Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Tomiyama

Mitsuo Tomiyama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8898874
    Abstract: To fabricate a plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces while firmly preventing a defect, a crack, or a breakage from being brought about at a wafer in the midst of fabrication, there is provided a method of fabricating a piezoelectric vibrating piece which is a method of fabricating a plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces from a wafer S, the method including a film forming step of respectively forming metal films M on both faces of the wafer, a patterning step of removing a region of the metal film on an inner side of an outer peripheral end of the wafer by a constant distance H, thereafter, patterning the metal film M to outer shapes of the plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces, an outer shape forming step of forming outer shapes of the plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces at the wafer a size of which is reduced by an amount of the constant distance by selectively removing the wafer by wet etching by constituting a mask by the patterned metal film, and a removing step of removing the m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: SII Crystal Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tomiyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Sugama
  • Patent number: 8104154
    Abstract: To efficiently fabricate a high quality piezoelectric vibrating piece regardless of an accuracy of an outer shape of a wafer, there is provided a method of fabricating a plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces at a time utilizing a wafer S, the method including a step of forming two or more of through holes 40 and forming outer shapes of a plurality of piezoelectric plates 10 simultaneously with the through holes by constituting reference points G by centers of the through holes by etching the wafer by a photolithography technology, a step of preparing a jig for a wafer having inserting pins formed to project by a number the same as a number of the through holes from above a flat plate portion, thereafter, mounting the wafer on the flat plate portion in a state of inserting the inserting pin into the through hole, a step of forming an electrode on outer surfaces of the plurality of piezoelectric plates, and a step of cutting to separate the plurality of piezoelectric plates from the wafer to fragment, and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tomiyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Sugama
  • Publication number: 20090205183
    Abstract: To fabricate a plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces while firmly preventing a defect, a crack, or a breakage from being brought about at a wafer in the midst of fabrication, there is provided a method of fabricating a piezoelectric vibrating piece which is a method of fabricating a plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces from a wafer S, the method including a film forming step of respectively forming metal films M on both faces of the wafer, a patterning step of removing a region of the metal film on an inner side of an outer peripheral end of the wafer by a constant distance H, thereafter, patterning the metal film M to outer shapes of the plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces, an outer shape forming step of forming outer shapes of the plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces at the wafer a size of which is reduced by an amount of the constant distance by selectively removing the wafer by wet etching by constituting a mask by the patterned metal film, and a removing step of removing the m
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tomiyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Sugama
  • Publication number: 20090205177
    Abstract: To efficiently fabricate a high quality piezoelectric vibrating piece regardless of an accuracy of an outer shape of a wafer, there is provided a method of fabricating a plurality of piezoelectric vibrating pieces at a time utilizing a wafer S, the method including a step of forming two or more of through holes 40 and forming outer shapes of a plurality of piezoelectric plates 10 simultaneously with the through holes by constituting reference points G by centers of the through holes by etching the wafer by a photolithography technology, a step of preparing a jig for a wafer having inserting pins formed to project by a number the same as a number of the through holes from above a flat plate portion, thereafter, mounting the wafer on the flat plate portion in a state of inserting the inserting pin into the through hole, a step of forming an electrode on outer surfaces of the plurality of piezoelectric plates, and a step of cutting to separate the plurality of piezoelectric plates from the wafer to fragment, and
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tomiyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Sugama