US 7,579,762 B2
Piezoelectric vibrating piece and piezoelectric vibrating device
Takehiro Takahashi, Sayama (Japan)
Assigned to Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/956,254.
Claims priority of application No. 2006-354725 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0157630 A1, Jul. 03, 2008
Int. Cl. H01L 41/047 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 310—364  [310/363; 310/346] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A piezoelectric vibrating piece having a first surface and a second surface at an opposing side of the first surface comprising:
a piezoelectric piece having a designated coefficient of thermal expansion;
a first electrode film having a bigger coefficient of thermal expansion than the designated coefficient of thermal expansion and formed on the first surface; and
a second electrode film having a smaller coefficient of thermal expansion than the designated coefficient of thermal expansion and formed on the second surface.