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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naohisa Obata, Minowa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/053 (2006.01); H03H 9/19 (2006.01); H03H 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 9/19 (2013.01); H03H 9/1021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A resonator element has a piezoelectric substrate including a vibration section and a thick section having a thickness which is thicker than that of the vibration section, and a pair of excitation electrodes provided on a surface and a back surface of the vibration section. In addition, the thick section has a second thick section provided along a second outer edge of the vibration section. The second thick section has an outer edge section intersecting with both axes of an X axis and a Z' axis in an end portion opposite to the fixing section in a plan view of the resonator element.