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US 9,621,997 · App. 14/862,380 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Electroacoustic transduction film

Inventors: Tetsu Miyoshi (Ashigara-kami-gun, JP); Yusuke Hatanaka (Ashigara-kami-gun, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
H04R17/00H01L41/183H01L41/257H01L41/37H04R17/005H04R31/003H04R7/04H04R2499/11
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Patent No.
US 9,621,997
App. No.
14/862,380
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an electroacoustic transduction film suitable for a flexible speaker or the like, in which predetermined acoustic properties are able to be stably exhibited regardless of a bending state. The electroacoustic transduction film includes a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature, and electrode layers interposing the polymer composite piezoelectric body therebetween, and an area fraction of the piezoelectric body particles in a contact surface with respect to the electrode layer is less than or equal to 50%, and thus the object is attained.

Claims (49)

1. An electroacoustic transduction film, comprising:

a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature; and

electrode layers disposed to interpose the polymer composite piezoelectric body therebetween,

wherein an area fraction of the piezoelectric body particles in a contact surface with respect to the electrode layer, which is calculated from data obtained by peeling off the electrode layer, by exposing the contact surface with respect to the electrode layer, and by imaging the contact surface with respect to the electrode layer, is less than or equal to 50%, and

wherein in a surface of the polymer composite piezoelectric body facing the electrode layer, at least one of an arithmetic average roughness Ra of less than or equal to 1 μm, a maximum valley depth Rv of less than or equal to 6 μm, and a maximum height roughness Rz of less than or equal to 12 μm is satisfied.

2. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 1 ,

wherein an adhesive layer is included between the polymer composite piezoelectric body and at least one electrode layer.

3. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polymer composite piezoelectric body is subjected to calender processing.

4. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 3 ,

wherein the polymer composite piezoelectric body is subjected to polarization processing after the calender processing.

5. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 1 ,

wherein the area fraction of the piezoelectric body particles in the contact surface with respect to the electrode layer is lower than a volume fraction of the piezoelectric body particles which is calculated from a sectional machining surface of the polymer composite piezoelectric body by using a focused ion beam.

6. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 1 ,

wherein a volume fraction of the piezoelectric body particles which is calculated from a sectional machining surface of the polymer composite piezoelectric body by using a focused ion beam is greater than or equal to 50%.

7. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 1 ,

wherein a protective layer is included on a surface of at least one of the electrode layers.

8. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 2 ,

wherein a thickness of the adhesive layer is less than or equal to 3 μm.

9. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 2 ,

wherein the adhesive layer is formed of a same material as the polymer material.

10. An electroacoustic transduction film, comprising:

a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature; and

electrode layers disposed to interpose the polymer composite piezoelectric body therebetween,

wherein an area fraction of the piezoelectric body particles in a contact surface with respect to the electrode layer, which is calculated from data obtained by peeling off the electrode layer, by exposing the contact surface with respect to the electrode layer, and by imaging the contact surface with respect to the electrode layer, is less than or equal to 50%, and

wherein the area fraction of the piezoelectric body particles in the contact surface with respect to the electrode layer is lower than a volume fraction of the piezoelectric body particles which is calculated from a sectional machining surface of the polymer composite piezoelectric body by using a focused ion beam.

11. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 10 ,

wherein an adhesive layer is included between the polymer composite piezoelectric body and at least one electrode layer.

12. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 10 ,

wherein the polymer composite piezoelectric body is subjected to calender processing.

13. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 12 ,

wherein the polymer composite piezoelectric body is subjected to polarization processing after the calender processing.

14. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 10 ,

wherein the volume fraction of the piezoelectric body particles which is calculated from the sectional machining surface of the polymer composite piezoelectric body by using the focused ion beam is greater than or equal to 50%.

15. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 10 ,

wherein a protective layer is included on a surface of at least one of the electrode layers.

16. An electroacoustic transduction film, comprising:

a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature; and

electrode layers disposed to interpose the polymer composite piezoelectric body therebetween,

wherein an area fraction of the piezoelectric body particles in a contact surface with respect to the electrode layer, which is calculated from data obtained by peeling off the electrode layer, by exposing the contact surface with respect to the electrode layer, and by imaging the contact surface with respect to the electrode layer, is less than or equal to 50%, and

wherein a volume fraction of the piezoelectric body particles which is calculated from a sectional machining surface of the polymer composite piezoelectric body by using a focused ion beam is greater than or equal to 50%.

17. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 16 ,

wherein an adhesive layer is included between the polymer composite piezoelectric body and at least one electrode layer.

18. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 16 ,

wherein the polymer composite piezoelectric body is subjected to calender processing.

19. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 18 ,

wherein the polymer composite piezoelectric body is subjected to polarization processing after the calender processing.

20. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 16 ,

wherein a protective layer is included on a surface of at least one of the electrode layers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2015
From: MIYOSHI, TETSU; HATANAKA, YUSUKE
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036636/0149 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-075961 · Apr 1, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2014058858 · Mar 27, 2014
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