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US 2004/0169442 A1Published application
Stacked piezoelectric device
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Senoo, Nozomu Okumura, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Isao Mizuno, Akira Fujii
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AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Senoo, Nozomu Okumura, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Isao Mizuno, Akira Fujii
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A stacked piezoelectric device, which is inexpensive and excellent in electric transmission efficiency and little deterioration of strength of an internal electrode layer, is provided by having an internal electrode layer containing not less than 50 percent by weight of Cu element, and not more than 5 percent of a pore occurrence expressed by (B/A)×100 (%) wherein A is an area of an interface between the internal electrode layer and the piezoelectric layer and B is a sum of areas of pores which appear in the interface and have a diameter of not less than 0.1 micrometers. Preferably, a surface roughness Ra of the interface of the piezoelectric layer contacting the internal electrode layer is not more than 0.5C (μm) wherein C is a thickness of the internal electrode layer in micrometers. The piezoelectric material constituting the piezoelectric layer preferably comprises PZT which is a Pb(Zr,Ti)O3-based oxide having a perovskite structure.
A stacked piezoelectric device comprising piezoelectric layers composed of a piezoelectric material and internal electrode layers containing Cu, each of the piezoelectric layers being stacked alternately with each of the internal electrode layers, wherein the internal electrode layer contains not less than 50 percent by weight of Cu element, and a pore occurrence expressed by (B/A)×100 (%) is not more than 5 percent wherein A is an area of an interface between the internal electrode layer and the piezoelectric layer and B is a sum of areas of pores which appear in the interface and have a diameter of not less than 0.1 micrometers.
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