Abstract: A duplexer includes two surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters having different center frequencies, a phase matching circuit that matches phases of the two SAW filters, a package in which the SAW filters and the phase matching circuit are housed, the package having a die-attached layer on which a chip of the SAW filters is facedown mounted, and ground line patterns provided on the die-attached layer and an underlying layer that underlies the die-attached layer, the ground line patterns forming inductances.

Abstract: An oscillator includes a resonant circuit generating a resonant signal, a drive circuit that feeds back the resonant signal to the resonant circuit, and an output terminal connected to a given node of the resonant circuit, an oscillation signal of the oscillator being output via the output terminal.

Abstract: A micro-oscillation element includes a frame, a movable functional part, a driving mechanism, a beam extending from the functional part to the driving mechanism, and a torsion connector for connecting the frame and the beam to each other. The connector defines a rotational axis about which the functional part rotates. The rotational axis crosses the longitudinal direction of the beam. The beam is shorter than the functional part in the longitudinal direction of the rotational axis.

Abstract: A method is for manufacturing a microstructure having a thin-walled portion with use of a material substrate. The material substrate has a laminated structure which includes a first conductor layer 101, a second conductor layer 102, a third conductor layer 103, a first insulating layer 104 interposed between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer, and a second insulating layer 105 interposed between the second conductor layer and the third conductor layer. The first insulating layer is patterned to have a first masking part for covering a thin-wall forming region of the second conductor layer. The second insulating layer is patterned to have a second masking part for covering the thin-wall forming region of the second conductor layer.

Abstract: A duplexer includes two surface acoustic wave filters that are formed on one substrate, at least one of the two surface acoustic wave filters being a ladder filter. In this duplexer, the positional difference between the centers in the surface acoustic wave propagating direction of each two neighboring comb-like electrodes among comb-like electrodes that form series-arm resonators in the ladder filter is equal to or smaller than a fourth of the length in the propagating direction of the comb-like electrode having the larger number of pairs of electrode fingers of each two neighboring comb-like electrodes.

Abstract: A duplexer includes a ladder filter and a multimode filter that are formed on the same surface of a predetermined substrate. In this duplexer, a first comb-like electrode of the ladder filter and a second comb-like electrode of the multimode filter have the same layer structure with the same film thickness. The first comb-like electrode and the second comb-like electrode are formed with single-layer films mainly containing aluminum. The relationship among the film thickness h of the first comb-like electrode and the second comb-like electrode, the center frequency f1 of the frequency band of the ladder filter, and the center frequency f2 of the frequency band of the multimode filter, is expressed as: 300?h×f1?480 300?h×f2?430.

Abstract: An inertial sensor includes a sensing portion having a weight supported by beams, the weight being a movable portion, and a weight stopper that limits a movable range of the weight, the weight stopper being arranged in a vicinity of the weight with a given clearance and being a part of a substrate for the inertial sensor processed with MEMS techniques.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacity has an anode foil 2 having dielectric oxide layer 16 formed on surface thereof, a cathode foil 4 having whiskers 18 that are formed on surface thereof and hold carbide grains 17, a separator paper 6 and solid electrolytic layers 12 formed of a conducting polymer. The anode foil 2 and the cathode foil 4 were rolled together across the separator paper 6. The solid electrolytic layers 12 are formed between the anode foil 2 and the cathode foil 4. Thickness of a layer where the whiskers 18 hold the carbide grains 17 is 1 ?m to 5 ?m.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes: a substrate; a pair of reflection electrodes that are formed on the substrate; and drive electrodes that are interposed between the reflection electrodes. In this surface acoustic wave device, the pitches in each of the reflection electrodes vary according to a predetermined variation pattern. With this structure, the suppression on spurious signals and the shape factor (the sharpness of the cut-off region of the pass band) can be improved at the same time.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a surface acoustic wave filter element having a piezoelectric substrate on which comb-like electrodes are formed, and a package having a first cavity in which the surface acoustic wave filter is housed. The package includes a flexible chip mounting base having a first surface on which the surface acoustic wave filter is mounted and having a thickness equal to or less than 100 ?m.

Abstract: An oscillator includes a resonance circuit, and a feedback circuit coupled to the resonance circuit. The resonance circuit includes a main resonance element circuit, and a voltage dividing circuit that divides an output voltage of the main resonance element circuit and applies a divided voltage to the feedback circuit.

Abstract: A tunable capacitor includes a substrate, a stationary electrode and a movable electrode supported by the substrate, piezoelectric actuators that are supported by the substrate and drive the movable electrode, and a dielectric layer interposed between the stationary electrode and the movable electrode.

Abstract: A magnetic head supporting mechanism includes a fixing member, a piezoelectric element supported by the fixing member, and a head supporting member provided on the piezoelectric element, a magnetic head being supported by the head supporting member. An acceleration sensor is formed by the head supporting member and the piezoelectric element so as to be incorporated into the mechanism.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter includes a series-arm resonators and parallel-arm resonators that are connected in a ladder-like structure, each having an interdigital transducer formed on a piezoelectric substrate, and at least one of the series-arm resonators having a different static capacitance from the other series-arm resonators. In this surface acoustic wave filter, at least one of the series-arm resonators except the series-arm resonator located at the first stage in the ladder-like structure has a lower average resonant frequency than the other series-arm resonators.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device that has surface acoustic wave resonators connected in a multi-stage ladder arrangement, includes: two or more different pitches of comb-like drive electrodes of parallel-arm resonators (P1˜P3) and two or more different pitches of comb-like drive electrodes of series-arm resonators (S1˜S3); reflection electrodes (12, 14) placed at either side of a comb-like drive electrode having a pitch different from that of said comb-like drive electrode; and two or more different electrostatic capacitances of parallel-arm resonators and two or more different electrostatic capacitances of series-arm resonators.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a micro-structural unit is provided. By the method, micro-machining is performed on a material substrate including first through third conductive layers and two insulating layers, one of which is interposed between the first and the second conductive layers, and the other between the second and the third conductive layers. The method includes several etching steps performed on the layers of the material substrate that are different in thickness.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter includes series-arm resonators and parallel-arm resonators that are connected in a ladder-like fashion. This surface acoustic wave filter satisfies conditions expressed as: 1×106?4?2f02R2CopCos?3.1×106 where Cop is the electrostatic capacitance of the parallel-arm resonators, Cos is the electrostatic capacitance of the series-arm resonators, f0 is the center frequency, and R is the nominal impedance.

Abstract: Improvement on an insertion loss, as well as phase balance, is obtained in surface acoustic wave device.

Abstract: An oscillator includes a transistor having a collector receiving a power supply voltage, a first capacitor connected between a base and an emitter of the transistor, a second capacitor connected between the first capacitor and ground, a resistor connected between the collector and base of the transistor, a first inductor connected between the base of the transistor and ground, and a second inductor connected to the emitter of the transistor and the first inductor.

Abstract: By means of a fluid material discharge device of simple construction, a technique for fluid material discharge is provided which has few or no inadequate discharge, high productivity, and which enables easy modification and adjustment of the amount of fluid material discharge. The fluid material discharge device comprises a nozzle for discharge of fluid material and a filament-shape member inserted into the nozzle for use. The filament-shape member has a tip portion AA, which is exposed outside of the nozzle when no pressure is exerted on the tip of the filament-shape member, a portion BB which can be inserted into the nozzle, and a portion CC, on the side of the filament-shape member opposite the tip portion AA, and being bent from the portion BB. The spring structure of the filament-shape member is utilized to discharge fluid material.