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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Heinz Florian, Bad Gams, AT;
Marion Ottlinger, Deutschlandsberg, AT;
Inventors:
Heinz Florian, Bad Gams, AT;
Marion Ottlinger, Deutschlandsberg, AT;
Assignee:
EPCOS AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/187 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A piezoelectric component includes a stack of ceramic layers and electrode layers between ceramic layers in the stack. The electrode layers contain copper and the ceramic layers contain lead-zirconate-titanate that is doped with Nb. The ceramic layers are made from a material having a composition of PbV(ZrTiNb)O, where −0.05≦x≦0.05.