Vibration generating apparatus and electronic apparatus including the same
View Patent ↗There are provided a vibration generating apparatus and an electronic apparatus including the same. The vibration generating apparatus includes: a housing having an internal space; an elastic member having both ends fixed to the housing so as to be elastically deformably disposed in the internal space; and a piezoelectric element mounted on one surface of the elastic member, wherein power is supplied to the piezoelectric element so that warpage of the piezoelectric element is only generated toward any one of one surface of the elastic member and the other surface of the elastic member, a surface opposite to the one surface of the elastic member.
1. A vibration generating apparatus comprising:
a housing having an internal space;
an elastic member having both ends fixed to the housing so as to be elastically deformably disposed in the internal space; and
a piezoelectric element mounted on one surface of the elastic member,
wherein power is supplied to the piezoelectric element so that warpage of the piezoelectric element is only generated toward any one of one surface of the elastic member and the other surface of the elastic member, a surface opposite to the one surface of the elastic member, and
wherein only a voltage having a same polarity as that of an electric field of the piezoelectric element is input to the piezoelectric element.
2. The vibration generating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a width of a vibration space in a direction in which the warpage of the piezoelectric element is generated by the supply of the power is wider than a width of a vibration space in a direction opposite to the direction in which the warpage of the piezoelectric element is generated.
3. The vibration generating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a damper or a stopper absorbing or limiting vibrations of the elastic member, the damper or the stopper being provided in a vibration space in a direction opposite to a direction in which the warpage of the piezoelectric element is generated by the supply of the power.
4. The vibration generating apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the damper is formed of rubber or silicon.
5. The vibration generating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a weight body vibrating together with the elastic member.
6. A vibration generating apparatus comprising:
a housing having an internal space;
an elastic member having both ends fixed to the housing so as to be elastically deformably disposed in the internal space; and
a piezoelectric element mounted on one surface of the elastic member,
wherein only a voltage having a same polarity as that of an electric field of the piezoelectric element is input to the piezoelectric element.
7. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a display module displaying an image depending on a selection of a user;
a case having an internal space accommodating the display module therein; and
a vibration generating apparatus mounted in the case and including a housing having an internal space, an elastic member mounted in the internal space, a piezoelectric element mounted on one surface of the elastic member and deformed to vibrate the elastic member,
wherein only a voltage having a same polarity as that of an electric field of the piezoelectric element is input to the piezoelectric element.
8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the vibration generating apparatus is mounted on an inner surface of the case.
9. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the vibration generating apparatus is mounted on a lower surface of the display module.
10. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the display module includes:
a touch panel receiving a touch from the user; and
a display panel contacting a lower surface of the touch panel and providing a corresponding image depending on a touch made to the touch panel.