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Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

May. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hironari Yamamoto, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/06 (2006.01); H10N 30/853 (2023.01); H10N 30/87 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 30/853 (2023.02); B06B 1/0629 (2013.01); H10N 30/87 (2023.02);
Abstract

A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric array, a resin portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The piezoelectric array includes piezoelectric pillars having a columnar shape and made of piezoelectric ceramic. The piezoelectric pillars are provided along a row direction and a column direction in a two-dimensional array such that the piezoelectric pillars are parallel or substantially parallel to each other in height direction thereof. The resin portion is located in and preferably fills a gap between the piezoelectric pillars. The first electrode includes first electrode wires extending in the column direction. The second electrode includes second electrode wires extending in the row direction. Both of the piezoelectric pillars and the resin portion resonantly vibrate in a thickness longitudinal vibration mode, and a resonant frequency of the resin portion is higher than a resonant frequency of the piezoelectric pillars by about 15% or greater.


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