IP Library Granted Patent US 8,994,251
Granted Patent B2
US 8,994,251 · App. 13/566,468 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Piezoelectric device having first and second non-metal electroconductive intermediate films

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Patent No.
US 8,994,251
App. No.
13/566,468
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric device according to the present invention is provided with a first electrode film, a first nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film provided on the first electrode film, a piezoelectric film provided on the first nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film, a second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film provided on the piezoelectric film, and a second electrode film provided on the second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film. A linear expansion coefficient of the first nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film is larger than those of the first electrode film and the piezoelectric film, and a linear expansion coefficient of the second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film is larger than those of the second electrode film and the piezoelectric film.

Claims (12)

1. A piezoelectric device comprising:

a first electrode film;

a first nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film provided on the first electrode film;

a piezoelectric film provided on the first nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film;

a second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film provided on the piezoelectric film; and

a second electrode film provided on the second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film,

wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the first nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film is larger than a linear expansion coefficient of the first electrode film and a linear expansion coefficient of the piezoelectric film,

wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate film is larger than a linear expansion coefficient of the second electrode film and the linear expansion coefficient of the piezoelectric film, and

wherein there is no substrate 10 μm or more thick on a top surface of the second electrode film and there is no substrate 10 μm or more thick on a bottom surface of the first electrode film, either.

2. The piezoelectric device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate films are in direct contact with the piezoelectric film.

3. The piezoelectric device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second nonmetal electroconductive intermediate films are inorganic oxide films respectively.

4. The piezoelectric device according to claim 3 , wherein the two inorganic oxide films have the same composition.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 12, 2013
From: TDK CORPORATION
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030651/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2012
From: KURACHI, KATSUYUKI; AIDA, YASUHIRO; SAKUMA, HITOSHI; MAEJIMA, KAZUHIKO
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029244/0393 →