A compact high-performance mechanical vibration filter which deals with high
frequency
band signals. Microcolumn beams as minute mechanical vibrators are used to increase
a mechanical resonance frequency. The plural microcolumn beams are arranged in
an array and a common detection electrode surrounds each microcolumn beam with
prescribed gaps between them, thereby preventing an output signal from becoming
weak. When some of the mechanical vibrators are restrained from vibrating, it is
possible to monitor and remove a noise component generated in the output signal
by direct electromagnetic coupling of an input signal.