Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Ville Kaajakari

Shinsuke Ikeuchi

Masaki Takeuchi

Masayuki Suzuki

Seiji Umezawa

Masashi Kubota

Matti Liukku

Anssi Blomqvist

Ville-Pekka Rytkönen

A transducer includes a first connection portion connecting a first tip and a second tip to each other. The first connection portion is surrounded by a split slit connecting a center of the first tip, a center of a base, and a center of the second tip, the first tip, and the second tip.

Transducer

A sensor includes a film portion deformable by external force, a support body supporting the film portion, and a magnetoresistive element portion on the film portion and including a unit element that includes a first magnetic layer whose magnetization direction changes in accordance with deformation of the film portion, a second magnetic layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, and an intermediate layer between the first and second magnetic layers. The film portion includes a first side portion in a portion of an outer edge of the film portion. A slit portion is provided in the film portion and includes at least a portion along the first side portion, so that the film portion includes a connection portion in which the first side portion is partially connected to the support body. A magnetoresistive element portion is provided in the connection portion.

Sensor, strain detection sensor, pressure sensor, and microphone

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Nagaokakyo, Japan

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