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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tamio Ikehashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunta Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Ryunosuke Gando, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Tomizawa, Tokyo, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a vibration device includes a first movable unit including first and second movable portions arranged in a direction parallel to a first axis and enabled to vibrate in the direction parallel to the first axis, a second movable unit enabled to vibrate in a direction parallel to a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a connection unit configured to connect the first and second movable units together, wherein the following relationship is satisfied>(1+1/(2))where a resonant frequency of the first movable unit in an in-phase mode is denoted by fi, a resonant frequency of the first movable unit in an anti-phase mode is denoted by fa, and a Q factor of resonance of the first movable unit in the anti-phase mode is denoted by Qa.