Two axis piezoelectric element
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorMichiya Murakami
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Abstract
A piezoelectric element includes a stack including a plurality of internal electrodes and a plurality of piezoelectric layers stacked on one another, and a surface electrode located on a side surface of the stack and connected to the plurality of internal electrodes. A second electrode illustrated in FIG. 3B includes a first conductor including a strip extending in a longitudinal direction and an extension having one end continuous with the strip and another end exposed on the side surface of the stack and connected to the surface electrode. The piezoelectric element includes a second conductor located between the extension and an opposite portion of the side surface of the stack opposite to a portion of the side surface on which the other end of the extension is exposed.
Claims5
A piezoelectric element, comprising:
- a stack including a plurality of internal electrodes and a plurality of piezoelectric layers;
- and
- a surface electrode located on a side surface of the stack and electrically connected to the plurality of internal electrodes,
- wherein the plurality of internal electrodes includes
- a first electrode configured to bend the stack in a first direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the stack by applying a voltage to the plurality of piezoelectric layers, and
- a second electrode configured to bend the stack in a second direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the first direction by applying a voltage to the plurality of piezoelectric layers,
- at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode comprising:
- a first conductor comprising:
- a strip extending in the longitudinal direction;
- and
- an extension one end of which is connected to the strip, and another end of which is exposed at the side surface of the stack and connected to the surface electrode;
- and
- a second conductor between the extension and a portion opposite to an other portion where the another end of the extension is exposed,
- wherein the second conductor has a rectangular shape, and includes a round corner adjacent to the extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.