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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Atsushi Kandori, Ebina, JP;
Makoto Takagi, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Majima, Isehara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an electromechanical transducer capable of arbitrarily varying the amount of deflection of a vibrating membrane for every element. The electromechanical transducer includes a plurality of elements including at least one cell that includes a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to the first electrode with a gap sandwiched therebetween and a direct-current voltage applying unit configured to be provided for each element and to separately apply a direct-current voltage to the first electrodes in each element. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are electrically separated for every element.