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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
Makiko Sugiura, Hekinan, JP;
Hirofumi Higuchi, Okazaki, JP;
Makiko Sugiura, Hekinan, JP;
Hirofumi Higuchi, Okazaki, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic sensor device includes a substrate, a piezoelectric vibrator, and a Q-factor adjuster. The piezoelectric vibrator includes a pair of detection electrodes that face each other in a thickness direction of the substrate and a piezoelectric body interposed between the electrodes. The piezoelectric vibrator provides a membrane structure which is formed on a surface of the substrate and has rigidity lower than that of a remaining portion of the substrate. An ultrasonic wave is transmitted by the piezoelectric vibrator, and its reflected wave is received by the same piezoelectric vibrator. The Q-factor adjuster adjusts a Q-factor of the piezoelectric vibrator so that the Q-factor can be larger during a transmission period where the piezoelectric vibrator transmits the ultrasonic wave than during a reception period where the piezoelectric vibrator receives the ultrasonic wave.