Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a tuning-fork resonator having prongs, a supporting substrate having the tuning-fork resonator mounted thereon, and a casing accommodating the tuning-fork resonator. The base ends of the prongs constitute a base. A principal surface of the supporting substrate and a principal surface of the tuning-fork resonator are opposed to each other. The supporting substrate supports the prongs at the base so that the prongs vibrate. The supporting substrate has a first slit. The first slit is open at one end substantially in the center of a side that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the prongs, extends in the longitudinal direction of the prongs, and divides the supporting substrate into substrate components corresponding to the prongs. The substrate components are fixed to the casing at non-vibrating portions present in two sides extending in the longitudinal direction of the prongs.

Abstract: A tuning fork vibrator includes a long plate-shaped vibration unit having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a base disposed at one end of the second principal surface of the vibration unit in the longitudinal direction, and a slit for dividing the vibration unit into two legs defining a tuning fork along the longitudinal direction symmetrically in the width direction of the vibration unit. The slit is formed so as to include a portion of the base in the vicinity to the vibration unit.

Abstract: A vibrator that produces bending vibration with both ends unsupported is mounted on one principal surface of a mounting board, and a driving-and-detecting circuit component is also mounted to cross over an antinode center line of bending vibration of the mounting board due to resonance. The original self-resonance frequency of bending vibration of the mounting board itself is lower than the frequency of bending vibration of the vibrator. The modified self-resonance frequency of bending vibration of the mounting board when the vibrator and the driving-and-detecting circuit component are mounted thereon is higher than the original self-resonance frequency, and does not coincide with the frequency of bending vibration of the vibrator.

Abstract: A tuning fork vibrator includes a long plate-shaped vibration unit having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a base disposed at one end of the second principal surface of the vibration unit in the longitudinal direction, and a slit for dividing the vibration unit into two legs defining a tuning fork along the longitudinal direction symmetrically in the width direction of the vibration unit. The slit is formed so as to include a portion of the base in the vicinity to the vibration unit.

Abstract: A tuning fork vibrator includes a long plate-shaped vibration unit having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a base disposed at one end of the second principal surface of the vibration unit in the longitudinal direction, and a slit for dividing the vibration unit into two legs defining a tuning fork along the longitudinal direction symmetrically in the width direction of the vibration unit. The slit is formed so as to include a portion of the base in the vicinity to the vibration unit.

Abstract: A vibrator that produces bending vibration with both ends unsupported is mounted on one principal surface of a mounting board, and a driving-and-detecting circuit component is also mounted to cross over an antinode center line of bending vibration of the mounting board due to resonance. The original self-resonance frequency of bending vibration of the mounting board itself is lower than the frequency of bending vibration of the vibrator. The modified self-resonance frequency of bending vibration of the mounting board when the vibrator and the driving-and-detecting circuit component are mounted thereon is higher than the original self-resonance frequency, and does not coincide with the frequency of bending vibration of the vibrator.