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- the present invention relates to an electrode material for a vibrator such as a quartz vibrator applied as an excitation electrode, and in particular, a piezoelectric vibrator with good manufacturing variation and aging characteristics (frequency temporal characteristics) and further, an inexpensive vibrator.
- the present invention relates to an electrode material.
- the present invention also relates to a piezoelectric vibrator using the same and a sputtering target suitable for forming the electrode thereof.
- Piezoelectric vibrators in particular, quartz vibrators are well known as frequency control elements, and are incorporated as reference sources of frequency and time of various electronic devices.
- quartz vibrators In recent years, it has become an indispensable part in consumer digital control devices, and the demand is increasing. Along with this, it is required to lower the price while further improving the quality.
- FIG. 4 shows a configuration of a surface mount type crystal resonator which is an example of the crystal resonator.
- the quartz crystal vibrator is configured such that the quartz crystal piece 2 is accommodated in the container body 1 made of laminated ceramic, and the metal cover 3 is covered and sealed hermetically.
- a crystal holding terminal 4 is provided on the inner bottom surface of the container body 1 and mounting terminals 5 are provided on the outer bottom surface at four corners.
- the metal cover 3 is joined to a metal ring (not shown) provided on the open end face of the container body 1 by seam welding.
- the crystal holding terminal 4 is electrically connected to the mounting terminals 5 of one set of diagonal parts, and the metal cover 3 is electrically connected to the mounting terminals 5 of the other set of diagonal parts by a conductive path including a through electrode.
- the quartz crystal pieces 2 are obtained, for example, by dividing a quartz wafer cut from artificial quartz into individual pieces by polishing, cutting and the like, and making the planar view into a rectangular shape.
- Excitation electrodes 6 for exciting thickness shear vibration are formed on both main surfaces of the crystal piece 2, and lead-out electrodes 6 a are formed extending on both sides of one end of the crystal piece 2. Then, both ends of the one end portion of the extended crystal piece 2 of the lead-out electrode 6 a are fixed to the crystal holding terminal 4 by the conductive adhesive 7 before sealing with the metal cover 3.
- the excitation electrode 6 and the lead-out electrode 6 a are formed on the crystal piece 2 by sputtering or vapor deposition in a vacuum chamber (in a vacuum atmosphere).
- a Cr (chromium), Ni (nickel) or NiCr alloy film which is compatible with the crystal piece 2 is formed as a base electrode, and the excitation electrode 6 is formed thereon. It is common to do.
- the crystal piece 2 is taken out of the vacuum chamber, and one end of the crystal piece 2 extending from the extraction electrode 6a is fixed to the inner bottom surface of the container body 1 in the atmosphere.
- the container body 1 containing the crystal piece 2 is again housed in a vacuum atmosphere, the excitation electrode 6 is irradiated with gas ions, and a part of the surface of the excitation electrode 6 is scraped to reduce the mass.
- the vibration frequency of the crystal unit is adjusted from the low side to the high side.
- the metal cover 3 is joined to the opening end face in a nitrogen gas atmosphere, for example, under normal pressure, to complete a quartz oscillator.
- the quartz oscillator generally refers to a state in which the quartz piece 2 is hermetically sealed, and is also referred to as a crystal unit.
- the vibration frequency is dispersed at the time of completion of the crystal unit, and the vibration frequency changes with the passage of time in use.
- Frequency aging characteristics aging characteristics
- the production variation here is indicated by a frequency deviation ⁇ f0 / f0 (ppm) with respect to a nominal value of the vibration frequency (vibration frequency desired by the user) f0.
- ⁇ f 0 is a frequency offset from the nominal frequency.
- the temporal frequency characteristic is indicated by a frequency deviation ⁇ f1 / f1 (ppm) using the vibration frequency after completion of the quartz oscillator as a reference value f1, and ⁇ f1 in this case is a shift frequency amount from the vibration frequency f1.
- the constituent material of the excitation electrode 6 including the lead-out electrode 6 a formed on the surface of the quartz piece 2.
- Au gold
- Ag silver
- Au-Ag alloy an Au-Ag alloy
- the most preferable material of the excitation electrode 6 is Au.
- Au is an electrode material which is extremely stable chemically, has a small mass change due to oxidation and sulfidation, and has a good electrical conductivity. Therefore, in the manufacturing process of the above-mentioned quartz oscillator, it is difficult to be oxidized even after being returned to the atmosphere after frequency adjustment, and there is little variation at the time of manufacturing at the time of completion. In addition, the frequency temporal characteristics over a long period of month or year are also good, and the vibration frequency becomes substantially flat with the passage of time.
- Such a quartz oscillator is oxidized and sulfurized even during use under the influence of an organic gas component or the like released from the conductive adhesive 7 that fixes the quartz piece 2, and the vibration frequency increases with the passage of time. The frequency decreases with time and the time-lapse characteristics deteriorate.
- the present invention is based on making it cheaper than Au, and an electrode material for a vibrator capable of making manufacturing variation and aging characteristics almost equal to or more than Au, a piezoelectric vibrator using the same, and the material It is an object of the present invention to provide a sputtering target comprising
- the present inventors examined the application of an alloy mainly composed of Au as a new excitation electrode material in order to solve the above problems.
- the main component of Au is the emphasis on the property of Au, that is, the chemical stability. And even if it is expensive Au, it is because it was thought that cost reduction of the whole material could be achieved by alloying with another metal.
- the present invention it is also an object to improve the manufacturing time variation and the frequency temporal characteristic.
- the reduction of the variation ( ⁇ f0 / f0) at the time of manufacture can be achieved by applying an alloy based on a highly stable metal such as Au.
- the inventors of the present invention examined the frequency temporal characteristics of various metals with respect to the frequency temporal characteristic ( ⁇ f1 / f1), it is found that a metal showing a tendency to lower the frequency and a metal showing a tendency to increase exist. I found it.
- the inventors of the present invention alloy the respective metals offset with each other as frequency aging characteristics in opposite directions to Au, which is chemically stable and flattens the frequency aging characteristics, to form a ternary alloy and
- the present invention has been conceived as it is possible to stabilize the manufacturing time variation and the frequency aging characteristics by the entire alloy.
- the present invention is an electrode material for a vibrator comprising a ternary alloy of Au and two metals M1 and M2 and serving as an excitation electrode for exciting a vibration in a piezoelectric piece, wherein the two metals are the same.
- Metal M1 metal whose frequency temporal characteristic (.DELTA.f1 / f1) of the piezoelectric vibrator tends to decrease compared with the reference value f1
- metal M2 frequency temporal characteristic of piezoelectric vibrator (.DELTA.f1 / f1 ) Is a metal that tends to increase from the reference value f1.
- f1 is a vibration frequency at the time of hermetic sealing of the piezoelectric piece
- ⁇ f1 is a difference frequency between the vibration frequency which changes with the passage of time and the reference value f1.
- the electrode material for a vibrator according to the present invention maintains a chemically stable property by the alloy component of Au, so it is less likely to cause oxidation or the like. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the manufacturing variation of the vibration frequency before and after the completion of the cover-closed piezoelectric vibrator which is returned to the atmosphere and particularly after frequency adjustment in vacuum.
- the present invention alloys the metals M1 and M2 having an action contrary to the frequency aging property to chemically stable Au, balances the actions of the respective metals, and produces the variation during manufacture and the frequency aging property according to the entire alloy.
- FIG. 1A shows the frequency temporal characteristics of Au, metals M1 and M2.
- This FIG. 1 (a) is created based on data of time-lapse frequency characteristics of Ag and Pd as examples of M1 and M2 (see Conventional Examples 1 to 3 described later).
- the frequency temporal characteristic is the shift frequency amount from f1 when the vibration frequency of the quartz oscillator at completion is set to the reference value f1 and the oscillation frequency of the quartz oscillator measured with the passage of time is f.
- ⁇ f1 is ⁇ f1
- ⁇ f1 / f1 is plotted with time.
- Au has a good frequency temporal characteristic, and even when time passes, the variation of ⁇ f1 / f1 is small, and the locus becomes almost horizontal.
- the frequency temporal characteristics of the metals M1 and M2 in the present invention are as shown in FIG. 1 (a). That is, when the metal M1 is used as an electrode, the frequency decreases with the passage of time, and ⁇ f1 / f1 is lowered (fluctuating in the negative direction). Conversely, the metal M2 is a metal having a characteristic that the frequency increases and the ⁇ f1 / f1 increases (varies in the positive direction) as time passes.
- the electrode material according to the present invention causes the metal M1 and M2 having such characteristics to be alloyed with Au, thereby offsetting the effects of the respective metals with respect to changes in ⁇ f1 / f1, as shown in FIG. 1 (b). It aims at suppressing the temporal change of ⁇ f1 / f1 of the entire alloy.
- the reasons for exhibiting the above-mentioned frequency temporal characteristics for the metals M1 and M2 are not all clear, but the inventors of the present invention and others have compared the metal M1 whose frequency tends to decrease with It is thought that metal is apt to cause chemical changes such as oxidation and sulfurization, and the mass change caused by this changes the frequency temporal characteristics.
- the metal M2 whose frequency changes in an increasing tendency is considered to be a metal in which a change occurs in mechanical properties (hardness and the like) with the passage of time after the thin film serving as the excitation electrode is manufactured.
- the metal M2 is considered to be apt to accumulate internal stress at the time of film formation by sputtering, and this internal stress is relieved over time, and the frequency temporal characteristic changes.
- the inventors examined particularly suitable metals in the range of the metals M1 and M2.
- the metal M1 is at least one of Ag, Al, and Ni
- the metal M2 is preferably Pd, Ru, Pt, Ir, Rh, and Cu. These metals have a clear effect on the frequency characteristics in alloying with Au, and by balancing them, they contribute to the stabilization of the frequency characteristics.
- a particularly preferable combination of the metals M1 and M2 is an Au-Ag-Pd alloy in which the metal M1 is Ag and the metal M2 is Pd.
- the metals M1 and M2 may contain a plurality of the above-described metals.
- the content of each constituent metal is 20 to 70% by mass of Au, and the total concentration of M1 and M2 is 80 to 30% by mass. Is preferred. It is necessary to secure a certain amount of Au concentration in order to suppress manufacturing variations related to the vibration frequency of the piezoelectric vibrator, and it is preferable to set at least 20% by mass. Also, in consideration of the cost of the entire material, it is preferable to distribute the Au concentration to 70% by mass.
- the mass ratio of each concentration is preferably in the range of 2: 8 to 8: 2. This is because it is difficult to stabilize the frequency temporal characteristics if the actions of both metals are excessively biased. If this mass ratio is more preferably 3: 7 to 7: 3, and more preferably 4: 6 to 6: 4, the frequency temporal characteristic is further stabilized.
- the higher the concentration of Au the more the frequency temporal characteristics of Au become dominant, so that the mass ratio of the metals M1 and M2 can be shifted even in the direction of 2: 8 or 8: 2.
- the lower the concentration of Au the higher the total concentration of the metals M1 and M2, and the frequency temporal characteristics thereby become dominant. Therefore, in this case, it is necessary to equalize the weight ratio of the metals M1 and M2 to 4: 6 to 6: 4, and to offset the frequency temporal characteristics in which the right falling by the metal M1 and the right rising by the metal M2 are offset.
- the frequency temporal characteristic of Au is generally flat, but after 100 hours, it tends to be a downward trend microscopically microscopically. Therefore, the mass ratio of metals M1 and M2 forms an upward-sloping frequency temporal characteristic that increases above the reference value, offsets the temporally downward frequency characteristic of downward-falling due to Au, and obtains a temporal frequency characteristic superior to that of Au alone. Is also possible.
- the vibrator electrode material as an excitation electrode made of a ternary alloy (Au, Ag, Pd) in the present invention does not specify the impurities contained in the manufacturing process, in reality, these impurities Contamination is inevitable, and even if impurities are incorporated, these are not excluded within the inevitable range.
- the total of impurities oxygen, carbon, sulfur
- the total of impurities is 150 ppm or less as a standard, there is no particular problem. More preferably, it is 100 ppm or less.
- mixing of O (oxygen) and S (sulfur) is not preferable because Ag, Pd and the like in the electrode film are oxidized or sulfurized to destabilize the frequency aging characteristics.
- the incorporation of C (carbon) is not preferable because it increases the resistance of the electrode.
- the piezoelectric vibrator provided with the piezoelectric piece on which the electrode made of the electrode material for vibrator according to the present invention described above is formed has little variation in production of the vibration frequency at the time of completion, and has long-term frequency characteristics over a long time even in use. It can be maintained.
- the present invention is particularly useful as a quartz oscillator in which a piezoelectric piece is used as a quartz piece, and is useful for an excitation electrode formed on the surface of a quartz piece.
- the crystal oscillator has been described as a surface mount type, but not limited to this, for example, a lead type in which a lead wire is derived as a metal base can also be applied.
- the invention is applicable to a piezoelectric vibrator having an excitation electrode to be excited, and also includes such as an IDT electrode for exciting a surface acoustic wave.
- the vibrator electrode material according to the present invention as an electrode, a thin film formation method such as vacuum evaporation can be applied, but a sputtering method is preferable for efficient product production.
- the vibrator electrode material according to the present invention also suitably corresponds to sputtering. This is because Ag (sputtering rate: 2.20), Cu (sputtering rate: 1.59) and Pd (sputtering rate: 1.41) have a sputtering rate close to that of Au (sputtering rate: 1.65) This is because a thin film having a composition that does not deviate from the target composition can be formed. Therefore, the target consisting of the above-mentioned Au alloy can be applied as a sputtering target for electrode formation.
- the impurity concentration of the target be reduced. Impurities in the target cause the impurities of the thin film (electrode) to be produced, and there is a possibility that the characteristics thereof may be impaired.
- impurities which may be contained in the target O, C, and S can be considered, but the total amount of these impurities is preferably 150 ppm or less, more preferably 100 ppm or less.
- mixing of O and S is not preferable because Ag, Pd and the like in the electrode film are oxidized or sulfurized to destabilize the frequency aging characteristics.
- the incorporation of C is not preferable because it increases the resistance of the electrode.
- At least any one (preferably all) of the oxygen content, the carbon content, and the sulfur content of each impurity is 80 ppm or less.
- the target is also homogeneous.
- the target is also an alloy metal having a polycrystalline structure, but the one having an average grain boundary diameter of 50 to 200 ⁇ m is preferable. If the average grain size is smaller than 50 ⁇ m, particles are easily generated during sputtering. If the average grain size is larger than 200 ⁇ m, segregation tends to occur and the alloy composition of the electrode film varies. Further, since segregation at grain boundaries is not preferable, the difference between the composition in the grain boundaries and the average composition of all the alloys should be within the range of 0.05 mass% to 1.0 mass% in terms of Au concentration. preferable.
- the sputtering target which concerns on this invention, it can manufacture also by the powder metallurgy method besides the melt-casting method.
- the electrode material according to the present invention not only Au alone but also a ternary alloy containing Au is used to suppress variations during manufacturing of the piezoelectric vibrator, and the temporal aging characteristics are also substantially equal to or higher than Au. It can be good.
- the amount of Au used can be reduced by alloying the conventional electrode material made of Au, which can also contribute to the reduction of material cost.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a surface mount type crystal oscillator. The figure which shows the desired characteristic of each Example.
- a sputtering target made of Au ternary alloy of various compositions was manufactured, and a quartz oscillator was manufactured based on this.
- the same study was carried out on a binary Au alloy.
- An Au alloy target was produced by the following method.
- the Au mass, Ag mass, and Pd mass were weighed to a predetermined mass ratio, and inserted into an alumina crucible. These lumps were melted while being stirred in a high frequency melting furnace in the atmosphere and then poured into a square mold to produce an alloy ingot. And rolling and heat processing were repeated about an alloy ingot, and it was set as the board material of thickness 30 mm. The rolling and heat treatment were performed while controlling so that the grain boundaries became 50 ⁇ m or more and 200 ⁇ m or less.
- the plate was cut into a disk shape to prepare an Au alloy target.
- the type of the Au alloy target manufactured in the present embodiment and the content of impurities are as shown in Table 1.
- the grain boundaries are shown in Table 1 as average values.
- the O concentration is infrared absorption using an oxygen and nitrogen analyzer (LECO TC-600), and the C and S concentrations are infrared absorption using a carbon sulfur analyzer (HORIBA EMIA-920V) It was measured.
- the average value of grain boundaries is drawn a straight line randomly parallel to the metal micrograph of 140 times magnification, and the length of all the portions where the straight line overlaps the alloy phase is measured, and the average of the lengths Calculated by calculating the value.
- the number of parallel straight lines drawn in the metallographic micrograph is such that the portion overlapping with the alloy phase is 200 points or more.
- Quartz oscillator manufacture crystal resonator produced here is similar to surface mount type crystal resonator and FIG.
- the quartz wafer cut out from the artificial quartz by AT cutting is further divided into a rectangular shape by polishing, cutting and the like.
- the excitation electrode 6 and the lead-out electrode 6a were formed in the both main surfaces of a quartz piece by the sputtering method using said each target.
- a Cr (chromium) film was sputtered on a quartz piece as a base electrode.
- the base electrode is well compatible with the quartz crystal piece and secures the adhesion strength of the Au alloy formed thereon.
- the thickness of the base electrode here was 50 ⁇ .
- the thickness of the excitation electrode 6 decreases as the vibration frequency increases, and in this example, the vibration frequency is set to 26 MHz and is set to 1600 ⁇ in terms of Au.
- the excitation electrode 6 is required to have the same mass if the material is the same and the vibration frequency is the same (the thickness of the crystal piece is the same). Therefore, the thickness of the excitation electrode 6 differs depending on the specific gravity of the electrode material used. From this, it becomes easy to compare the electrode thickness by converting it to the thickness of general Au regardless of the electrode material. For example, in the case of 1600 ⁇ in terms of Au, the thickness of Ag is 3000 ⁇ .
- the container body 1 to which the crystal piece 2 was fixed was introduced into a vacuum chamber, and the excitation electrode 6 was irradiated with gas ions to scrape off part of the surface to adjust the vibration frequency.
- the adjustment frequency here was set to 26 MHz as described above.
- the metal cover 3 was joined to the opening end face of the container body 1 in a nitrogen gas atmosphere to form a quartz oscillator.
- the planar outline of the container body 1 is 3.2 ⁇ 2.5 mm
- the crystal piece is 2.1 ⁇ 1.4 mm.
- the change width (variation) is smaller than that of Ag, and the graph becomes closer to the change width of Au (conventional example 3).
- Pd is a chemically stable material next to Au.
- the use of a material that is chemically stable compared to Ag gives good results, and in particular, binary alloys containing Au are also good. It can be said that the result is obtained (Reference Examples 1 and 2).
- each crystal unit is housed in a constant temperature bath, and the vibration frequency f is measured every 10, 100, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000 hours, and the crystal piece 2 is sealed and sealed at the initial stage of completion
- the number of samples of the quartz oscillator is 10 each.
- the temperature of the constant temperature bath here was 85.degree.
- test temperature 85 degreeC it corresponds roughly to the vibration frequency after 2 years, and corresponds to the vibration frequency after 4 years in 2000 hours and 6 years in 3000 hours. The results are shown in FIG.
- the ternary Au alloy showed the stability of frequency temporal characteristics substantially equal to or higher than that of Au (Examples 1 to 7, Comparative Example 1).
- the variation in frequency deviation among the crystal oscillators (10 pieces) after 1000 hours becomes large. That is, for example, the frequency deviation after 1000 hours becomes large as compared with the other Examples 1 to 7 in which the mass ratio of Au as Au-50% Ag-30% Pd (Example 7) is 20% or more.
- the variation after 1000 hours is considered to be one of the factors that the Ag concentration is as high as 60 mass% and the Au is as low as 10 mass%. Therefore, in order to suppress the variation in frequency deviation, it is necessary to secure at least 20% by mass of the Au concentration in the Au alloy.
- the concentration of Pd is within 30% by mass, so the concentration of Ag is 50% by mass at maximum. Therefore, the frequency temporal characteristic is within ⁇ 2 ppm and the variation in 1000 hours is suppressed, and the reliability is also enhanced.
- the binary Au alloy also has a temporary effect as compared with Ag (Reference Examples 1 and 2 and Conventional Example 2).
- the effect is thin compared to ternary alloys.
- Ag is added, the influence of the frequency deviation changing in the negative direction becomes greater, and it becomes more difficult to maintain the stability of the frequency temporal characteristics. Therefore, a binary Au alloy can not be expected for the purpose of maintaining the performance while reducing the amount of Au in the Au alloy.
- FIG. 5 shows the stability after aging of each example. This is the result of calculating the SN ratio of the zero-desired target from ⁇ f up to 1000 hours of evaluation of the frequency temporal characteristics, and it can be said that the performance is more stable as the SN ratio is larger.
- Vibration frequency change Delta] f t of the crystal oscillator exposed to 85 ° C. (10 pieces) a (f t -f 1) (Hz ) was measured up to 1000 hours.
- f t is the vibration frequency after t time
- f 1 is the initial vibration frequency (vibration frequency before aging (0 hour)). Since Delta] f t value preferably does not change, and calculates the SN ratio ⁇ x as good nominal best characteristic zero.
- the ternary Au alloy is more stable in performance than Ag or Pd, similarly to Au.
- the performance is stabilized as the mass ratio of Ag is higher than that of Pd (Examples 1 to 3, Example 5).
- the ternary Au alloy shown in the examples was substantially equal to or more than Au in manufacturing variation and aging characteristics at the time of use, and all were good (Example 1- 7).
- the influence of the temporal aging characteristics of Ag and Pd on the aging characteristics (SN ratio) of the Au alloy tended to change depending on the Au concentration.
- the tendency is that, for example, when the concentration of Au in the alloy is high, the tendency of the increase in the frequency temporal characteristics of Pd and the decrease of the same with Ag affect the Au alloy almost equally. It is. This tendency is also apparent from the fact that in the case of an Au alloy having an Au concentration of 60% by mass and an Ag: Pd mass ratio of 5: 5, the SN ratio is equal to the SN ratio of Au (see FIG. As a result of the increase and decrease tendency of Ag and Pd being equal, Example 4 of the fifth example of the present invention and the prior art example 1 show aging characteristics as stable as Au.
- the effect that the frequency temporal characteristic of Au itself is flat largely affects the characteristics of the Au alloy. Therefore, even if there is some fluctuation in the mass ratio of Ag and Pd, the frequency temporal characteristics of the Au alloy itself become stable because the Au concentration is high.
- the concentration of Au is higher than 50% by mass to 70% by mass
- the mass ratio of the concentration of Ag and Pd in the Au alloy is within the range of 8: 2 to 2: 8. For example, there is no problem in the aging characteristics of the Au alloy. If the mass ratio is more preferably in the range of 7: 3 to 3: 7, further preferably 6: 4 to 4: 6, the aging characteristics of the Au alloy are further stabilized.
- the aging characteristics tend to be stabilized by adding more Ag than Pd. This tendency is also apparent from the fact that the aging characteristics (SN ratio) are more stable when Ag is added in a larger amount than Pd at 50% by mass of Au concentration or 40% by mass (FIG. 5) Examples 1 and 2, Examples 3 and 5).
- the mass ratio of Ag and Pd in the Au alloy is in the range of 8: 2 to 4: 6 when the Au concentration is as low as 20 to 50% by mass, the problem of the aging characteristics is a problem. There is no. If the mass ratio is more preferably in the range of 8: 2 to 5: 5, further preferably 8: 2 to 6: 4, the aging characteristics will be further stabilized.
- Table 2 shows the result of measuring the average particle diameter of the excitation electrode film of each example.
- the measurement scanned the surface of 1 micrometer x 1 micrometer using the scanning probe microscope (Innova by Veeco).
- the surface shape after scanning was displayed by analysis software (SPM Lab Analysis V7.00), and 20 particles in the screen were randomly extracted.
- the diameter of the extracted particles was determined on the screen, and the average value of these was used as the average particle diameter. It can be seen from Table 2 that the ternary Au alloy has a smaller average particle diameter of the excitation electrode film than the Au or binary Au-Ag alloy.
- the present invention is useful as an electrode material of a piezoelectric vibrator, can be applied to a piezoelectric vibrator having little variation in manufacturing frequency of vibration frequency at the time of completion, and capable of maintaining frequency temporal characteristics for a long time even in use. Moreover, it can also contribute to the material cost reduction.
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2 水晶片
3 カバー
4 水晶保持端子
5 実装端子
6 励振電極
7 導電性接着剤
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- Auと、2種の金属M1、M2との3元系合金からなり、圧電片に振動を励起する励振電極としての振動子用電極材料であって、
前記2種の金属M1、M2は、下記特性を有する金属である振動子用電極材料。
(a)金属M1:圧電振動子の周波数経時特性(Δf1/f1)が基準値f1よりも減少する傾向となる金属
(b)金属M2:圧電振動子の周波数経時特性(Δf1/f1)が基準値f1より増加する傾向となる金属
(但し、基準値f1は圧電片の密閉封入時の振動周波数、Δf1は時間経過後の振動周波数と基準値f1との差周波数) - 金属M1は、Ag、Al、Niの少なくともいずれかであり、金属M2は、Pd、Ru、Pt、Ir、Rh、Cuの少なくともいずれかである請求項1記載の振動子用電極材料。
- 金属M1は、Agであり、金属M2はPdである請求項1記載の振動子用電極材料。
- Au濃度20~70質量%とし、M1、M2の合計濃度を80~30質量%とする請求項1~請求項3のいずれかに記載の振動子用電極材料。
- M1、M2の濃度の質量比は2:8から8:2の範囲内にある請求項4記載の振動子用電極材料。
- 請求項1~請求項5記載の材料からなる励振電極が形成された圧電片を備える圧電振動子。
- 圧電片は水晶片であり、励振電極が前記水晶片の表面下地電極上に形成されたものである請求項6記載の圧電振動子。
- 請求項1~請求項5記載の材料からなるAu合金スパッタリングターゲットであって、不純物として、O含有量、C含有量、S含有量の合計が150ppm以下であることを特徴とするスパッタリングターゲット。
- 平均粒界径が50~200μmである組織を有する、請求項8記載のスパッタリングターゲット。
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