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Piezoelectric transducer and sound-generating device

US5105116A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 1990
Grant dateApr 14, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R17/08
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A piezoelectric transducer useful for example as a sound source or a strain detector includes a ferroelectric liquid crystal sealed between two baseplates with electrodes and alignment layers on the inner facing surfaces of the baseplates. One of the baseplates is thicker than the other, or is of a different material, so that the two baseplates have different flexural rigidity.

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