Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Signal transducers
Patent
1996-06-14
1998-07-21
Eldred, J. Woodrow
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Signal transducers
381173, 381190, 310322, 310324, 310334, H04R 1700
Patent
active
057843406
ABSTRACT:
A piezoelectric acoustic device comprises a piezoelectric element composed of a metallic plate-shaped diaphragm, a plate-shaped piezoelectric body, electrodes provided on both main surfaces of the piezoelectric body, one electrode being fixed and electrically connected to a main surface of the diaphragm, and a casing for accommodating the piezoelectric element therein and forming a resonant chamber together with the piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric element further comprises a projection projecting from the diaphragm and an extension electrode, the extension electrode being extended onto the projection while being insulated from the diaphragm, the extension electrode being electrically connected to another electrode which is not fixed to the diaphragm of the piezoelectric body, the piezoelectric element being attached to the casing while allowing a main surface of the projection attaching the extension electrode thereto to direct outward. Further, a metallic surface portion of the projection and the extension electrode are respectively electrically connected to circuit patterns of a printed circuit board mounted inside the housing by way of conductive portions provided on an elastic connection block. Accordingly, the device can be miniaturized, and simplified in the structure thereof, and further easily connected to the circuit.
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Eldred J. Woodrow
Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.
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