POWER GENERATING DEVICE AND POWER GENERATING MODULE USING SAME

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App. No.: 13/819,069

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Abstract

The power generating device has a power generating section including a piezoelectric body; and a plurality of electrode pairs each constituted by a pair of electrodes placed on opposite sides of the piezoelectric body with regard to a thickness direction thereof to define a functional section therebetween, each of the functional sections is cooperated with the related electrode pair to define a power generating element. A plurality of the power generating elements includes a first and second power generating elements that give a polarization orientation opposite to each other in the thickness direction. The first and second power generating elements have the corresponding electrodes that are connected to each other by means of a wiring member on the same surface of the piezoelectric body with regard to the thickness direction thereof, such that all of the plurality of the power generating elements are connected in series.

Claims (39)

1 . A power generating device comprising:

a device substrate having a supporting section, a cantilever section swingably supported to said supporting section, and a weight section provided at one end of said cantilever section away from the other end supported to said supporting section; and

a power generating section carried by said cantilever section and configured to generate an AC voltage in response to a swing movement of said cantilever section,

wherein said power generating section comprises:

a piezoelectric body; and

a plurality of electrode pairs each constituted by a pair of electrodes that are placed on opposite sides of said piezoelectric body with regard to a thickness direction of said piezoelectric body to define a functional section therebetween, each of the functional sections being cooperated with the related electrode pair to define a power generating element;

wherein a plurality of the power generating elements comprises a first power generating element and a second power generating element configured to give a polarization orientation opposite to each other in the thickness direction, and

wherein said first and second power generating elements are configured to have the corresponding electrodes being connected to each other by means of a wiring member on the same surface of said piezoelectric body with regard to the thickness direction thereof, such that all of said plurality of the power generating elements are connected in series.

2 . The power generating device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein one electrode, which is formed on said piezoelectric body after forming said piezoelectric body, of the electrode pair is made of a sheet electrode.

3 . The power generating device as set forth in claim 1 ,

wherein said cantilever section has embedding holes that are buried to form a part of the respective functional sections of the power generating elements, and

wherein the piezoelectric body is formed of a self planarization film.

4 . The power generating device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein all of said plurality of the power generating elements are connected in series such that said first and second power generating elements are connected alternately.

5 . The power generating device as set forth in claim 4 , wherein said corresponding electrodes of said first and second power generating elements connected to each other by means of said wiring member are formed on the same surface side in the thickness direction.

6 . The power generating device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the functional sections of said plurality of the power generating elements are formed in a single piezoelectric body.

7 . A power generating module comprising:

said power generating device as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 6 claim 1 ; and

a circuit board on which said power generating device is mounted,