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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Chienliu Chang, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 3/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 19/00 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 31/00 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); B81C 1/00158 (2013.01); H04R 19/005 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0285 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49005 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49007 (2015.01);
Abstract
An electromechanical transducer of the present invention includes a first electrode, a vibrating membrane formed above the first electrode through a gap, a second electrode formed on the vibrating membrane, and an insulating protective layer formed on a surface of the second electrode side. A region where the protective layer is not formed is present on at least part of a surface of the vibrating membrane.