Piezoelectric oscillator, method of producing the same, and electronic device using the piezoelectric oscillator
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkira Kato, Makoto Fujita, Akiyoshi Kinoshita, Ikuo Tamaru
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Abstract
A piezoelectric oscillator includes a piezoelectric element, and an oscillation circuit connected to one of two terminals of the piezoelectric element. One terminal of first capacitance element of which the other terminal is grounded is connected to at least one of the two terminals of the piezoelectric element. A series circuit including a resistor, which has adjustable resistance, can be adjusted and a second capacitance element is connected in parallel to the first capacitance element.
Claims8
A method of producing a piezoelectric oscillator including a piezoelectric resonator having first and second terminals, an oscillation circuit connected to the piezoelectric resonator, a first capacitance element having a first terminal connected to ground and a second terminal connected one of the first and second terminals of the piezoelectric resonator, and a series circuit including a resistor and a second capacitance element connected in parallel to the first capacitance element, wherein the other of the first and second terminals of said piezoelectric resonator is connected to one of an input side and an output side of said oscillation circuit, the method comprising the steps of:
- printing circuit elements for forming the series circuit including the resistor on a circuit substrate;
- mounting additional circuit elements on the circuit substrate;
- and
- trimming the resistor using a laser.
A method of producing a piezoelectric oscillator including a piezoelectric resonator having first and second terminals, an oscillation circuit connected to tile piezoelectric resonator, a first capacitance element having a first terminal connected to ground and a second terminal connected to one of the first and second terminals of the piezoelectric resonator, and a series circuit including a resistor and a second capacitance element connected in parallel to the first capacitance element, wherein the other of the first and second terminals of said piezoelectric resonator is connected to one of an input side and an output side of said oscillation circuit, the method comprising the steps of:
- mounting circuit elements for forming the series circuit including the resistor on the circuit substrate;
- printing additional circuit elements on the circuit substrate;
- and
- trimming the resistor by a laser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.