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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Hiroshi Nakatsuka, Neyagawa, JP;
Katsunori Moritoki, Takatsuki, JP;
Toshiyuki Asahi, Osaka, JP;
Kojiro Okuyama, Ikoma, JP;
Osamu Kawasaki, Kyotanabe, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The piezoelectric transformer of the present invention has a piezoelectric element mainly formed of a piezoelectric material, primary electrodes U and D which are formed on the piezoelectric element and to which a voltage is applied, a secondary electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric element and from which a voltage higher than the voltage applied to the primary electrode is output, and a sensor electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric element and from which a voltage lower than the output voltage of the secondary electrode is output.