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Micromachined piezoelectric transducer

US6028389A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 26, 1998
Grant dateFeb 22, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

A micromachined piezoelectric acoustic transducer includes a substrate; at least one piezoelectric actuator means attached at at least one proximal edge to the substrate; a gap around at least a portion of the remaining edges of the piezoelectric actuator means; and a flexible corrugated membrane in at least a portion of the gap and interconnecting the actuator means with at least one of the substrate or a neighboring actuator means.

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