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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
John S. Wright, Edina, MN (US);
Razman Zambri, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for positioning a control object, such as a microactuator used to position a read/write transducer adjacent a data storage medium. In accordance with some embodiments, a piezoelectric transducer (PZT) element is adapted to induce rotational displacement of the control object in a bending mode of operation. The PZT element has a plurality of piezoelectric material layers and a plurality of electrically conductive layers interposed between the piezoelectric material layers. The piezoelectric material layers include a first subset of active layers and at least one non-active layer.