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Granted Patent B2
US 10,566,914 · App. 15/504,462 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Transducer and electronic device

Inventors: Shuji Fujita (Tokyo, JP); Yukari Tsunoda (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nakamaru (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H02N2/001H01L41/047H01L41/0478H01L41/09H01L41/0986H02N11/00H01L41/193
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Patent No.
US 10,566,914
App. No.
15/504,462
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transducer that converts electrical energy to mechanical energy, the transducer includes a dielectric layer; a first electrode that is provided on one surface of the dielectric layer; and a second electrode that is provided on another surface of the dielectric layer. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode becomes an insulator, before the dielectric layer suffers insulation breakdown by voltage that is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Claims (32)

1. A transducer, comprising:

a dielectric layer;

a first electrode on a first surface of the dielectric layer; and

a second electrode on a second surface of the dielectric layer, wherein

the transducer is configured to convert electrical energy to mechanical energy, and

at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode is configured to become an insulator, before the dielectric layer suffers insulation breakdown by voltage that is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode.

2. The transducer according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode includes porous carbon particles.

3. The transducer according to claim 2 , wherein

the porous carbon particles include pores each having a pore diameter of 2 nm or more and 100 nm or less on surfaces.

4. The transducer according to claim 3 , wherein

the porous carbon particles further include pores each having a pore diameter of 0.5 nm or more and less than 2 nm on the surfaces.

5. The transducer according to claim 2 , wherein

the porous carbon particles include pores each having a pore diameter of 0.5 nm or more and less than 2 nm and pores each having a pore diameter of 4 nm or more and 20 nm or less on surfaces.

6. The transducer according to claim 2 , wherein

an average particle diameter of the porous carbon particles is 1 μm or more and 20 μm or less.

7. The transducer according to claim 2 , wherein

an aspect ratio of the porous carbon particles is 10 or less.

8. The transducer according to claim 2 , wherein

the porous carbon particles are made from a raw material that is a plant derived material in which a content of silicon is 5 mass % or more.

9. The transducer according to claim 2 , wherein

the porous carbon particles are biocarbon.

10. The transducer according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode further includes a binder.

11. The transducer according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first bonding layer between the first electrode and the dielectric layer; and

a second bonding layer between the second electrode and the dielectric layer.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a transducer configured to convert electrical energy to mechanical energy, wherein

the transducer includes:

a dielectric layer;

a first electrode on a first surface of the dielectric layer; and

a second electrode on a second surface of the dielectric layer, and

at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode is configured to become an insulator, before the dielectric layer suffers insulation breakdown by voltage that is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: FUJITA, SHUJI; TSUNODA, YUKARI; NAKAMARU, SATOSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041737/0953 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-170763 · Aug 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170237366A1 · Aug 17, 2017
Cited By (1)
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