Temperature compensated piezoelectric ceramic resonator unit
AssigneeNippon Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Inoue, Sadayuki Takahashi
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Abstract
A thickness mode piezoelectric ceramic resonator is connected in series with a ceramic capacitor to form a piezoelectric ceramic resonator unit. When the ceramic capacitor has a capacitance Ca and the resonator is associated with a damped capacitor having a capacitance Co, these capacitances are related to each other by a relationship, Co.ltoreq.Ca.ltoreq.30 Co.
Claims7
A piezoelectric ceramic resonator unit comprising a thickness mode piezoelectric ceramic resonator and a ceramic capacitor connected in series with the resonator, wherein a capacitance Ca of said ceramic capacitor and a damped capacitance Co of said resonator have the following relationship Co.ltoreq.Ca.ltoreq.30Co, wherein (i) the temperature coefficient of said serially connected ceramic capacitor is different from that of said piezoelectric ceramic resonator;
- (ii) said ceramic capacitor has an aging characteristic such that the ratio of the capacitance Ca of said ceramic capacitor to the damped capacitance Co of said piezoelectric ceramic resonator, i.e. Ca/Co, increases as time elapses;
- and (iii) said ceramic capacitor has a positive temperature coefficient in its dielectric constant and a relatively small temperature dependent variation in its dielectric loss tangent.
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