Vibration device and method for manufacturing vibration device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTerunao HANAOKA
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Abstract
A vibration device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first electrode provided on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a protective layer provided on the first surface and covering an end section of the first surface; and a vibration element having a vibration section, a mass adjusting section located on the vibration section and a second electrode. The vibration element is mounted on the first surface with the first electrode and the second electrode connected together, in a manner that the mass adjusting section is located in an area that overlaps the protective layer in a plan view, and a part of the vibration element is disposed at a position that does not overlap the first surface in a plan view.
Claims6
A vibration device comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- a first electrode provided on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate;
- a protective layer provided on the first surface and covering an end section of the first surface;
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- a vibration element having a vibration section, a mass adjusting section located on the vibration section and a second electrode,
- the vibration element being mounted on the first surface with the first electrode and an external connection terminal being connected to the second electrode connected together, the mass adjusting section being located in an area that overlaps the protective layer in a plan view, and a part of the vibration element being disposed at a position that does not overlap the first surface in a plan view.
A method for manufacturing a vibration device including a vibration element having a vibration section and a mass adjustment section provided on the vibration section, and a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a protective layer provided on the first surface and covering an end section of the first surface, the method comprising:
- mounting the vibration element over the first surface;
- positioning the mass adjustment section in an area that overlaps the protective layer in a plan view;
- disposing a part of the vibration element at a position that does not overlap the first surface;
- connecting a first electrode and an external connection terminal provided on the first surface to a second electrode of the vibration element;
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- after mounting the vibration element, conducting frequency adjustment by adjusting the mass of the mass adjusting section through irradiating a laser beam at the mass adjusting section of the vibration element so that the vibration section of the vibration element has a specified value of resonance frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.