IP Library Granted Patent US 7,884,531
Granted Patent B2
US 7,884,531 · App. 12/358,379 · Granted Feb 8, 2011

Piezoelectric thin film device

Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,884,531
App. No.
12/358,379
Granted
Feb 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric thin film device according to the present invention comprises a lower electrode, a piezoelectric thin film and a upper electrode, in which the piezoelectric thin film is formed of an alkali niobium oxide-based perovskite material expressed by (K 1-x Na x )NbO 3 (0<x<1), and in which a (001) KNN plane diffraction peak of the piezoelectric thin film indicates an angle 2θ from 22.1° to 22.5° in an X-ray diffraction 2θ/θ measurement to a surface of the piezoelectric thin film, and the (001) KNN plane diffraction peak occupies 80% or more of diffraction peaks of the piezoelectric thin film.

Claims (5)

1. A piezoelectric thin film device, comprising: a lower electrode, a piezoelectric thin film and an upper electrode, wherein:

the piezoelectric thin film is formed of an alkali niobium oxide-based perovskite material expressed by (K 1-x Na x )NbO 3 , wherein 0<x<1, and wherein:

a (001) KNN plane diffraction peak of the piezoelectric thin film indicates an angle 2θ from 22.1° to 22.5° in an X-ray diffraction 2θ/θ measurement to a surface of the piezoelectric thin film, and the (001) KNN plane diffraction peak occupies 80% or more of diffraction peaks of the piezoelectric thin film.

2. The piezoelectric thin film device according to claim 1 , wherein:

absolute value of a piezoelectric constant, |d 31 |, of the piezoelectric thin film is 80 pm/V or more under an applied electric field of 30 kV/cm.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2016
From: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037703/0878 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2015
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 036277/0553 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2014
From: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.; HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034669/0592 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2009
From: SHIBATA, KENJI; OKA, FUMIHITO
To: HITACHI CABLE, LTD
Reel/Frame 022209/0042 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-013973 · Jan 24, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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