Method of manufacturing piezoelectric resonator components

Claim 1

A manufacturing process for electric components each of which include at least one piezoelectric resonant element wherein n layers of piezoelectric material are blanked so as to form on each layer m resonant elements and surrounding zones which constitute frame supports for said elements to which said elements remain attached (where m and n are integers and m>n≧1); electrodes are deposited on the resonant elements and metallized tracks electrically coupled to the electrodes on each surface of the surrounding zones, said tracks being of a metal or alloy of low melting point; n-1 intermediate layers are formed from piezoelectric material so as to have openings surrounded by frames of the same dimensions as the frame supports to place said frames in registry with said frame supports; metal tracks are deposited on each surface of said intermediate layers; two terminal layers are formed from piezoelectric material so as to have on inner surfaces thereof blind cavities and frame surfaces of the same dimensions as the frame supports to place said frames in registry with said frame supports; metal tracks are deposited on the frame surfaces of the terminal layers; openings are provided in at least said terminal-layer frames permitting access from the exterior to the metallized tracks on said frame supports; the several layers are assembled under vacuum or partial vacuum in the presence of a noble or inert gas by bringing them into contact after correct positioning thereof with the two terminal layers sandwiching said layers of piezoelectric material separated by said intermediate layers therebetween; the assembly is brought to a temperature above the melting point of the metal or alloy and then cooled until solidification of said metal or alloy; only thereafter cutting through the layers between resonant elements for separating the assembled layers into various individual components each component being composed of portions of the assembled layer; and the connection wires are then attached.