Patent ID: 8298486
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G01G,G01N,H03B,H03H

Abstract:
1. A sensing device, comprising: a piezoelectric resonator comprising a first oscillation area which is provided in a piezoelectric piece made from an AT cut crystal for taking out a first oscillation frequency under a predetermined reference temperature atmosphere; a second oscillation area, which is provided in an area different from said first oscillation area, for taking out a second oscillation frequency different from the first oscillation frequency under the reference temperature atmosphere, wherein an elastic boundary area is provided in the piezeoelectric piece between said first oscillation area and said second oscillation area; excitation electrodes provided on one surface side and another surface side of the piezoelectric piece in said first oscillation area and said second oscillation area; a first oscillator circuit for taking out said first oscillation frequency from said first oscillation area; a second oscillator circuit, different from said first oscillation circuit, for taking out said second oscillation frequency from said second oscillation area; and a processing unit which calculates a difference between said second oscillation frequency and said first oscillation frequency and cancels out an oscillation variation component included in said second oscillation frequency corresponding to a change in temperature of said piezoelectric resonator; wherein an adsorption layer that adsorbs a sensed substance is not formed on one of said excitation electrodes, said one electrode being in said first oscillation area; wherein an adsorption layer that adsorbs the sensed substance is formed on another of the excitation electrodes, said another electrode being on said one surface side of said second oscillation area; wherein a frequency difference between the first oscillation frequency and the second oscillation frequency, in said reference temperature atmosphere, is not less than 0.2% nor greater than 1.1% of the first and second oscillation frequencies; and wherein the frequency difference is adjusted by making values of at least one of the following (i) and (ii) different between said first oscillation area and said second oscillation area: