Abstract: An electronic component includes an electronic component element having a substantially rectangular plate disposed between upper and lower case substrates in the form of substantially rectangular plates such that the upper and lower case substrates and the electronic component element are stacked and define an integral unit. Assuming that the length of the shorter sides and the length of the longer sides of the electronic component element are a0 and b0, respectively, and that the length of the shorter sides and the length of the longer sides of the lower case substrate 3 are a1 and b1, respectively, the relationships a0<a1 and b0<b1 are satisfied.

Abstract: An energy-trap piezoelectric resonator utilizing thickness extensional vibration includes a piezoelectric substrate and first and second resonance electrodes. The piezoelectric substrate is polarized in the thickness direction thereof and has first and second main surfaces. The first resonance electrode is partially disposed on the first main surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and the second resonance electrode is partially disposed on the second main surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The second resonance electrode is arranged to oppose the first resonance electrode with the piezoelectric substrate disposed therebetween and has an external dimension that is different from that of the first resonance electrode.

Abstract: A capacitor-included, chip-type piezoelectric resonator allows minute and highly precise adjustment of electrostatic capacitance and the resonance frequency after production of the piezoelectric resonator by laminating a piezoelectric element and dielectric substrates. The resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate laminated with dielectric substrates and external electrodes disposed on the laminate body. A plurality of external electrodes are arranged to extend from the outer major surface of the first dielectric substrate to the outer major surface of the second dielectric substrate along first and second side surfaces disposed opposite to each other. On the outer major surface of the second dielectric substrate, at least one external electrode is divided into first and second electrode portions.

Abstract: An energy-trapping piezoelectric resonator vibrates in a third-order wave of a thickness-extension vibration mode. The piezoelectric resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate polarized along its thickness. A ratio of the width W to the thickness T of the substrate is determined to be about 0.88.+-.5%, 1.06.+-.4%, 1.32.+-.5%, 1.80.+-.3%, 2.30.+-.3%, 2.69.+-.3%, 3.16.+-.2%, or 3.64.+-.2%. First and second electrodes are respectively disposed on the obverse and reverse surfaces of the substrate to cover the entire width and opposedly face each other at the central portion of the substrate in the longitudinal direction so as to form a resonance portion between the first and second electrodes.

Abstract: An electronic component is constructed to prevent damage and stripping off or separation at adhered portions thereof even if the component is exposed to abrupt temperature changes to thereby provide a highly reliable component. A piezoelectric vibrating element defining a first substrate and an electronic component case including a pair of substrates which are second substrates are adhered together through an adhesive layer so as to define a closed space. The adhesive layer includes a fillet portion which is arranged to extend along lateral walls of the recess to edges of the closed space to prevent separation at adhesion interface surfaces of the substrates.

Abstract: An energy-trap chip-type piezoelectric resonance component has a resonance part defined by first and second resonance electrodes which are formed on a pair of opposite surfaces of a piezoelectric plate so that vibrational energy of the resonance part is partially trapped, and first and second holding plates which are bonded to both sides of the pair of opposite surfaces through adhesive layers, and the adhesive layers are applied onto regions other than that provided with the resonance part for allowing vibration of the resonance part, while the same contain granular solids.