Piezoelectric resonator and method of adjusting resonant frequency thereof
First Claim
1. A piezoelectric resonator including:
- a base member having a longitudinal direction;
a plurality of inner electrodes disposed substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of said base member at intervals in the longitudinal direction of said base member; and
a first external electrode and a second external electrode located on a surface of said base member and connected to said plurality of electrodes;
whereinsaid base member includes a plurality of laminated piezoelectric layers polarized in the longitudinal direction of said base member;
said plurality of inner electrodes are located on surfaces of said plurality of piezoelectric layers so as to be substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said base member;
a cut is provided in an intermediate portion of said base member so that the cut extends along a longitudinal direction thereof and across a plurality of the inner electrodes and a plurality of the piezoelectric layers, the cut being arranged to adjust the resonant frequency of the piezoelectric resonator.
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Abstract
A piezoelectric resonator having a small spurious resonance and a large difference .increment.F between the resonant frequency and the antiresonant frequency is constructed that a resonant frequency or antiresonant frequency can be easily and accurately adjusted to a low frequency. The piezoelectric resonator has a base member which includes a plurality of laminated piezoelectric layers and a plurality of inner electrodes disposed substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the base member. The plurality of piezoelectric layers are polarized in the longitudinal direction of the base member. A first external electrode and a second external electrode are located on a surface of the base member and connected to the plurality of electrodes. The resonant frequency of the piezoelectric resonator is adjusted by cutting an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the base member.
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17 Claims
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1. A piezoelectric resonator including:
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a base member having a longitudinal direction; a plurality of inner electrodes disposed substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of said base member at intervals in the longitudinal direction of said base member; and a first external electrode and a second external electrode located on a surface of said base member and connected to said plurality of electrodes;
whereinsaid base member includes a plurality of laminated piezoelectric layers polarized in the longitudinal direction of said base member; said plurality of inner electrodes are located on surfaces of said plurality of piezoelectric layers so as to be substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said base member; a cut is provided in an intermediate portion of said base member so that the cut extends along a longitudinal direction thereof and across a plurality of the inner electrodes and a plurality of the piezoelectric layers, the cut being arranged to adjust the resonant frequency of the piezoelectric resonator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of adjusting a resonant frequency of piezoelectric resonator including a base member having a longitudinal direction, a plurality of inner electrodes disposed substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the base member at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the base member, a first external electrode and a second external electrode located on a surface of said base member and connected to the plurality of electrodes, the base member including a plurality of laminated piezoelectric layers which are polarized in the longitudinal direction of said base member, and the plurality of inner electrodes being located on surfaces of the plurality of piezoelectric layers so as to be substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the base member;
- the method comprising a step of cutting an intermediate portion of the base member along the longitudinal direction of the base member so that the cut extends across a plurality of the inner electrodes and a plurality of the piezoelectric layers in order to adjust a resonant frequency of the piezoelectric resonator.
- View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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