Abstract:
A device is provided for a detecting external force applied to piezoelectric piece. A crystal piece is cantilever-supported in a container. Excitation electrodes are formed on an upper face and lower face, respectively. A movable electrode, connected via a lead-out electrode to the excitation electrode, is formed on the lower face side at a front end of the crystal piece. A fixed electrode is provided on a bottom portion of the container to face this movable electrode. The excitation electrode on the upper face side and the fixed electrode are connected to an oscillation circuit. When the crystal piece bends in response to an applied external force, capacitance between the movable electrode and fixed electrode, changes. This capacitance change results in a corresponding change in oscillation frequency of the crystal piece.
Abstract:
In an external force detection apparatus, a crystal plate is cantilevered within a container. Excitation electrodes are formed on the top surface and the bottom surface of the crystal plate. A movable electrode is formed on a distal end on the bottom surface of the crystal plate and is connected to the excitation electrode on the bottom surface via an extraction electrode. A fixed electrode is provided on the bottom of the container to oppose the movable electrode. The excitation electrode on the top surface and the fixed electrode are connected to an oscillating circuit. When an external force acts on the crystal plate to bend it, the capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed electrode changes, and this capacitance change is captured as a change in the oscillating frequency of the crystal plate.
Abstract:
To provide a sensing device using a piezoelectric sensor having an oscillation area for detection and an oscillation area for reference and capable of achieving a high measurement sensitivity by improving shapes of excitation electrodes. On a quartz-crystal piece 20a, there are provided strip-shaped left side area and right side area which are formed symmetrically to be separated from each other into left and right with respect to a center of a circle 53 being a contour of a planar shape of a reaction channel 52 and extend in a longitudinal direction in a parallel manner. Each of the areas is set to have a size in which both corner portions 100 on the left side of the left side area and both corner portions 100 on the right side of the right side area protrude to the outside of the circle 53, the corner portions 100 that protrude to the outside are cut to make the left side area and the right side area position inside of the circle 53, and an excitation electrode 21a for measurement and an excitation electrode 21b for reference are respectively formed on the right side area and the left side area.
Abstract:
A crystal resonator comprises a first vibrating region provided on a crystal wafer, a second vibrating region provided on the crystal wafer, the second vibrating region having a different thickness and positive/negative orientation of the X-axis from those of the first vibrating region, and excitation electrodes which are provided respectively on the first vibrating region and the second vibrating region for causing the vibrating regions to vibrate independently. Frequencies that change by different amounts from each other relative to a temperature change can be retrieved from one vibrating region and the other vibrating region. Thus, based on an oscillating frequency of the vibrating region in which a clear frequency change occurs relative to the temperature, the oscillating frequency of the other vibrating region can be controlled. Thereby, increases in the complexity of the crystal oscillator can be suppressed.
Abstract:
A technique for detecting external force applied to a piezoelectric plate is provided. A crystal plate is cantilever-supported in a container. Excitation electrodes are formed on an upper face and lower face, respectively, of the crystal plate. A movable electrode is formed on the lower face side. A fixed electrode is provided on a bottom portion of the container facing the movable electrode. The excitation electrode on the upper face side and the fixed electrode are connected to an oscillation circuit. When the crystal plate bends by external force applied, capacitance between. A direction of the movable electrode along a length direction of the crystal plate is set to 30° to 60°, relative to a face orthogonal to an intended direction of the external force. The movable electrode and fixed electrode changes, and this capacitance change and a deformation of the crystal circuit.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to improve detecting ability of a piezoelectric sensor.The present invention, in a piezoelectric sensor having electrodes that are each made of a gold layer formed on one surface side and the other surface side of a piezoelectric piece via adhesive layers by sputtering respectively, and having an adsorption layer that is composed of an antibody provided on a front surface of the electrode on the one surface side, and having the electrode on the other surface side provided to face an airtight space, and detecting an antigen adsorbed to the antibody in accordance with a change in an oscillation frequency of the piezoelectric piece, includes: conductive paths connecting the electrodes to an oscillator circuit; and a conductive adhesive provided over the electrodes and the conductive paths in order to fix the electrodes to the conductive paths and having a binder cure in a state where a conductive filler is joined to the gold layer, and a thickness of the gold layer is set to be equal to or more than 3000 Å.
Abstract:
To provide a piezoelectric sensor in which a first electrode for measurement and a second electrode for reference are provided apart from each other on one surface side of a piezoelectric piece and a common electrode is provided on the other surface side so as to face the first and second electrodes, and which achieves highly reliable oscillation by reducing the influence of electrical coupling between the first electrode and the second electrode. A piezoelectric sensor includes: a first electrode for measurement and a second electrode for reference provided apart from each other on one surface side of a piezoelectric piece; a common electrode provided on the other surface side of the piezoelectric piece commonly for the first electrode and the second electrode to face the first electrode and the second electrode; and an adsorption layer formed on an area, of the common electrode, to which the first electrode is projected, to adsorb a substance to be sensed. This structure prevents the first electrode and the second electrode from being electrically coupled due to the impedance of the sample fluid.
Abstract:
Provided is a device capable of easily and accurately detecting a vibration period when, for example, an earthquake occurs. When a quartz-crystal plate bends upon application of a force, capacitance between a movable electrode provided at its tip portion and a fixed electrode provided on a vessel to face the movable electrode changes, so that an oscillation frequency of the quartz-crystal plate changes according to this capacitance. Therefore, when the vessel is vibrated, there appear a first state where the quartz-crystal plate ends to approach the fixed electrode and a second state where the quartz-crystal plate is in an original state or bends to be apart from the fixed electrode. Accordingly, an oscillation frequency corresponding to the first state and corresponding to the second state alternately appear, and therefore, it is possible to find the period (frequency) of the vibration.