Surface mounting crystal oscillator

A surface mounting crystal oscillator comprising:

• a container body having a recess;
• a crystal blank having one end held on a step formed on an inner wall of said recess and functioning as a crystal unit;
• an IC chip secured on a bottom of said recess, said IC chip having integrated therein a first and a second capacitor connected to one and the other ends of said crystal unit, respectively, to form a resonance circuit, and an oscillation amplifying element for amplifying an oscillation frequency depending on said resonance circuit and feeding back the amplified oscillation frequency;
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• a metal cover for sealing an opening face of said recess,
• wherein a first stray capacitance produced between said crystal blank and said IC chip is connected in parallel with said first capacitor, and a second stray capacitance produced between said crystal blank and said metal cover is connected in parallel with said second capacitor, and
• a first gap defined between said crystal blank and said IC chip, and a second gap defined between said crystal blank and said metal cover are set in accordance with a changing amount of the oscillation frequency due to a change in said first stray capacitance and said second stray capacitance in a direction in which a change in an equivalent series capacitance is reduced as viewed from said crystal unit, while maintaining a spacing between said IC chip and said metal cover constant.