Piezo-electric transformer

Abstract

A piezo-electric transformer comprising a piezo-electric body (PEB) including a driving region having input electrodes (1, 3) and at least one driven region having output electrodes (E11). These regions have opposite faces with at least one of the regions comprising a number of sections polarized in a direction perpendicular to the opposite faces and one pole of each section being connected to an opposite pole of another section by electrically conductive elements (2, 1', 2') in such a way that the sections form a series arrangement. These sections are in a very simple way effectively arranged in series, thereby increasing the input impedance of the piezo-electric transformer. Because the sections are polarized in opposing directions the electrically conductive elements can be of a very simple construction which do not require external conduction wires.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.