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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2008
Masahiro Sato, Kirishima, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Kirishima, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A multi-layer piezoelectric element includes a multi-layer structure having a plurality of internal electrode layers and a plurality of piezoelectric ceramic layers. The multi-layer structure has a driving portion formed by stacking the plurality of internal electrode layers and the piezoelectric ceramic layers alternately on each other, and non-driving portions that are formed by stacking a plurality of the piezoelectric ceramic layers and are disposed on both end portions of the driving portion in a stacked direction. The piezoelectric ceramic layers of the non-driving portions have the same piezoelectric material as that of the piezoelectric ceramic layers of the driving portion as a main component, and have a mean crystal grain size larger than that of the driving portion.