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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dual tuning fork type vibrating reed having a small size and high sensitivity. SOLUTION: The dual tuning fork type vibrating reed 100 is such that a first vibration arm part 10 has a first region 12, and a second region 14 and a third region 16 aligned in due order in a direction from a first base end 30 toward a second base end 40; a second vibration arm part 20 has a fourth region 22, a fifth region 24 and a sixth region 26 aligned, in this order, in a direction from the first base end 30 toward the second base end 40; first exciting electrodes 110 connected mutually electrically are formed on front and rear surfaces of the first region 12, both side faces of the second region 14, front and rear surfaces of the third region 16, both side faces of the fourth region 22, front and rear surfaces of the fifth region 24 and both side faces of the sixth region 26; and a second exciting electrodes 120 mutually connected electrically are formed on both the side faces of the first region 12, front and rear surfaces of the second region 14, both side faces of the third region 16, the front and rear surfaces of the fourth region 22, both the side faces of the fifth region 24 and front and rear surfaces of the sixth region 26. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a physical quantity detector diagnosing abnormality more reliably, to provide a method of controlling the physical quantity detector, and to provide a system and a method for diagnosing abnormality. SOLUTION: An angular velocity detector 1 (one example of the physical quantity detectors) includes: a gyrosensor element 100 (one example of physical quantity detection elements) for generating a detection signal corresponding to the magnitude of angular velocity (one example of physical quantities) and a leakage signal of vibration based on a drive signal (square wave voltage signal 22) in a detection electrode; a drive circuit 20 for generating a drive signal; a synchronous detection circuit 350 for performing synchronous detection to a signal 36 to be detected including a detection signal and a leakage signal, based on a detection signal 34 in synchronization with the drive signal; and a phase change circuit 352 for changing relative timing of at least one of rising and falling of the detection signal 34 to the signal 36 to be detected so that at least one portion of the leakage signal is outputted by synchronous detection, based on a control signal 64. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
An inverted mesa-type quartz crystal resonator element includes a rotated AT-cut quartz crystal substrate, the substrate having edges parallel to each of a Z" axis obtained by rotating a Z' axis in a range of -120° to +60° about a Y' axis and an X' axis perpendicular to the Z" axis when an angle formed by rotating a +Z' axis in a direction of a +X axis about the Y' axis is a positive rotation angle; a thin section that forms a resonating section; and a thick section adjacent to the resonating section, the thin section and the thick section being formed on the quartz crystal substrate by wet etching. The thin section is formed either on a main surface of the substrate corresponding to a +Y'-axis side or on a main surface of the substrate corresponding to a -Y'-axis side. An amount of residues on the etched surface varies depending on various cutting-out angles because of the anisotropy of the crystallographic orientation of the crystal. The reduction of residues appearing between the thin section, which is the resonating section, and the thick section increases an occupancy of the resonating section. Providing the connection electrode along the direction can suppress influence of stress imposed to the substrate through a support portion. Selected shapes of electrode patterns allow maintaining a defined space of an overlapping region, thereby reducing differences in oscillation characteristics in mass production.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a means for small-sizing a contour shape of a high frequency piezoelectric vibrator. SOLUTION: A recessed part 2 is formed on one principal surface of a crystal substrate 1, an electrode 3 is disposed almost in the center of an opposite plane side, a lead electrode 4 extends from the electrode 3 to a terminal part of the crystal substrate 1 and is connected with a pad electrode 5 provided in a thick part of an annular surrounding portion of the crystal substrate 1, and a full-surface electrode 6 is deposited to the recessed side of the crystal substrate 1, thereby constituting a high frequency piezoelectric vibrator. In addition, in the thick annular surrounding portion, a thick part α of the annular surrounding portion of one side is formed smaller than other sides. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a SAW element and a SAW device, capable of effectively and sufficiently performing variable control of frequency. SOLUTION: In the SAW element 1, an IDT 3 for exciting SAW and heater electrodes 5a, 5b are provided on the main surface of a piezoelectric substrate 2 made of quartz, and the heater electrodes are disposed on both sides of a direction orthogonal to the SAW propagation direction for the IDT. When the frequency versus temperature characteristic of the piezoelectric substrate is expressed by a quadratic curve or a cubic curve, the operation temperature range of the SAW element is set not to include an extremal value but allow the quadratic curve or cubic curve to always change in a negative direction for the rise in a temperature. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase an area of an excitation electrode, while making a vibrating arm short, and attain improvement in excitation efficiency and reduction in a CI value as well as miniaturization in a piezoelectric vibration chip of a bending vibration mode. SOLUTION: The vibrating arm 23 of the piezoelectric vibration chip 21 includes a first groove portion 27, extending from an arm portion 24 to an area of a wide spindle portion 25 at a tip of the vibrating arm, on each of top and reverse surfaces thereof, and a first excitation electrode 29 is formed on an internal surface thereof. The spindle portion includes a second bottomed groove portion 28, parallel with the first groove portion, on each of top and reverse surfaces at a part 26 protruding from a side face of the arm portion 24 along the width. A side face of the second groove portion which is adjacent to the first groove portion is formed continuously in level with the side face of the arm portion without any step, and a second excitation electrode 30 is formed continuously on the side face and the side face of the arm part. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT