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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
Yukinori Sasaki, Hyogo, JP;
Tetsuro Shimamura, Kyoto, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A piezoelectric vibrator using thickness mode as the primary vibration and having a cross section of a bevel or convex configuration is provided which is superior in mechanical strength, easy to steadily mount, and has a small dispersion of characteristic. By employing a structure in which a vibrator,and a support section,are composed of the same material, the end portions of the vibrator section are integrated with the support section on the periphery of the vibrator, and the configuration of the cross section of the vibrator,is such that the thicknesses of the end portions of the vibrator are smaller than that of the central portion of the vibrator, a superior mechanical strength without chipping or cracking at the end portions of the vibrator is obtained allowing easy mounting while keeping the vibrator size small. The structure provides an added effect of a small dispersion of characteristic because the end portions of the vibrator are not exposed and the dispersion of the precision of working such as chipping and surface roughness at the end portions of the vibrator is small.