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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2010
Kazufumi Suenaga, Tsuchiura, JP;
Kenji Shibata, Tsukuba, JP;
Hideki Sato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akira Nomoto, Kasumigaura, JP;
Kazufumi Suenaga, Tsuchiura, JP;
Kenji Shibata, Tsukuba, JP;
Hideki Sato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akira Nomoto, Kasumigaura, JP;
Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A piezoelectric thin film element is provided, including on a substrate: a piezoelectric thin film expressed by a general formula (NaKLi)NbO(0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦z≦0.2, x+y+z=1); and an upper electrode laminated thereon, wherein the piezoelectric thin film has a crystal structure of any one of a pseudo-cubic crystal, a tetragonal crystal, or an orthorhombic crystal, or has a crystal structure of coexistence of at least two of the pseudo-cubic crystal, the tetragonal crystal, or the orthorhombic crystal, and in such crystal structures, there is a coexistence of (001) oriented crystal grains oriented in (001) direction, and (111) oriented crystal grains oriented in (111) direction, with an angle formed by at least one of the crystal axes of the crystal grains and a normal line of the substrate surface set to be in a range of 0° to 10°.