Patent attributes
A resonator is formed from a unitary slab of a plate of quartz material which is KT cut with a theta cut angle between 20 and 35 degree, the unitary slab of a plate of quartz material having vertical side walls defining (i) an elongated central portion, the elongated central portion having a centerline along its major dimension, the elongated central portion resonating, in use, in an extensional mode disposed at a right angle to said centerline, (ii) a pair of isolating springs integrally connected to said central portion at the centerline thereof and (iii) first and second pairs of tethers, each one of the pairs tethers being integrally connected at a mid point of each the first and second pairs of tethers to ends of the isolating springs remote from the elongated central portion, each of the pairs tethers having two arms which wrap around the elongated central portion so that an end of one arm of the one of the tether approaches, but does not contact, an end of an arm of the another one of the tethers. The elongated central portion has two major opposing surfaces with a first pair of parallel electrodes disposed on one of the two opposing surfaces and with a second pair of parallel electrodes disposed on the other one of the two opposing surfaces. Interconnecting conductors disposed on the elongated central portion, on the isolating springs and on the first and second tethers, interconnecting conductors electrically connecting the first and second electrodes with pads located at the ends of the arms of said tethers.
