# US 10,319,867 B2 · Electronic component, manufacturing method of electronic component, and electronic equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,319,867 B2 - Document ID: US10319867B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/914,131 - Filed: 2018-03-07 - Published: 2018-09-20 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-17 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yu Katase; Tadashi Kosaka; Koichi Shimizu; Shuichi Chiba; Kazuya Notsu; Yoshifumi Murakami - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10319867B2 ## CPC - H10F 77/50: Encapsulations or containers (for photovoltaic modules H10F19/80) - H10F 39/804: {Containers or encapsulations} - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - H10H 20/0363: {of optical field-shaping means} - H10H 20/855: Optical field-shaping means, e.g. lenses - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS ## Abstract Provided is an electronic component including: a base member; an electronic device fixed on the base member; and a lid member arranged over the electronic device and fixed on the base member. A primary material of the lid member is a crystal quartz, the lid member has two primary faces opposing to the electronic device and four side faces, and each of the four side faces is a wet-etched face that is not parallel to an optical axis of the crystal quartz. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic component comprising: a base member; an electronic device fixed on the base member; and a lid member arranged over the electronic device and fixed on the base member, wherein a primary material of the lid member is a crystal quartz, wherein the lid member has two primary faces opposing to the electronic device and four side faces, and wherein each of the four side faces is a wet-etched face that is not parallel to an optical axis of the crystal quartz. ### Claim 2 An electronic component comprising: a base member; an electronic device fixed on the base member; and a lid member arranged over the electronic device and fixed on the base member, wherein a primary material of the lid member is a crystal quartz, wherein the lid member has two primary faces opposing to the electronic device and four side faces, wherein none of the four side faces is parallel to an optical axis of the crystal quartz, and wherein at least one of the four side faces is not perpendicular to the two primary faces. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein each of the two primary faces has a quadrilateral shape, and wherein the four side faces correspond to four sides of one of the two primary faces, respectively. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein each of two side faces of the four side faces forms an angle greater than or equal to 85 degrees and less than or equal to 95 degrees relative to the optical axis of the crystal quartz. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic component according to claim 4, wherein the two side faces correspond to the longer sides of the two primary faces. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein, of the two primary faces, a primary face on the electronic device side forms an angle greater than or equal to 40 degrees and less than or equal to 50 degrees relative to the optical axis of the crystal quartz. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein each of two side faces of the four side faces forms an angle greater than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 60 degrees relative to the optical axis of the crystal quartz. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein a cross section of the lid member in a direction perpendicular to the two primary faces is a hexagon. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein a cross section of the lid member in a direction perpendicular to the two primary faces is a parallelogram which is not a rectangle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein a cross section of the lid member in a plane perpendicular to the two primary faces is a trapezoid which is not a parallelogram. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic component according to claim 10, wherein the longer side of bases of the trapezoid is included in a primary face of the two primary faces which is on the electronic device side. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The electronic component according to claim 10, wherein the shorter side of bases of the trapezoid is included in a primary face of the two primary faces which is on the electronic device side. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The electronic component according to claim 8, wherein, of the four side faces, two side faces through which the cross section passes are not perpendicular to the optical axis of the crystal quartz. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein each of the two primary faces forms an angle greater than or equal to −5 degrees and less than or equal to +5 degrees relative to the optical axis of the crystal quartz. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic component according to claim 14, wherein each of the four side faces forms an angle greater than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 60 degrees relative to the optical axis of the crystal quartz. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein the lid member has a thickness greater than or equal to 0.2 mm and less than or equal to 1.0 mm in a direction perpendicular to the two primary faces. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein the electronic device is an image pickup device or a display device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) Electronic equipment comprising: the electronic component according to claim 1; and a casing in which the electronic component is embedded. ### Claim 19 (depends on 2) Electronic equipment comprising: the electronic component according to claim 2; and a casing in which the electronic component is embedded. ### Claim 20 A manufacturing method of a lid member of a package for mounting an electronic device, the manufacturing method comprising: preparing a crystal quartz plate having two primary faces and four side faces; and wet-etching the four side faces, wherein none of the four side faces is parallel to an optical axis of a crystal quartz.