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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuko Yokoi, Toyama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/108 ;
Abstract
A piezoelectric element vibrating in a longitudinal vibration mode includes external electrodes which are provided on front and back major surfaces of a piezoelectric substrate. Conductive sections are fixed onto nodal portions of the piezoelectric element on one of the major surfaces of the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric element is constructed such that a relationship T1/T is set at about 0.5 or less and a relationship L1/L is set at about 0.2 or less, where a thickness and a length of the piezoelectric element are T and L, respectively, and a thickness and a length of the support sections are T1 and L1, respectively.