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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2002
Yukihisa Takeuchi, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Masashi Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Koji Kimura, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Motosu-gun, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A matrix type piezoelectric/electrostrictive device in which a plurality of piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements almost in a pillar shape, each having a piezoelectric/electrostrictive substance and at least a pair of electrodes being formed on the sides of the substance, are vertically provided on a thick ceramic substrate. It is driven by displacement of the piezoelectric/electrostrictive substance. In this device, a plurality of piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements are integrally bonded to the ceramic substrate and independently arranged in two dimensions. The percentage of transgranularly fractured crystal grains on at least the sides of the piezoelectric/electrostrictive substance on which the electrodes are formed is 10% or less. The unit forms a curved surface near a joined section between the substance and the substrate. The present device can show excellent performances such as large displacement at a low voltage with pushing, distorting, moving, striking (impacting), or mixing an object of action and the like.
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