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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, , JP;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a vibrator device including a base portion having a first surface, a support portion protruding from the first surface in a normal direction of the first surface, and a vibrating arm that extends from the support portion along the first surface and that has a gap with the first surface, the method including: preparing a single crystal silicon substrate having a flat plate shape; forming, by dry etching, at least two bottomed long grooves arranged at a predetermined interval on a second surface which is one surface of the silicon substrate; and forming the vibrating arm between the second surface and a bottom surface of the long groove in a thickness direction of the silicon substrate by wet etching side surfaces of the long groove and communicating the two long grooves with each other.