Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Kumano

Toru Kizu

Hiroaki Kaida

Takashi Hase

Koki Sai

Mitsuhiro Yamada

Yuuki Ooi

Hayato Sasaki

Taiki Goto

Kaiza Makino

A quartz vibration element that includes: a quartz plate having first and second principal surfaces; first and second driving electrodes on the first and second principal surfaces, respectively, wherein when an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis are defined as crystallographic axes of a quartz crystal of the quartz plate, an X'-axis and a Y′-axis are obtained by rotating the X-axis and the Y-axis about the Z-axis by a rotation angle φ, and a Y″-axis and a Z′-axis are obtained by rotating the Y′-axis and the Z-axis about the X′-axis by a rotation angle θ, the first and second principal surfaces are perpendicular to the Y″-axis, and when one of the first or second principal surfaces is viewed in plan and an angle ψ is between the X-axis and a long side of the quartz plate, the quartz plate satisfies both Ψ=α×φ×θ and −0.0165−0.016≤α≤−0.0165+0.016 or +0.0165−0.016≤α≤+0.0165+0.016.

Quartz vibration element and manufacturing method of quartz vibration element

A vibrator, a vibrating element and a method for producing the vibrating element may include vibrating piece having a central portion and a peripheral portion. The vibrator, the vibrating element and the method may further include a pair of excitation electrodes provided on a first side and a second side of a main surface of the central portion. The vibrator, the vibrating element and the method may further include a pair of connection electrodes provided on the peripheral portion and electrically connected to the pair of excitation electrodes. The vibrator, the vibrating element and the method may further include a substrate configured to be connected to the pair of connection electrodes via an electrically-conductive holding member interposed therebetween and configured to support the vibration element in an excitable manner.

Vibration element, vibrator, and method for producing vibration element with a vibrating piece having a protruding part for improved vibration characteristics

The vibration substrate having a main surface extending parallel to a first direction and a second direction that are orthogonal to each other, and that includes a main body region having a vibrating portion at least in a part thereof and at least one holding region arranged side by side with the main body region along the first direction. The at least one holding region including a holding portion and a beam portion connecting the holding portion and the main body region. The beam portion includes a first arm portion extending from the holding portion along the first direction, a second arm portion extending along the second direction from an end portion of the first arm portion on a side thereof opposite to the holding portion, and a connection portion connecting the second arm portion and the main body region.

Vibration substrate having a pair of holding portions and a beam portion connecting the holding portions, vibrator, and vibrator unit

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