IP Library Granted Patent US 10,147,868
Granted Patent B2
US 10,147,868 · App. 15/701,026 · Granted Dec 4, 2018

Polymer composite piezoelectric body, electroacoustic transduction film, and electroacoustic transducer

Inventors: Shin Ozawa (Ashigara-kami-gun, JP); Takami Arakawa (Ashigara-kami-gun, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
H01L41/183B06B1/06B06B1/0603B06B1/0607H01L41/047H01L41/0533H01L41/09H01L41/113H01L41/18H01L41/257H01L41/29H01L41/37H04R17/005
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Patent No.
US 10,147,868
App. No.
15/701,026
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which the conversion efficiency between electricity and sound is increased and thus the sound pressure level is improved, an electroacoustic transduction film, and an electroacoustic transducer. The polymer composite piezoelectric body includes a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having a cyanoethyl group, piezoelectric body particles which are dispersed in the viscoelastic matrix and have an average particle diameter of more than or equal to 2.5 μm, and dielectric particles dispersed in the viscoelastic matrix, in which the dielectric particles are formed of a material different from that of the piezoelectric body particles and have an average particle diameter of less than or equal to 0.5 μm and a relative permittivity of more than or equal to 80.

Claims (51)

1. A polymer composite piezoelectric body comprising:

a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having a cyanoethyl group;

piezoelectric body particles which are dispersed in the viscoelastic matrix and have an average particle diameter of more than or equal to 2.5 μm; and

dielectric particles dispersed in the viscoelastic matrix,

wherein the dielectric particles are formed of a material different from that of the piezoelectric body particles and have an average particle diameter of less than or equal to 0.5 μm and a relative permittivity of more than or equal to 80 at 25° C.

2. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 1 ,

wherein a volume fraction of the dielectric particles with respect to a total volume of the viscoelastic matrix and the dielectric particles is 5% to 45%.

3. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the average particle diameter of the dielectric particles is 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm.

4. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 2 ,

wherein the average particle diameter of the dielectric particles is 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm.

5. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dielectric particles are formed of barium titanate.

6. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 4 ,

wherein the dielectric particles are formed of barium titanate.

7. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the viscoelastic matrix is formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature.

8. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 6 ,

wherein the viscoelastic matrix is formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature.

9. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 1 ,

wherein a glass transition temperature of the polymer material at a frequency of 1 Hz is 0° C. to 50° C.

10. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 8 ,

wherein a glass transition temperature of the polymer material at a frequency of 1 Hz is 0° C. to 50° C.

11. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 1 ,

wherein, a local maximum value of the polymer material at which a loss tangent Tans at a frequency of 1 Hz according to dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is greater than or equal to 0.5 is present in a temperature range of 0° C. to 50° C.

12. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 10 ,

wherein, a local maximum value of the polymer material at which a loss tangent Tanδ at a frequency of 1 Hz according to dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is greater than or equal to 0.5 is present in a temperature range of 0° C. to 50° C.

13. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polymer material is cyanoethylated polyvinyl alcohol.

14. The polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 12 ,

wherein the polymer material is cyanoethylated polyvinyl alcohol.

15. An electroacoustic transduction film comprising:

a piezoelectric layer using the polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 1 ;

thin film electrodes formed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric layer; and

protective layers laminated on the thin film electrodes.

16. An electroacoustic transduction film comprising:

a piezoelectric layer using the polymer composite piezoelectric body according to claim 14 ;

thin film electrodes formed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric layer; and

protective layers laminated on the thin film electrodes.

17. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 15 ,

wherein a thickness of the piezoelectric layer is 15 μm to 25 μm.

18. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 16 ,

wherein a thickness of the piezoelectric layer is 15 μm to 25 μm.

19. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 15 ,

wherein a storage elastic modulus E′ of the electroacoustic transduction film at a frequency of 1 Hz according to dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 10 to 30 GPa at 0° C. and 1 to 10 GPa at 50° C.

20. The electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 18 ,

wherein a storage elastic modulus E′ of the electroacoustic transduction film at a frequency of 1 Hz according to dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 10 to 30 GPa at 0° C. and 1 to 10 GPa at 50° C.

21. An electroacoustic transducer comprising:

the electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 15 .

22. An electroacoustic transducer comprising:

the electroacoustic transduction film according to claim 20 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2017
From: OZAWA, SHIN; ARAKAWA, TAKAMI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043565/0266 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-049209 · Mar 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016054375 · Feb 16, 2016
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