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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120025922 | MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL-SYSTEM (MEMS) RESONATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A micro-electro-mechanical-system resonator, includes: a substrate; a fixed electrode formed on the substrate; and a movable electrode, arranged facing the fixed electrode and driven by an electrostatic attracting force or an electrostatic repulsion force that acts on a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120013413 | TIMING OSCILLATORS AND RELATED METHODS Timing oscillators as well as related methods and devices are described. A timing oscillator may include a mechanical resonating structure with major elements and minor elements coupled to the major element. The timing oscillator can generate stable signals with low pha... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007685 | RESONATOR ELEMENT, RESONATOR, AND OSCILLATOR A resonator element includes: at least one resonating arm extending, wherein the resonating arm has a mechanical resonance frequency which is higher than a thermal relaxation frequency thereof, the resonating arm has a groove portion, the groove portion includes a botto... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007684 | FLEXURAL RESONATOR ELEMENT, RESONATOR, OSCILLATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A crystal resonator element include a pair of resonating arms extending from a base, the resonating arms includes a groove, a slope portion is formed in a connection portion of the resonating arms to the base so that a distance between the groove and the outer edge of e... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120001700 | RESONATOR A method of manufacturing a MEMS resonator formed from a first material having a first Young's modulus and a first temperature coefficient of the first Young's modulus, and a second material having a second Young's modulus and a second temperature coefficient of the sec... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110309891 | MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL RESONATOR GEOMETRY A micro-electromechanical resonator suspended from an anchor. The resonator has: a length; a first width at a first distance from the anchor; and a second width at a second, greater distance from the anchor. The second width is greater than the first width, and the widt... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110260802 | PARAMETRIC FEEDBACK OSCILLATORS A parametric feedback oscillator includes a resonator which has at least one transduction element and at least one electromechanical resonating element. The resonator is configured to accept as input a parametric excitation signal at a frequency 2ω0 a... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110241790 | Tuning-Fork Type Crystal Vibrating Piece Device and Manufacturing the Same A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric device comprising steps of preparing a base wafer (S122, S124) having a plurality of bases having a first bonding film formed on surrounding of the bases and first dents (66) formed adjacent to and contacte... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110234329 | PACKAGE MARKING METHOD, PACKAGE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE Provided are a package marking method capable of printing a clean marking without impairing the reliability, a package manufactured by the method, a piezoelectric vibrator, and an oscillator, an electronic device, and a radio-controlled timepiece having the piezoelectri... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110227658 | RESONATOR ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A resonator element which can achieve a reduction in size while maintaining vibration characteristics, and a piezoelectric device and an electronic device, are to be provided. A quartz crystal resonator element has a base portion, a pair of arm portions extending from t... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228643 | VACUUM PACKAGE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VACUUM PACKAGE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE Provided are a vacuum package and a method for manufacturing the vacuum package having excellent airtightness and capable of improving mounting strength, and a piezoelectric vibrator, an oscillator, an electronic device, and a radio-controlled timepiece. The package inc... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227660 | RESONATOR ELEMENT, RESONATOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A resonator element includes: a base portion, a first resonating arm that is extended from the base portion along a first direction, and a second resonating arm that is extended from the base portion along a first direction opposite to the first resonating arm, wherein ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227659 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A quartz crystal vibrator element having the weight section is provided with the intermediate weight section formed to have an arm width W1 larger (thicker) than the arm width W of the vibrating arm section and smaller (thinner) than the arm width W2 of th... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227657 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, SENSOR DEVICE, SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A vibrator element includes: a base part; and a vibrating arm extended from the base part in a first direction, the vibrating arm including a first region, a second region, and a third region sequentially arranged from the base part side in the first direction, the firs... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110221536 | MEMS DEVICE AND OSCILLATOR A MEMS device includes a substrate, a cavity formed above the substrate, a first vibrator contained in the cavity, and a second vibrator contained in the cavity and having a natural frequency different from that of the first vibrator. The first vibrator and the second v... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110221310 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PACKAGE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE Provided are a method of manufacturing a package capable of forming a penetration electrode without conduction defects while maintaining the airtightness of a cavity, a piezoelectric vibrator manufactured by the manufacturing method, and an oscillator, an electronic app... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110210800 | MICROMECHANICAL RESONATOR The object of the invention is to provide an improved structure for a microelectromechanical (MEMS) resonator. According to a first aspect of the invention, the resonator structure in accordance with the invention has a characteristic frequency of oscillation in combina... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110210801 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A RESONANT MEMS DEVICE A micromechanical resonator device and a method for measuring a temperature are disclosed. In one aspect, the device has a resonator body, an excitation module, a control module, and a frequency detection module. The resonator body is adapted to resonate separately in a... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110204985 | RESONATOR ELEMENT, RESONATOR, OSCILLATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A resonator element capable of improving impact resistance is provided. A quartz crystal resonator element is a resonator element formed by etching a Z plate which is cut at predetermined angles with respect to the crystal axes of a quartz crystal. The quartz crystal re... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110187470 | VIBRATING MEMBER, VIBRATING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A vibrating member includes a base portion, a plurality of vibrating arms which extend from one end portion of the base portion, are provided in parallel in a first direction, and extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a linking portion which... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110169583 | OSCILLATOR HAVING REDUCED SENSITIVITY TO ACCELERATION An oscillator includes resonator portions each mounted to a substrate via one or more mountings at one end and having an active resonance region defined between a set of electrodes. Each resonator portion has a longitudinal axis directed along the resonator portion from... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110164473 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR A piezoelectric vibrator includes a base substrate and a lid substrate which are bonded to each other with a cavity formed therebetween; a piezoelectric vibrating reed which has a pair of vibration arm portions extending in parallel and is mounted on the base substrate ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110163817 | RESONATOR AND OSCILLATOR USING SAME There is provided with a resonator which can correct the resonance frequency of a vibrator in a wide range and with a high accuracy and also provided with an oscillator using the resonator. In the resonator configured by the vibrator 101, electrodes 4, 5 d... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110148538 | Crystal device An object is to provide a crystal device in which an influence due to an electroconductive adhesive is reduced, and vibration characteristics of a crystal piece are favourably maintained. A configuration is such that in a crystal device including: a container main body ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110133847 | PACKAGE AND VIBRATING DEVICE USING THE SAME A vibrating device includes: a package having an internal space; and a vibrating reed housed in the internal space of the package, wherein the package has a porous portion formed of a communication hole communicating between the internal space and the outside and a poro... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110128083 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL RESONANT STRUCTURE HAVING IMPROVED ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS The present disclosure is directed to a MEMS resonant structure, provided with a substrate of semiconductor material; a mobile mass suspended above the substrate and anchored to the substrate by constraint elements to be free to oscillate at a resonance frequency; and a... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110084776 | VIBRATING REED, VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A vibrating reed includes: a base; and a vibrating arm which is extended from one end portion of the base, the vibrating arm having an arm portion which is disposed on the base side, a weight portion which is disposed on a tip side of the arm portion and has a larger wi... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110063040 | Method of manufacturing piezoelectric resonator, piezoelectric resonator, and electronic component To provide a piezoelectric resonator in which a casing houses a tuning-fork piezoelectric resonator element and whose failure occurrence caused when shavings of adjustment films scatter and adhere to excitation electrodes is prevented. In a method of manufacturing a qua... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110057733 | Oscillator apparatus An apparatus including a resonator electrode and a second electrode separated from the resonator electrode by a gap having a size that facilitates electron transfer across the gap, wherein the resonator electrode is a resonator electrode mounted for oscillatory motion r... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110057734 | Oscillator Apparatus An apparatus including a resonator electrode and a second electrode separated from the resonator electrode by a gap having a size that facilitates electron transfer across the gap, wherein the resonator electrode is a resonator electrode mounted for oscillatory motion r... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20100327693 | MINIATURE MECHANICAL RESONATOR DEVICE Novel configurations for a miniature vibrating beam mechanical resonator provide low energy transfer to a supporting structure and low sensitivity to mounting misalignment. A symmetric suspended portion includes two vibrating beams that vibrate normal to a quiescent pla... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100219898 | RESONATOR ELEMENT AND OSCILLATOR A resonator element includes: a resonating body having a first region and a second region, the first region receiving a compression stress or an extension stress by a vibration, the second region receiving an extension stress responding to the compression stress in the ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20090167450 | Oscillating current converter [Problem] To provide an oscillating current converter fabricated by utilizing the MEMS technology making it possible to further decrease the size yet improving the conversion efficiency. [Means for Solution] An oscillating current converter... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090153258 | MEMS resonator array structure and method of operating and using same Each one of resonators arranged in an N×M MEMS array structure includes substantially straight elongated beam sections connected by curved/rounded sections and is mechanically coupled to at least one adjacent resonator of the array via a coupling section, each elongate... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20080204153 | OSCILLATOR Provided is an oscillator including: a MEMS resonator for mechanically vibrating; an output oscillator circuit for oscillating at a resonance frequency of the MEMS resonator to output an oscillation signal; and a MEMS capacitor for changing a capacitance thereof caused ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080084251 | Tuning-Fork Type Piezoelectric Vibrating Piece and Oscillator A tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrating piece, comprising: a base unit having a base electrode for an external connection; a fork shaped arm unit extending from the base unit; a groove portion at least on a surface or a rear surface of the arm unit; a groove electrod... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20070257741 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus comprises at least one quartz crystal oscillator comprised of a quartz crystal oscillating circuit having a quartz crystal resonator, an amplifier, at least one resistor, and capacitors. The quartz crystal resonator comprises a quartz crystal tun... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070085615 | Tuning fork shaped crystal oscillator and method of fabrication thereof The present invention provides a tuning fork shaped oscillator, an angular velocity sensor element, and an angular velocity sensor with improved breaking strength with respect to CI and drive power, CI stability, and frequency stability. The present invention relates to... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20050083138 | PLL circuit A PLL circuit in which a phase offset between a reference clock and a feedback clock is reduced. PLL circuit 10 includes a dummy phase comparator 16 that simulates a phase comparator 11 and has a pair of comparison inputs to which the reference cloc... | 04/21/2005 |
