Patent ID: 8067994

Claim:
A surface mount crystal oscillator comprising: a rectangular crystal piece with lead-out electrodes extending out from excitation electrodes of both principle surfaces of the crystal piece to a corner section on one side, which serves as one lengthwise end section, and to a corner section on the other side; an IC chip integrated with an oscillating circuit and that has IC terminals on one principle surface of a circuit function surface; and a container main body which houses said crystal piece and said IC chip, wherein: one lengthwise side of said crystal piece and one side of said IC chip are arranged horizontally parallel on an inner bottom surface of said container main body while opposing each other; and the corner section on the one side serving as one end section of the crystal piece, from which said lead-out electrodes extend out, and the corner section on the other side, are electrically connected to and fixed to one crystal retention terminal of said inner bottom surface and to the other crystal retention terminal, and the IC terminals including crystal terminals sequentially arranged along the one side opposed to one side of said crystal piece from one end section of said IC chip corresponding to the one end section of said crystal piece, are electrically connected and fixed, by means of flip-chip bonding, to circuit terminals on said inner bottom surface, further comprising that the lead-out electrode which extends out from the excitation electrode of the one principle surface of said crystal piece facing the inner bottom surface of said container main body, extends out to the corner section of the other side opposed to said one lengthwise side of said crystal piece, so as to be electrically connected to said other crystal retention terminal, and moreover, said other crystal retention terminal is electrically connected, via a conducting path superimposed on the excitation electrode of said one principle surface in plan view, to one crystal terminal of said IC chip; and the lead-out electrode which extends out from the excitation electrode provided on the other principle surface opposed to the one principle surface of said crystal piece, extends out to the corner section of the one lengthwise side of said crystal piece opposed to said IC chip so as to be electrically connected to said one crystal retention terminal, and moreover, said one crystal retention terminal is electrically connected, via a conducting path not superimposed on the excitation electrode of said one principle surface in plan view, to the one crystal terminal of said IC chip.