfaces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A piezoelectric vibrator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the cross-sectional representation, the length of a value equal to 0.5 times the difference between respective widths of the opposite surfaces of the vibrateable substrate is selected to be 10% or greater than the thickness of the substrate.
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