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20080224572 | PIEZOCERAMIC MULTILAYER ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PIEZOCERAMIC MULTILAYER ACTUATOR - A piezoceramic multilayer actuator ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080303385 | Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Device - To provide a multi-layer piezoelectric device having excellent durability in which the amount of displacement does not change even when the piezoelectric actuator is subjected to continuous operation over a long period of time under a high voltage and a high pressure, the multi-layer piezoelectric device comprises a stack formed by stacking piezoelectric layers and internal electrodes alternately one on another and external electrodes formed on a first side face and on a second side face of the stack, wherein one of the adjacent internal electrodes is connected to the external electrode formed on the first side face and the other internal electrode is connected to the external electrode formed on the second side face, while content of alkali metal in a range from 5 ppm to 300 ppm is contained. | 12-11-2008 |
20090058231 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, ACTUATOR, AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes the steps of: forming a first base substrate having an element to be transferred; forming a second base substrate; and transferring the element to be transferred from the first base substrate to the second base substrate. The step of forming the element to be transferred includes forming a first electrode above a first substrate, forming a piezoelectric layer above the first electrode, forming a second electrode above the piezoelectric layer, crystallizing the piezoelectric layer, forming a dielectric layer at least above the second electrode, and etching the dielectric layer such that at least a portion of the second electrode is exposed and the dielectric layer has a protrusion upwardly protruding with respect to the second electrode. The step of forming the second base substrate includes forming a third electrode above a second substrate, and the step of transferring includes bonding the element to be transferred and the second base substrate such that the second substrate is in contact with the protrusion and the second electrode is in contact with the third electrode. | 03-05-2009 |
20090152999 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - In a method for manufacturing a piezoelectric actuator, a ceramic sintered body is prepared and a size of the ceramic sintered body is adjusted in a thickness direction defined below by grinding piezoelectric ceramic layers, included in the ceramic sintered body, located outermost in the thickness direction. In the ceramic sintered body, internal electrodes are each disposed between piezoelectric ceramic layers. The thickness direction is defined as the direction along the thickness of the piezoelectric ceramic layer. Each of the inert sections are disposed on at least one side of the active section, for driving the piezoelectric actuator, in the thickness direction. Dummy internal electrodes are arranged in the inert sections such that each of the dummy internal electrodes are each located between ceramic layers. The thickness of the piezoelectric ceramic layers disposed between the dummy internal electrodes increases with distance from the active section. | 06-18-2009 |
20090179527 | CONTACTING MULTILAYER PIEZO ACTUATORS OR SENSORS - A device, especially a piezo stack ( | 07-16-2009 |
20090218916 | Piezoelectric Transformer and Method for the Production Thereof - A piezoelectric transformer includes a base body. The base body includes an input part and an output part mechanically connected to the input part. The base body also includes internal electrodes perpendicular to a polarization axis of the transformer-in the input part and the output part. The transformer also includes an auxiliary electrode galvanically separated from the input part and the output part. | 09-03-2009 |
20090230822 | Patterned ultrasonic transducers - There is provided a transducer array for lysing an adipose tissue, the transducer array comprising at least one unitary piece of piezoelectric material having first and second opposing surfaces; and one or more conductive layers on each of said first and second opposing surfaces, wherein at least one of said one or more conductive layers comprises a plurality of electrode elements. | 09-17-2009 |
20090230823 | Operation of patterned ultrasonic transducers - There is provided a transducer array comprising at least one unitary piece of piezoelectric material having first and second opposing surfaces; and a conductive layer on each of said first and second opposing surfaces, wherein at least one of said conductive layers is divided up into a plurality of electrode elements, and wherein said electrode elements, independently, are adapted to receive excitation energy of at least one of a predetermined amplitude and phase. | 09-17-2009 |
20090236948 | Piezoelectric Transformer - A piezoelectric transformer with a body that includes a first functional part and a second functional part is disclosed. The second functional part has inner electrodes, located in the body, which are connected to outer electrodes of this part. The first outer electrode of the first functional part is arranged parallel to the inner electrodes of the second functional part, wherein the minimum distance between the first outer electrode of the first functional part and the respective outer electrodes of the second functional part is selected greater than the distance between the first outer electrode of the first functional part and a terminal inner electrode of the second functional part facing it. | 09-24-2009 |
20090243442 | MULTILAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a multilayered piezoelectric element, a side insulating film is accurately formed even on a thin multilayered structure. The element includes: a multilayered structure having a step formed on a side surface of the multilayered structure such that an end of an internal electrode is located on a convex portion of either side surface; a side insulating film for covering the end of the internal electrode on the convex portion of the side surface; a first flat electrode formed on one principal surface of the multilayered structure; a second flat electrode formed on the other principal surface of the multilayered structure; a first side electrode formed on a first side surface of the multilayered structure and connected to a first group of electrodes; and a second side electrode formed on a second side surface of the multilayered structure and connected to a second group of electrodes. | 10-01-2009 |
20090322187 | Piezoelectric Actuators - Microelectromechanical systems with structures having piezoelectric actuators are described. The structures each have a body that supports piezoelectric islands. The piezoelectric islands have a first surface and a second opposite surface. The piezoelectric islands can be formed, in part, by forming cuts into a thick layer of piezoelectric material, attaching the cut piezoelectric layer to a body having etched features and grinding the piezoelectric layer to a thickness that is less than the depths of the cuts. Conductive material can be formed on the piezoelectric layer to form electrodes. | 12-31-2009 |
20100013359 | Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Element and Injection Apparatus Using the Same - To provide a multi-layer piezoelectric element having high strength against breakage, high insulation and excellent displacement performance, and an injection apparatus that incorporates the same. | 01-21-2010 |
20100026143 | MONOLITHIC ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS - The present invention relates to polymers, transducers and devices that convert between electrical and mechanical energy. When a voltage is applied to electrodes contacting an electroactive polymer, the polymer deflects. This deflection may be used to do mechanical work. Similarly, when the electroactive polymer deflects, an electric field is produced in the polymer. This electric field may be used to produce electrical energy. An active area is a portion of a polymer having sufficient electrostatic force to enable deflection of the portion and/or sufficient deflection to enable a change in electrostatic force. The present invention relates to transducers and devices including multiple active areas. The invention also relates to methods for actuating one or more active areas. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026144 | PIEZOELECTRIC COMPONENT COMPRISING SECURITY LAYER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A piezoelectric component with a monolithic stack has piezoceramic layers and electrode layers arranged alternately one on top of the other, at least one porous security layer arranged in the stack for the formation of a crack if mechanical overload of the stack occurs, at least one outer electrode arranged at a lateral surface section for electric contacting of the electrode layers and a plastic sheath of the stack for protecting the stack, wherein the plastic sheath has silicon. The piezoelectric component is characterized in that a coating of the outer electrode, has silicon-free polymer, is arranged between the outer electrode and the plastic sheath. By coating the plating of the outer electrode, the area of the security layer present directly under the plating is protected from silicon component deposits. The piezoelectric component is used for the control of valves, particularly of injection valves of internal combustion engines. | 02-04-2010 |
20100039000 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR DEVICE - A bulk acoustic wave, BAW, resonator device comprising first and second metal layers ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100039001 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To improve adhesive properties between an electrically conductive polymer membrane and a solid electrolyte membrane to each other, and thus to ensure the operation of an electrically conductive polymer actuator which effects a bending motion is aimed. | 02-18-2010 |
20100060110 | Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Element and Injection Apparatus Employing The Same - A multi-layer piezoelectric element which undergo less change in the amount of displacement and shows high durability during continuous operation under a high voltage and pressure over a long period are provided. | 03-11-2010 |
20100072861 | VIBRATING ELEMENT, FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF, AND ULTRASONIC MOTOR HAVING THE SAME - A vibrating element of an ultrasonic motor includes a vibrating member, and a piezoelectric body to produce a traveling wave thus to vibrate the vibrating member when electric power is applied to the piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric body includes a first piezoelectric layer attached to the vibrating member and in which positive poles and negative poles are alternately polarized, a second piezoelectric layer attached to the first piezoelectric layer and in which positive poles and negative poles are alternately polarized, a plurality of electrodes formed on opposite surfaces of the first and second piezoelectric layers, and an electrode connecting part formed on outer circumferential surfaces of the first and second piezoelectric layers to selectively connect the plurality of electrodes to one other. | 03-25-2010 |
20100109487 | PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER WITH PINWHEEL TYPE ELECTRODE - Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric transformer having a pinwheel-type electrode. The piezoelectric transformer of the present invention includes a body, an upper electrodes and a lower electrode. The body is formed in a circular planar shape and is made of a piezoelectric material. The upper electrodes are formed to be adjacent to one of first and second planes corresponding to upper and lower surfaces of the body, formed in the same planar shape as that of the body, and formed to be separated in the shape of a pinwheel. In the upper electrodes, input voltage is applied to some of separate electrodes, and output voltage is obtained from the remaining electrodes. The lower electrode is adjacent to a plane opposite the plane on which the upper electrode is formed, the lower electrode being formed in the same planar shape as that of the body. | 05-06-2010 |
20100109488 | Piezoelectric Multilayer Component - A piezoelectric multilayer component has a base body with a stack of piezoceramic layers and electrode layers arranged one on top of the other in an alternating manner. Neighboring layers of the stack are braced against one another such that stresses run perpendicular to the stacking direction. | 05-06-2010 |
20100156252 | PIEZOELECTRIC PHASE SHIFTER - The disclosed is a piezoelectric phase shifter, which comprises: an input part for inputting input voltages; an output part for outputting output voltages; and a control part for tuning phase difference between the output and input voltages, which are made of a piezoelectric ceramic plate. Further, the input, output and control parts are separated by insulting gaps respectively. The wide phase shift range and good ability to manage high power and relatively high energy transmission efficiency may be obtained by the disclosure. | 06-24-2010 |
20100171395 | CURVED ULTRASONIC ARRAY TRANSDUCERS - An ultrasonic array transducer having an array of piezoelectric elements may be made with a curvature which may enable the piezoelectric elements to control the way in which ultrasonic energy is focused by the transducer. A substrate that has a set of element electrodes on a surface of the substrate may be created. Each element electrode may be electrically isolated from the others and configured to correspond to the location of one of the piezoelectric elements. A piezoelectric component which includes piezoelectric material may be bonded to the substrate such that each element electrode is juxtaposed next to the piezoelectric component. The surface of the substrate and/or to the piezoelectric material may have the curvature while they are separated and prior to the bonding. The bonding may be performed in a manner that results in the array of piezoelectric elements having the curvature. | 07-08-2010 |
20100194247 | PIEZOCERAMIC MULTILAYER ACTUATOR WITH HIGH RELIABILITY - A piezoceramic multilayer actuator has a first sub-stack ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100237751 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A piezoelectric actuator comprises a co-fired stack of piezoelectric elements formed from a piezoelectric material and a plurality of positive internal electrodes interdigitated with a plurality of negative internal electrodes throughout the stack to define active regions of the piezoelectric material which are responsive to a voltage applied across the internal electrodes, in use. An external positive electrode connects with the positive internal electrodes and an external negative electrode connects with the negative internal electrodes. The actuator is characterised in that the stack further comprises means for deliberately creating artificial cracks within the stack at a location at which the artificial cracks do not give rise to a short circuit between the internal electrodes but serve to relieve stresses within the piezoelectric material. | 09-23-2010 |
20100244636 | PIEZOELECTRIC COMPONENT WITH OUTER CONTACTING, HAVING GAS-PHASE DEPOSITION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE COMPONENT AND USE OF THE COMPONENT - A piezoelectric component with at least one fully active piezoelement has electrode layers and interposed piezoelectric layers. guided to a lateral edge of the piezoelement and contacted there. An insulating layer applied for electric contacting has an electric through-plating. An electrically conductive gas-phase deposition layer is applied directly to the electrode layer guided up to the lateral surface of the piezoelement by way of deposition from the gas phase in order to improve electric contacting. An external electrode is applied to the gas-phase deposition layer. In the case of several superposed stacked piezoelements (piezoactuator in multi-layer design), the external electrode functions as a collector electrode which connects the electrode layers to each other. The structure enables secure contacting of the electrode layers. A fully active piezoceramic multi-layer actuator with the described contacting may be used in automobile technology for activating fuel-injection valves. | 09-30-2010 |
20100259134 | Piezoelectric Actuator having Externally Contacted Inner Electrodes of a Piezoelectric Element - The invention relates to a piezoelectric actuator having a multi-layered structure of piezo-layers in a piezo element and inner electrodes that are arranged between the piezo-layers. The electrodes are alternatively supplied with an electric voltage of a different polarity in the direction of the layer structure of the piezoelectric element. The alternate lateral contacting of the inner electrodes is achieved via outer electrodes and/or a baked base metallic coating of the lateral surfaces. The respective outer electrodes include a bending coil which is wound from a contactable material. During baking of the base metallic coating the contactable material is applied together with at least parts of the bending coil to the coating in a conductive manner. A flexible sheet metal part that has first been provided with cut sections and/or pre-stamped sections can also be used as an outer electrode. | 10-14-2010 |
20110001399 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component includes an electronic component body, first and second outer electrodes, and first and second inner electrodes. The first outer electrode includes a first conductive layer that does not include silver and a second conductive layer that is deposited on the first conductive layer so as to be positioned at an outermost layer and that includes silver. The second conductive layer includes a first contact portion in contact with a first main surface and is not in contact with first and second side surfaces. A first inner conductor is provided on a virtual straight or substantially straight line connecting a second inner electrode closest to the first contact portion and the first contact portion in the shortest distance. The first inner conductor is connected only to the first outer electrode or is connected to none of the first and second outer electrodes. | 01-06-2011 |
20110006645 | STACKED-TYPE PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stacked-type piezoelectric device includes a stack of piezoelectric layers, plural conductive layers, a first contact hole, a second contact hole, and plural insulating portions. The piezoelectric layers are disposed between the conductive layers. The first and second contact holes penetrate the piezoelectric layers and the conductive layers, and each of first and second contact holes is filled with a conductive material. Every insulating portion is formed at one conductive layer. Two adjacent insulating portions are respectively formed at the outer rims of the first and second contact holes, to electrically isolate the conductive layer (in which the insulating portion is formed) from the conductive material in the contact hole. | 01-13-2011 |
20110031848 | MULTILAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND ULTRASONIC MOTOR - A multilayered piezoelectric element is manufactured as follows. First and second internal electrode regions including power supply extracting portions are separately formed in a plurality of piezoelectric members. A shrink matching region is separately formed between the extracting portions of the first and second internal electrode regions. The multilayered piezoelectric element is manufactured by stacking and sintering the plurality of piezoelectric members into a rectangular shape. | 02-10-2011 |
20110043080 | Complex resonance circuit and oscillation circuit using the same - A piezoelectric vibration device includes a single piezoelectric substrate, at least three electrode pairs formed on the single piezoelectric substrate, and two external connection terminal pairs, wherein the three electrode pairs are connected to the two external connection terminal pairs so that two different vibration modes individually appear at the two external connection terminal pairs. | 02-24-2011 |
20110062830 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a piezoelectric actuator has the following steps: providing a plurality of piezoelectric material layers ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110156539 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR FOR ACTUATING HAPTIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric actuator for actuating a haptic device, which includes a piezoelectric element having a plurality of piezoelectric layers which are stacked and have the same polling direction, and an electrode pattern formed on the piezoelectric element, in which the length of each of the plurality of piezoelectric layers is greater than or equal to four times the width of each of the plurality of piezoelectric layers, and the width of each of the plurality of piezoelectric layers is greater than or equal to ten times the thickness of each of the plurality of piezoelectric layers, so that the piezoelectric actuator can greatly vibrate in the direction of length with reduced power consumption. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156540 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - As a piezoelectric ceramic having an alkaline-containing niobic acid-perovskite structure contains [K | 06-30-2011 |
20110181155 | Piezoactuator with a Predetermined Breaking Layer - A piezoactuator of multilayer design includes piezoelectric layers and electrode layers to form a stack. A predetermined breaking layer for the targeted origination and guiding of cracks is introduced between two adjacent electrode layers. The predetermined breaking layer has a barrier region, in which the formation of continuous electrically conductive paths or the formation of cracks leading through the barrier region is impeded. | 07-28-2011 |
20110187239 | Piezoelectric Component and Method for Producing an Electrical Contact - A piezoelectric component includes an electromechanical transducer with two first electrodes and a second electrode. The second electrode is arranged between the two first electrodes. The transducer also includes a first main side, a second main side, opposite from the first main side, and a first longitudinal side. A first contiguous metallization layer is arranged on a first partial region of the first main side and on a partial region of the first longitudinal side adjacent to the first partial region of the first main side. Here, the partial region of the first longitudinal side is kept at a sufficient distance from a side edge facing the second main side and the partial region electrically contacts the at least two first electrodes. | 08-04-2011 |
20110241496 | TUNING-FORK TYPE PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECES AND DEVICES COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - An exemplary tuning-fork type quartz-crystal vibrating piece includes a base, a pair of vibrating arms, and a connecting electrode electrically connectable to an internal conductive member of a package. The base and vibrating arms are made of a piezoelectric material. The vibrating arms extend in a prescribed direction from the base and have at least one excitation electrode that is electrically connected to the connecting electrode. Each vibrating arm has an upper and a lower axis main surface each defining a respective groove extending in the prescribed direction. Each vibrating arm also has axis edge-side surfaces extending between the first and second axis main surfaces. The excitation electrode includes a surface electrode located inside the grooves on the axis main surfaces of at least one vibrating arm and a side electrode located on the axis edge-side surfaces of the at least one vibrating arm. The surface connecting electrode. | 10-06-2011 |
20110260587 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibration piece includes a base made of a piezoelectric material; a plurality of vibration arms which is integrally formed with the base and extends in parallel; elongate grooves which are formed along longitudinal directions of the vibration arms; and excitation electrodes which include inner electrodes disposed in the elongate grooves and side electrodes disposed in side surfaces facing the inner electrodes, wherein widening portions in which the widths of the vibration arms are widened toward the base at a joint between the vibration arms of the base are formed, and the side electrodes are led to principal surfaces and side surfaces of the widening portions. | 10-27-2011 |
20110266926 | DEVICE UTILIZING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A device using a piezoelectric element includes a layered piezoelectric element and a driven member. The layered piezoelectric element includes an active portion formed of stacked piezoelectric layers each being sandwiched between a first internal electrode layer and a second internal electrode layer, and an inactive portion (first end inactive portion) formed of a first end piezoelectric layer stacked on the active portion. The driven member is bonded to the top surface of the first end piezoelectric layer by means of an adhesive. The piezoelectric layers and the first end piezoelectric layer are formed such that the porosity of the inactive portion is greater than that of the active portion. Therefore, since numerous open pores are emerged on the top surface of the first end piezoelectric layer, the adhesive enters into the open pores to have the driven member be strongly bonded to the top surface. | 11-03-2011 |
20110298337 | Piezoelectric Multilayer Component having a Disturbance Material and Method of Forming Same - A piezoelectric multilayer component includes a stack of piezoceramic layers, which are arranged one on top of the other, and electrode layers. The stack has a first area and a second area. The second area contains a disturbance material, which is used to make the second area less mechanically robust than the first area. | 12-08-2011 |
20120007476 | ACTUATOR ELEMENT AND INPUT APPARATUS - An actuator element includes a first element unit configured to have one end being a fixed end and the other end being a free end and bends when voltage is applied, and a second element unit configured to have a shorter element length than the first element unit, have one end connected to the first element unit and bend in the opposite direction to the first element unit when voltage is applied and may support the first element unit. | 01-12-2012 |
20120007477 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A piezoelectric actuator including first and second piezoelectric cantilevers is disclosed. Wirings are provided on an upper surface of a support body on which the first and second piezoelectric cantilevers are formed. The wirings are formed of patterned metal films. | 01-12-2012 |
20120019108 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric ceramic composition including a perovskite-type oxide, wherein the perovskite-type oxide has Na, K, Li, Ba and Sr at the A site and Nb, Ta and Zr at the B site, and has a crystal phase transition in a temperature range of −50 to 150° C., the crystal phase transition being accompanied by an endotherm of no greater than 4 J/g, as well as a piezoelectric element | 01-26-2012 |
20120139393 | ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A multilayered electroactive polymer (EAP) device and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The multilayered EAP device includes a plurality of unit layers. Each unit layer includes an EAP layer formed of an electroactive polymer (EAP), a protecting layer configured to prevent a material from penetrating into the EAP layer, and an active electrode formed using a conductive material. The protecting layer may be formed below the active layer or above the active layer. The active electrode may be interposed between two protecting layers. | 06-07-2012 |
20120153780 | 3-D Woven Active Fiber Composite - A three-dimensional woven active fiber composite is disclosed. The composite includes a plurality of actuating fibers configured in a three-dimensional arrangement. The composite further includes a plurality of conductive wire electrodes that are woven through the plurality of actuating fibers. The electrodes may be configured into two dimensional electrode mats that are spaced apart along the length of the composite. Filler fibers may be used between adjacent electrode mats to help reinforce the composite. A sleeve member can also be used to help provide compressive containment for the actuating fibers and conductive wire electrodes. | 06-21-2012 |
20120187806 | ULTRASONIC VIBRATION APPARATUS - An ultrasonic vibration apparatus includes a vibrator including at least two vibration elements, at least three electrode portions, a bridging portion and an anti-vibration portion. The vibration elements are configured to generate ultrasonic vibration. The vibration elements and the electrode portions are alternately arranged side by side in a vibrating direction. The electrode portions include at least two first electrode portions and at least one second electrode portion alternately arranged in the vibrating direction. The vibrator integrally vibrates ultrasonically in the vibrating direction when the driving voltage is applied to the first and second electrode portions. The bridging portion couples and electrically connects the first electrode portions with each other. The anti-vibration portion is configured to suppress vibration of the bridging portion in any other direction-except the vibration direction and configured to cover the entire vibrator including the bridging portion. | 07-26-2012 |
20120206021 | ULTRASOUND PROBE - Disclosed herein is an ultrasound probe including a plurality of piezoelectric elements forming a laminate, a plurality of internal electrodes formed at the lamination interface, an external electrode formed on the front or the rear surface of the laminate. The ultrasound probe includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements forming a laminate, a plurality of internal electrodes interposed among the piezoelectric elements, and an external electrode formed on the front or rear surface of the laminate, wherein the external electrode includes a first external electrode and a second external electrode disposed to have a space therebetween. | 08-16-2012 |
20120242196 | MULTILAYER PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - The invention relates to an actuator body, comprising a plurality of piezoceramic layers, which are separated from each other by means of a positive or negative internal electrode in alternation, positive and negative collecting electrodes, which are arranged on two outer faces of the actuator body and are conductively connected to the associated positive or negative internal electrodes, wherein the actuator body of the multilayer actuator has at least one positive and one negative contacting electrode, by means of which the multilayer actuator is electrically contacted and which is conductively connected to the associated positive or negative collecting electrode, and the contacting electrodes are arranged in areas of the actuator body that are provided with a base metallization. The areas of the actuator body provided with a base metallization are spaced apart from each other and distances from the internal electrodes, wherein the distances are not less than the thickness of the piezoceramic layers in the active area of the multilayer actuator. | 09-27-2012 |
20120267987 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERSION ELEMENT AND DRIVE DEVICE - A piezoelectric element | 10-25-2012 |
20120274184 | Piezoelectric resonator with two layers - A piezoelectric resonator device comprises five layers. A first layer and a fifth layer include one or more metal electrodes. A second layer and a fourth layer comprise a piezoelectric material. A third layer comprises a metal layer. In a first area of the first layer the first layer metal electrodes include a first layer periodic structure along one dimension comprising one of the one or more first layer metal electrodes and a space with no first layer metal electrodes. In a second area of the fifth layer the fifth layer metal electrodes include a fifth layer periodic structure along the one dimension comprising one of the one or more fifth layer metal electrodes and a space with no fifth layer metal electrodes. The first layer periodic structure and the fifth layer periodic structure are aligned so that the one of the one or more fifth layer metal electrodes are centered under the space with no first layer metal electrodes and the one of the one or more first layer metal electrodes are centered over the space with no fifth layer metal electrodes or are aligned so that the one of the one or more fifth layer metal electrodes are centered under the first layer metal electrodes. | 11-01-2012 |
20120280598 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECES AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Exemplary piezoelectric vibrating pieces have an excitation electrode and an extraction electrode having uniform thickness in the vibrating region to prevent unnecessary vibrations and degradation of vibration characteristics. An exemplary piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a vibrating portion having an excitation electrode of a first thickness (d | 11-08-2012 |
20120306324 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT - There is provided a piezoelectric/electrostrictive element | 12-06-2012 |
20120306325 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a multilayer body having a dielectric layer; and a plurality of internal electrode layers provided in the multilayer body, and having ends exposed to at least one face of the multilayer body, wherein, a ratio of T | 12-06-2012 |
20120306326 | Piezoelectric Ceramic Material, Method for the Production Thereof, and Multilayer Component - A piezoelectric ceramic material has the general formula: P | 12-06-2012 |
20120319536 | MONOLITHIC CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - In a monolithic ceramic electronic component, where a distance in the height direction between one of outer-layer dummy conductors in an outer layer portion, which is arranged closest to an inner layer portion, and one of inner electrodes in the inner layer portion, which is arranged closest to the outer layer portion, is b, and an opposing distance between an adjacent pair of first inner electrodes and second inner electrodes in the height direction is t, 2t≦b is satisfied, such that the outer-layer dummy conductors can be spaced a sufficient distance away from the inner electrodes, and such that the distance between the inner electrodes can be prevented from being reduced when the inner electrodes arranged in overlapping relation to the outer-layer dummy conductors are pressed in a pressing step before firing, and a reduction of BDV can be prevented. | 12-20-2012 |
20120319537 | MONOLITHIC CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Two or more outer-layer dummy conductors are successively arranged at predetermined intervals in the height direction, thereby forming a plurality of outer-layer dummy groups. Given that an interval between the adjacent outer-layer dummy conductors within each of the outer-layer dummy groups is d and an interval between the adjacent outer-layer dummy groups is g, g is greater than d. On that condition, the outer-layer dummy groups can be positioned satisfactorily apart away from each other, while plating deposition points are ensured. As a result, pressing of inner electrodes through the outer-layer dummy conductors can be relieved, whereby the distance between the inner electrodes can be prevented from being locally shortened and a reduction of BDV can be prevented. | 12-20-2012 |
20120326570 | FLEXURAL VIBRATOR ELEMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLEXURAL VIBRATOR ELEMENT - A flexural vibrator element has a vibrator arm extending from a base section and having a rectangular cross-sectional shape, the vibrator arm having first and second step sections composed of step surfaces intersecting respectively with a left side surface and a right side surface, and step side surfaces intersecting respectively with an upper surface and a lower surface, between the lower surface, the upper surface and the left side surface, the right side surface, and first and fourth detection electrodes on the left and right side surfaces and second and third detection electrodes on the step side surfaces are respectively separated in a thickness direction of the vibrator arm. The first through fourth detection electrodes are patterned with accuracy by exposure from the upper surface and the lower surface using a common exposure device by existing photo etching. | 12-27-2012 |
20130020914 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - In a laminated ceramic electronic component, a first functional portion and a second functional portion are disposed within a ceramic element body so as to be adjacent to each other along a height direction, first and second internal electrodes face each other through a ceramic layer in the first functional portion, and third and fourth internal electrodes whose number of laminated layers is different from the number of laminated layers of the first and second internal electrodes face each other through the ceramic layer in the second functional portion. A marking internal conductor is disposed on the same plane as the first internal electrode and/or the second internal electrode, a marking external conductor is disposed on the side surface of the ceramic element body so as to link a plurality of exposed marking internal conductors such that it is possible to recognize vertical directionality. | 01-24-2013 |
20130033154 | MONOLITHIC CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - In a monolithic ceramic electronic component, given that an interval between outer-layer dummy conductors adjacent to each other in an outer layer portion is d1, and that an interval between first and second inner electrodes adjacent to each other in an inner layer portion is d2, 1.7d2≦d1 is satisfied. By reducing a density of the outer-layer dummy conductors in the outer layer portion on that condition, pressing of the inner electrodes through the outer-layer dummy conductors is relieved in a pressing step before firing. As a result, a distance between the inner electrodes can be prevented from being locally shortened. It is hence possible to effectively reduce and prevent degradation of reliability of the monolithic ceramic electronic component, e.g., a reduction of BDV. | 02-07-2013 |
20130033155 | Piezoelectric Component - A piezoelectric component includes at least one planned fracture layer for generating and guiding cracks in the component in a controlled manner. The planned fracture layer is disposed between two electrode layers adjacent to each other in the direction of the stack. The distance d | 02-07-2013 |
20130038177 | Piezoelectric Component - A piezo electrical component has a stack of piezo electrical layers arranged over each other and electrode layers arranged therebetween. The stack has at least one first piezo electrical layer having a first piezo electrical charge constant and, directly adjacent thereto, at least one second piezo electrical layer having a second piezo electrical charge constant. The piezo electrical charge constant describes an expansion of the piezo electrical layer perpendicular to an electrical field at a voltage 6 applied to the electrode layers. The first piezo electrical charge constant is different from the second piezo electrical charge constant. | 02-14-2013 |
20130057115 | VIBRATOR, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VIBRATOR - A vibrator includes a base substrate, a tuning fork type vibrating body, a first vibrating body, a second vibrating body, a first extraction electrode at the one vibration arm portion, a second extraction electrode at the other vibration arm portion, and an input/output port at the base portion. The input/output port is configured to input/output an electric signal to/from each of the first extraction electrode, the second extraction electrode, and the excitation electrodes of the vibration arm portions. The tuning fork type vibrating body is configured to generate a flexural vibration in reverse phase to the contour vibration of the first and second vibrating bodies, so as to absorb the contour vibration of the first and second vibrating bodies. | 03-07-2013 |
20130076209 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR HAVING COMBINED THICKNESS AND WIDTH VIBRATIONAL MODES - A method and apparatus for a piezoelectric resonator having combined thickness and width vibrational modes are disclosed. A piezoelectric resonator may include a piezoelectric substrate and a first electrode coupled to a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric resonator may further include a second electrode coupled to a second surface of the piezoelectric substrate, where the first surface and the second surface are substantially parallel and define a thickness dimension of the piezoelectric substrate. Furthermore, the thickness dimension and the width dimension of the piezoelectric substrate are configured to produce a resonance from a coherent combination of a thickness vibrational mode and a width vibrational mode when an excitation signal is applied to the electrodes. | 03-28-2013 |
20130088124 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A physical quantity sensor ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130127301 | VIBRATOR, VIBRATING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A vibrator includes: a vibrating reed having a vibrating body, first and second support portions supporting the vibrating body, and four beams coupling the first and second support portions with the vibrating body; electrodes disposed at the vibrating body; and terminals disposed at the first and second support portions and electrically connected with the electrodes via wires disposed at the beams. Between the terminals next to each other, a plurality of grooves spaced apart in a predetermined direction and extending in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction are disposed. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127302 | Method for Producing a Piezo Actuator and Piezo Actuator - A method for producing a piezo actuator includes: providing a green stack including alternately successive green films and inner electrode layers; forming trenches on the outside green stack in areas in which the inner electrode layers are intended to be electrically insulated from the corresponding outer electrodes, the trenches shortening the inner electrode layers from the outside of the green stack toward the inside; filling the trenches with an electrically insulating slurry; further processing the green stack, including filling the trenches with slurry, such that the green films produce piezo electric layers and the green stack produces a piezo stack; mounting two outer electrodes on the outside of the piezo stack, such that the two outer electrodes are alternately electrically connected to the inner electrode layers. The trenches may be filled with the slurry using one of the following methods; screen printing, immersion, spraying, or vacuum infiltration. | 05-23-2013 |
20130134838 | PIEZOELECTRIC MEMS TRANSFORMER - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems piezoelectric resonator transformers, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. In one aspect, a transformer includes a piezoelectric layer; a first conductive layer arranged over a first surface of the piezoelectric layer including a first set of electrodes and a second set of electrodes interdigitated with the first set. The transformer includes a second conductive layer arranged over a second surface including at least a third set of electrodes. In some implementations, the transformer includes a first port capable of receiving an input signal and to which the first set of electrodes are coupled, and a second port capable of being coupled to a load and of outputting an output signal, the second set of electrodes being coupled to the second port. Generally, a ratio of the number of electrodes of the second set to the first set characterizes a transformation ratio. | 05-30-2013 |
20130140960 | Piezoelectric Multilayer Component and Method for Forming an External Electrode in a Piezoelectric Multilayer Component - A piezoelectric multilayer component is specified. At least one external electrode is fixed to a stack of piezoelectric layers and electrode layers arranged therebetween. At wherein at least one region of the external electrode projects beyond the stack and the external electrode is at least partly pressure-deformed in said region. Furthermore, a method for forming an external electrode in a piezoelectric multilayer component is specified. | 06-06-2013 |
20130162109 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS AND MULTI-LAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPONENTS - A piezoelectric ceramic comprising as a main component an alkali-containing niobate-based perovskite structure expressed by a compositional formula (Li | 06-27-2013 |
20130169115 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibration piece includes a base made of a piezoelectric material; a plurality of vibration arms which is integrally formed with the base and extends in parallel; elongate grooves which are formed along longitudinal directions of the vibration arms; and excitation electrodes which include inner electrodes disposed in the elongate grooves and side electrodes disposed in side surfaces facing the inner electrodes, wherein widening portions in which the widths of the vibration arms are widened toward the base at a joint between the vibration arms of the base are formed, and the side electrodes are led to principal surfaces and side surfaces of the widening portions. | 07-04-2013 |
20130193810 | LAMINATED PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A laminated piezoelectric device comprising a device body | 08-01-2013 |
20130214648 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION ELEMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibration element includes a piezoelectric piece, a pair of excitation electrodes, and a pair of extraction electrodes. The piezoelectric piece has a rectangular shape with long sides and short sides and a first principal surface and a second principal surface. The piezoelectric piece includes a mesa portion thicker than a peripheral portion at least on the first principal surface. The excitation electrode is larger than an area of the mesa portion and covers the mesa portion on the principal surface where the mesa portion is formed. The excitation electrode has a center away from a center of the piezoelectric piece toward another short side by a first distance. The mesa portion has a center away from the center of the piezoelectric piece to the other short side by a second distance. The second distance is different from the first distance. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214649 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A method for fabricating a piezoelectric device includes preparing a piezoelectric wafer, preparing a first wafer, bonding the piezoelectric wafer and the first wafer, preparing a first terminal mask for forming a pair of hot terminals on the bottom surface and a second terminal mask for forming the pair of hot terminals and a grounding terminal as a ground point, selecting an arrangement of the first terminal mask and an arrangement of the second terminal mask on a bottom surface of the first wafer after the wafer bonding, and forming a bottom surface with the power supply terminal and the output terminal through the first terminal mask, or a bottom surface with the power supply terminal, the output terminal, and the grounding terminal through the second terminal mask, after selecting the arrangement. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214650 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece, a base plate, which has a connecting electrode on one principal surface and a mounting terminal on another principal surface, in a rectangular shape, and a lid plate. The another principal surface of the base plate includes a pair of sides that face one another. At least the pair of sides has a level difference portion depressed toward the one principal surface side and a castellation passing through from the another principal surface to the one principal surface. A wiring electrode extracted from the mounting terminal to the one principal surface of the base plate is at a part of the level difference portion and the castellation. The wiring electrode and the mounting terminal include a metal film formed by sputtering or vacuum evaporation and an electroless plating film formed on the metal film by electroless plating. | 08-22-2013 |
20130221807 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND STACKED PIEZOELECTRIC STRUCTURE - A stacked piezoelectric actuator has a laminate structure including piezoelectric layers and cover parts such that when an external electrode is applied with drive voltage, the piezoelectric layers become distorted and the entire stacked piezoelectric actuator deforms, and at that time, the cover parts become displaced, wherein the distortion difference occurring between the piezoelectric layers and the cover parts reduces, thereby inhibiting the development of cracks. Moreover, the surface area of the active region of the piezoelectric layers is the same as the surface area of the active region of the cover parts, and therefore the loss of the displacement transfer, which is produced by the piezoelectric layers, at the cover parts is reliably reduced. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221808 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR PLATE, PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR PLATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR - A piezoelectric resonator plate includes at least a pair of excitation electrodes and at least a pair of extraction electrodes. The pair of extraction electrodes are respectively extracted from the pair of excitation electrodes to electrically and mechanically bond the pair of excitation electrodes to an external electrode. The pair of extraction electrodes each include a distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a connecting electrode extracted to a vicinity of one end portion on one principal surface of the piezoelectric resonator plate. The connecting electrodes each include a top surface where a first metal film to be bonded to the external electrode is formed. The first metal film includes a top surface with two or more protruding portions. The first metal film has a larger surface roughness and a smaller area compared with the respective connecting electrodes. The protruding portions are formed with cross-sections in curvature shapes. | 08-29-2013 |
20130234565 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE - Provided are a piezoelectric vibrator, an oscillator, an electronic device, and a radio-controlled timepiece capable of preventing lowering of an electrical characteristic of a routing electrode during the frequency adjustment with respect to a piezoelectric vibrator whose frequency can be adjusted by irradiating a laser beam onto a weight metal film formed on a distal end of a vibrating arm portion. In a piezoelectric vibrator, a routing electrode is arranged in an offset manner toward one side with respect to a center line of a base substrate in the lateral width direction, and a piezoelectric vibrating piece is arranged in an offset manner toward a side opposite to the routing electrode with respect to the center line of the base substrate in the lateral direction. | 09-12-2013 |
20130241361 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic element including a plurality of dielectric layers laminated therein; a plurality of first and second internal electrodes formed on dielectric layers positioned in a middle portion of the ceramic element and alternately exposed from both ends of the ceramic element; a plurality of dummy electrodes formed on dielectric layers positioned in upper and lower portions of the ceramic element, respectively; and first and second external electrodes formed on both ends of the ceramic element and electrically connected to the exposed portions of the first and second internal electrodes, wherein the length of each of the dummy electrodes is longer than that of the first and second external electrodes covering the ceramic element. | 09-19-2013 |
20130249352 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE - Mounting electrodes are formed in a state of being separated from excitation electrodes on one main surface of a base portion, and the excitation electrodes are formed on another main surface of a piezoelectric plate and includes base portion electrodes which are connected to the excitation electrodes and conducting portions which electrically connect the mounting electrodes and the base portion electrodes in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric plate. | 09-26-2013 |
20130270968 | STACKABLE PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR COMPONENT - A stackable piezoelectric actuator component ( | 10-17-2013 |
20130270969 | Multi-Layer Electronic Component and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A multi-layer electronic component that can be repetitively operated under high voltage, high temperature and high humidity is provided. | 10-17-2013 |
20130307376 | PIEZO ACTUATOR HAVING AN ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR A TORSIONAL VIBRATION MODE, AND ROTATION-TYPE ULTRASONIC MOTOR INCLUDING SAME - The present invention relates to a piezo actuator having an electrode structure for a torsional vibration mode, and to a rotation-type ultrasonic motor containing the same. In the piezo actuator having the electrode structure, electrodes may have different lengths from the center point of the piezo actuator in order to form an electrode structure having a pinwheel shape by means of which a torsional vibration mode is enabled. Thus, since the electrodes of the piezo actuator for generating torsional vibrations has a simple pinwheel wing structure, a rotor coupled along a groove formed in the side surface of the piezo actuator may be rotated using the torsional directional vibrations due to the electrode structure. | 11-21-2013 |
20130320815 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC, PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPONENT, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE USING SUCH PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPONENT - In a piezoelectric ceramic which has an alkali-containing niobate-based perovskite structure in which constituent elements are Li, Na, K, Nb, and O, a Li | 12-05-2013 |
20130334933 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A piezoelectric element, which is capable of being driven with a relatively low voltage and obtaining a large displacement amount at a central portion thereof and is not degraded in characteristics over time and is easily mountable on or in a piezoelectric device, includes a piezoelectric body including a plurality of laminated piezoelectric layers, ground electrodes, central electrodes, and peripheral electrodes. A surface of the piezoelectric body includes first to fifth terminals. The extraction of the ground terminals, the central electrodes, and the peripheral electrodes to the first to fifth terminals is configured to connect one terminal of an alternating-current power supply to the third terminal and connect the other terminal of the alternating-current power supply to the first terminal and the second terminal. | 12-19-2013 |
20130342081 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND CERAMIC ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element, a first inner electrode, a second inner electrode, an outer electrode, and a first auxiliary electrode. The first auxiliary electrode extends to a first surface of the ceramic element. The first inner electrode extends along a first direction on the first surface. The first auxiliary electrode extends outward from the region where the first inner electrode is disposed in the first direction on the first surface. The outer electrode covers the first inner electrode and the first auxiliary electrode. | 12-26-2013 |
20130342082 | MULTILAYER PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - An element body having a first and second internal electrodes exposure surface comprising a piezoelectric active area, wherein a first internal electrode faces a second internal electrode sandwiching piezoelectric body layer in-between along laminating direction, and a piezoelectric inactive area, wherein the piezoelectric body layer contacts only first or second internal electrode at one face along laminating direction, or the first internal electrodes or the second internal electrodes respectively face each other sandwiching piezoelectric body layer in-between along laminating direction, an insulating layer which covers the piezoelectric active area of the first and second internal electrodes exposure surface, and a resistance layer which is isolated from the piezoelectric active area by the insulating layer, placed at the first and second internal electrodes exposure surface connecting at least a part of the first and that of the second internal electrode in the piezoelectric inactive area and has lower electrical resistance value relative to that of the piezoelectric body layer. | 12-26-2013 |
20130342083 | ACTUATOR, ACTUATOR SYSTEM, AND CONTROL OF AN ACTUATOR - The invention relates to an actuator ( | 12-26-2013 |
20140015379 | Piezoelectric Multilayer Component and Method for Producing the Same - The piezoelectric multilayer component includes a piezo stack having an alternating sequence of piezoelectric ceramic layers and inner electrodes, and a passivation on an outer side. The passivation is produced from a piezoelectric ceramic material which is different from the material of the ceramic layers. In the production method, the passivation is polarized together with the ceramic layers. | 01-16-2014 |
20140015380 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibration element includes: a piezoelectric substrate; excitation electrodes that are arranged so as to face each other on both principal faces of the piezoelectric substrate; drawn-out electrodes; and pads. The piezoelectric substrate includes an excitation portion that is located at the center and a peripheral portion that is thin-walled to be thinner than the thickness of the excitation portion and is disposed on a peripheral edge thereof. The pads have support areas that fix the piezoelectric substrate to a support member at positions of the piezoelectric substrate corresponding to corner portions. The excitation electrodes are formed over the excitation portion and a vibration area that is at least a part of the peripheral portion. | 01-16-2014 |
20140021830 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GREEN COMPACT BEING MOLDED BODY OF PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE PRIOR TO SINTERING - A plurality of piezoelectric device corresponding parts including a green main body part and a green top surface electrode formed on a top surface of the green main body part are placed on a tabular substrate at intervals. Next, a tabular elastic body is pressed from above to the plurality of piezoelectric device corresponding parts, so as to form an inclined part declined toward an outer side in an edge of a top surface of each piezoelectric device corresponding part, and to form a circular arc part at an intersection between the inclined part and a side surface of the piezoelectric device corresponding part. Next, a green side surface electrode is formed on the side surface of each piezoelectric device corresponding part so that the green side surface electrode is connected to the green top surface electrode. Next, this molded body is sintered so that a piezoelectric device is obtained. | 01-23-2014 |
20140028156 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A piezoelectric element includes first internal electrodes and second electrodes, as well as piezoelectric ceramic layers that are made of ceramics and arranged between the first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes. Manganese is present relatively more abundantly in the areas of the piezoelectric ceramic layers adjacent to the first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes, compared to at the centers of the piezoelectric ceramic layers. Insulation performance of the piezoelectric element is kept from dropping over the course of use. | 01-30-2014 |
20140028157 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including: a base; a panel; a support for supporting the panel with respect to the base; and a vibrator for causing the panel to vibrate at a given frequency. The support includes a first region located at a part corresponding to a node of vibration of the panel, and a second region located at a part other than the node of the vibration of the panel. The support has a rigidity that is smaller in the first region than in the second region. | 01-30-2014 |
20140055009 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric ceramic is constituted by a polycrystal whose main phase is an alkali-containing niobate perovskite structure, where both elemental nickel and elemental manganese are present at the grain boundary of the polycrystal. The piezoelectric ceramic is such that drop in piezoelectric characteristics due to application of high electric field is suppressed. | 02-27-2014 |
20140132119 | 3-D Woven Active Fiber Composite - A three-dimensional woven active fiber composite is disclosed. The composite includes a plurality of actuating fibers configured in a three-dimensional arrangement. The composite further includes a plurality of conductive wire electrodes that are woven through the plurality of actuating fibers. The electrodes may be configured into two dimensional electrode mats that are spaced apart along the length of the composite. Filler fibers may be used between adjacent electrode mats to help reinforce the composite. A sleeve member can also be used to help provide compressive containment for the actuating fibers and conductive wire electrodes. | 05-15-2014 |
20140167571 | PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER WITH HIGH EFFECTIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING FACTORS - The present invention relates to a piezoelectric transformer comprising an elongate piezoelectric ceramic body adapted to operate in fundamental thickness mode. The elongate piezoelectric ceramic body comprises a central input or primary section coupled to adjacently arranged first and second output sections. High power conversion efficiency and zero-voltage switching capability is achieved by providing a primary side effective electromechanical coupling factor k | 06-19-2014 |
20140184029 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM-BASED RESONATOR DEVICE - The disclosure provides a structure for a microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based resonator device. The structure for the MEMS-based resonator device includes at least one resonator unit. The at least one resonator unit comprises a substrate having a trench therein. A pair of first electrodes is disposed on a pair of sidewalls of the trench. A piezoelectric material fills the trench, covering the pair of first electrodes. A second electrode is embedded in the piezoelectric material, separated from the pair of first electrodes by the piezoelectric material. The second electrode disposed in the trench is parallel to the pair of first electrodes. | 07-03-2014 |
20140191622 | PIEZOELECTRIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PIEZOELECTRIC COMPONENT - A piezoelectric component ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140203690 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CYLINDRICAL PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, CYLINDRICAL PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND MINUTE DRIVE MECHANISM - In manufacturing method of a cylindrical piezoelectric element, a cylindrical piezoelectric material is formed by molding a piezoelectric material into a cylindrical shape and subjecting the molded piezoelectric material to calcination. A reference electrode is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical piezoelectric material. Drive electrodes are provided in a circumferential direction so that the drive electrodes are extending in an axial direction from one end to the other end on an outer circumferential surface. A polarization electrode is provided at a part of the circumferential surface in the vicinity of the one end. A predetermined voltage is applied between the polarization electrode and the reference electrode. The polarization electrode is removed from the cylindrical piezoelectric material. | 07-24-2014 |
20140239775 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE EAP GENERATORS - In a method for manufacturing electroactive polymer generators, a strip, including one layer of an electroactive polymer and electrodes applied to sections of this layer, is spirally wound in such a way that multiple electrodes are situated congruently on top of each other, in each case two electrodes situated on top of each other being separated from each other by a layer of electroactive polymer. | 08-28-2014 |
20140292159 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element has a piezoelectric body, a through-hole electrode, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode. The piezoelectric body includes a through-hole in communication with a first main surface and a second main surface. The through-hole electrode is formed on an inner side surface of the through-hole. The first electrode is formed on the first main surface of the piezoelectric body. The first electrode is connected to the through-hole electrode. The second electrode is formed on the second main surface of the piezoelectric body. The second electrode is connected to the through-hole electrode. The third electrode is formed on the second main surface of the piezoelectric body. The third electrode is isolated from the second electrode. A calculated average roughness in the inner side surface is larger than 0.11 microns and smaller than 16 microns. A maximum height roughness in the inner side surface is larger than 0.2 microns and smaller than 20 microns. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292160 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, MULTILAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC MOTOR, OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, VIBRATION APPARATUS, DUST REMOVING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Provided is a lead-free piezoelectric material having a satisfactory and stable piezoelectric constant and electric insulation property in a wide practical temperature range. Provided is a piezoelectric material, including a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1) as a main component, the piezoelectric material containing Mn in a content of 0.01 part by weight or more and 0.80 part by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the perovskite-type metal oxide: (Li | 10-02-2014 |
20140292161 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PIEZOELECTRIC MULTILAYER COMPONENT, PIEZOELECTRIC MULTILAYER COMPONENT CONTAINING AN AUXILIARY MATERIAL, AND USE OF AN AUXILIARY MATERIAL FOR SETTING THE BREAKING STRESS OF A PIEZOELECTRIC MULTILAYER COMPONENT - Provision is made of a method for producing a piezoelectric multilayer component ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140306582 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - An oscillator as an electronic component includes external connection terminals as terminals disposed on a reverse side of a substrate constituting a package, and connection electrodes connected respectively to the external connection terminals, and penetrating through the substrate, and the center of the connection electrode as a second connection electrode in the three connection electrodes adjacent to each other is disposed at a position out of an imaginary line passing through the center of the connection electrode as a first connection electrode and the center of the connection electrode as a third connection electrode. | 10-16-2014 |
20140312743 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic base, first and second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes. The first external electrode is disposed at a first end portion of a first major surface in the longitudinal direction. The second external electrode is disposed at a second end portion of the first major surface in the longitudinal direction. A portion of each of the first and second external electrodes is opposed in the thickness direction to a region where the first and second internal electrodes are opposed to each other in the thickness direction. A condition ( 1/10)t | 10-23-2014 |
20140312744 | MULTILAYER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a multilayer electronic component includes the steps of preparing a laminate including a plurality of laminated insulating layers and a plurality of internal electrodes disposed along interfaces between the insulating layers, edges of the internal electrodes being exposed at a predetermined surface of the laminate, and forming an external electrode on the predetermined surface to electrically connect exposed the edges of the internal electrodes. The step of forming an external electrode includes a plating step of forming a continuous plating film by depositing plating deposits on the edges of the internal electrodes exposed at the predetermined surface and by performing plating growth to be connected to each other, and a heat treatment step of performing a heat treatment at an oxygen partial pressure of about 5 ppm or less and at a temperature of about 600° C. or more. | 10-23-2014 |
20140375175 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A ceramic electronic component includes a rectangular or substantially rectangular parallelepiped-shaped stack in which a ceramic layer and an internal electrode are alternately stacked and an external electrode provided on a portion of a surface of the stack and electrically connected to the internal electrode. The external electrode includes an inner external electrode covering a portion of the surface of the stack and including a mixture of a resin component and a metal component and an outer external electrode covering the inner external electrode and including a metal component. A volume occupied by the resin component in the inner external electrode is within a prescribed range. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375176 | RESONATOR ELEMENT, RESONATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - A quartz crystal resonator element includes a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad disposed on a lower surface of a support arm, and cut sections disposed in both principal surfaces (upper and lower surfaces) of the support arm between the first and second electrode pads so as to overlap each other, and the cut sections extend so that the support arm is cut from the side surface in the +X-axis direction of the support arm to the −X-axis direction, and are provided with first surfaces roughly perpendicular to the X axis and first and second tilted surfaces extending in the +X-axis direction. | 12-25-2014 |
20150115777 | ASYMMETRIC UNBALANCED ACOUSTICALLY COUPLED RESONATORS FOR SPURIOUS MODE SUPPRESSION - A resonator includes a piezoelectric core, a set of electrodes, and at least one ground terminal. The electrodes are arranged on the piezoelectric core and also includes at least one input electrode having a first width and at least one output electrode having a second width that differs from the first width. The ground terminal is also on the piezoelectric core. | 04-30-2015 |
20150311423 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION APPARATUS, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - There are provided a piezoelectric actuator having reduced noise caused by the vibration of a piezoelectric element is reduced, a piezoelectric vibration apparatus and a portable terminal. A piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric element which includes a stacked body in which internal electrodes and piezoelectric layers are laminated, and a surface electrode disposed on one main surface of the stacked body so as to be electrically connected to the internal electrodes; and a flexible substrate electrically joined to the surface electrode; and a reinforcing plate fixedly attached to a region of the flexible substrate where the flexible substrate overlaps with the piezoelectric element, the reinforcing plate being provided with a bend portion. | 10-29-2015 |
20150326201 | Tuning-Fork Type Quartz Vibrator - A tuning-fork type quartz vibrator is disclosed that includes excitation electrodes and a tuning-fork type vibrating reed that is made of quartz and in which first and second vibrating arm sections are integrally joined to a base section. In each of the first and second vibrating sections, a plurality of through-holes and two or more crosspieces are provided. Further, an effective excitation electrode ratio is no more than 0.97, the effective excitation electrode ratio being expressed by (a total area of the excitation electrodes in a cross-section orthogonal to a second direction as a width direction of each of the first and second vibrating arm sections)/(an area of a region where the plurality of through-holes are provided in the cross-section orthogonal to the second direction as the width direction of each of the first and second vibrating arm sections). | 11-12-2015 |
20150340589 | MULTILAYER PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A multilayer piezoelectric device comprises a multilayer body and first and second outer electrodes. The multilayer body has base, first and second driving parts, and non-driving part. The driving parts and non-driving part extend from the base along stacking direction. The first driving part is closer to the non-driving part than the second driving part. Each driving part has first and second inner electrodes opposing each other in stacking direction. The base has a third inner electrode extending along a plane orthogonal to the stacking direction. The first outer electrode is connected to the first inner electrode. The second outer electrode is connected to the second and third inner electrodes. In the stacking direction, the overlap area of the third and second inner electrode of the first driving part is greater than the overlap area of the third and second inner electrode of the second driving part. | 11-26-2015 |
20150340592 | Method and Device for Producing a Multi-Layer Electrode System - A method for producing a multi-layer electrode system includes providing a carrier substrate having a recess in a top side of the carrier substrate. At least one wall of the recess is inclined in relation to a bottom side of the carrier substrate, which is opposite to the top side. The method also includes applying a multi-layer stack, which includes at least a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a piezoelectric layer arranged between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, to the top side of the carrier substrate. At least the wall and a bottom of the recess are covered by at least a portion of the multi-layer stack. | 11-26-2015 |
20150344671 | Curable Organopolysiloxane Composition For Transducers And Applications Of Such Curable Silicone Composition For Transducers - The present invention provides a curable organopolysiloxane composition capable of producing a cured article that can be used as a transducer and provided with excellent mechanical characteristics and/or electrical characteristics. The present invention also relates to a novel curable organopolysiloxane composition for transducer use comprising a curable organopolysiloxane composition and a compound having a highly dielectric functional group. | 12-03-2015 |
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