摘要:
There is provided a lead- and potassium-free piezoelectric material having a high piezoelectric constant and a satisfactory insulation property and a piezoelectric element that includes the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material contains a perovskite-type metal oxide having the general formula (1): (NaxBa1-y)(NbyTi1-y)O3 (wherein x satisfies 0.80≤x≤0.95, and y satisfies 0.85≤y≤0.95); and at least one rare-earth element selected from La, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, wherein the rare-earth element content is more than 0 mol % and 5 mol % or less of the amount of perovskite-type metal oxide. The piezoelectric element includes the piezoelectric material.
摘要:
A vibration actuator difficult to be affected by an external force. A vibration element is held by a shaft. A driven element is held in pressure contact with an elastic body, and a bearing member is joined to the driven element in a manner rotatable about the shaft as a rotational axis. Vibrations excited in the vibration element cause the vibration element and the driven element to rotate relative to each other about the shaft. In the driven element, a connecting portion connects between a main body and a gear provided outside the main body. The degree of freedom of the main body with respect to the bearing member is restricted in other directions than a direction of rotation thereof and a thrust direction of the shaft. The connecting portion has a lower flexural rigidity in a direction parallel to the rotational axis than the main body and the gear.
摘要:
A barium titanate piezoelectric ceramic having good piezoelectric properties and mechanical strength and a piezoelectric element that includes the ceramic are provided. A method for making a piezoelectric ceramic includes forming a compact composed of an oxide powder containing barium titanate particles, sintering the compact, and decreasing the temperature of the compact after the sintering. The sintering includes (A) increasing the temperature of the compact to a first temperature within a temperature range of a shrinking process of the compact; (B) increasing the temperature of the compact to a second temperature within a temperature range of a liquid phase sintering process of the compact after (A); (C) decreasing the temperature of the compact to a third temperature within the temperature range of the shrinking process of the compact after (B); and (D) retaining the third temperature after (C).
摘要:
Provided is a lead-free piezoelectric ceramics having enhanced mechanical quality factor (Qm) and mechanical strength. The piezoelectric ceramics, includes at least a first crystal grain and a second crystal grain. The first crystal grain has an average equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more and 30 μm or less. The first crystal grain includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1) as a main component, and the second crystal grain includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (2) as a main component: (1) xBaTiO3-yCaTiO3-zCaZrO3; and (2) x′BaTiO3-y′CaTiO3-z′CaZrO3, provided that x, y, z, x′, y′, and z′ satisfy x+y+z=1, x′+y′+z′=1, 0≦x′≦0.15, 0.85≦y′≦1, 0≦z′≦0.05, x>x′, 0 0.
摘要:
Provided is a vibration actuator including: an electromechanical transduction member that transduces electric power to a mechanical vibration; a transmission member that transmits the vibration from the electromechanical transduction member as a driving force; and an abutting portion that abuts on the transmission member and moves relative to the transmission member in response to the driving force. One of the transmission member and the abutting portion includes pores in its surface contacting the abutting portion or the transmission member at an area occupancy of 2% or higher. In this vibration actuator, the average area of the pores may be 3 μm2 or larger. The other of the transmission member and the abutting portion may include iron in its surface contacting the one.
摘要:
Provided is a piezoelectric ceramic that does not contain any of lead, potassium, and cobalt and has a high Curie temperature, a good mechanical quality factor, and good piezoelectric properties. The piezoelectric ceramic includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by General Formula (1), CuO, and MgO. In the piezoelectric ceramic, the content of CuO is 0.1 mol % or more and 1 mol % or less and the content of MgO is 0.1 mol % or more and 2 mol % or less of the content of the perovskite-type metal oxide. (NaxBa1-y)(NbyTi1-y)O3, where 0.85≦x≦0.92, 0.85≦y≦0.92, 0.95≦x/y≦1.05. General Formula (1):
摘要:
A controlling device for a vibration type actuator includes an AC voltage generating unit in which at least one of parameters, namely a frequency, an amplitude, and a phase of an AC voltage for use in applying an excitation force to a vibrating member, is settable; a measuring unit which measures some physical quantities caused by a vibration of the vibrating member; a variation imparting unit which imparts a predetermined variation to at least one of the parameters of the AC voltage; a frequency-response characteristic measuring unit which finds a frequency-response characteristic of at least one predetermined frequency between a first signal according to the variation and a second signal according to the measured physical quantity; and a frequency controlling unit which controls the frequency of the AC voltage according to the frequency-response characteristic.
摘要:
A vibration wave driving device including a lead-free piezoelectric material that can be driven with high reliability over a wide operating temperature range, an image pickup device including the vibration wave driving device, and an optical apparatus including the vibration wave driving device are provided. The vibration wave driving device generates a vibration wave by applying an AC voltage to a piezoelectric element, and includes the piezoelectric element and a capacitor that satisfy 20[° C.]≦T∈(Cmax)−T∈(Pmax)≦75[° C.] and 0.50≦∈(Cc)/∈(Cmax)≦0.80.
摘要:
A vibration-type driving device includes a vibrator including an electro-mechanical transducer and an elastic portion supported by a shaft, and a rotor the position of which relative to the vibrator changes. The rotor includes a first rotor having a threaded portion engaging with a first threaded portion formed on the elastic portion, and a second rotor having a threaded portion engaging with a second threaded portion formed on the shaft. The first rotor and the second rotor are configured to be driven integrally with each other, with a spring member between the first rotor and the second rotor.
摘要:
Provided are a barium titanate-based piezoelectric ceramics having satisfactory piezoelectric performance and a satisfactory mechanical quality factor (Qm), and a piezoelectric element using the same. Specifically provided are a piezoelectric ceramics, including: crystal particles; and a grain boundary between the crystal particles, in which the crystal particles each include barium titanate having a perovskite-type structure and manganese at 0.04% by mass or more and 0.20% by mass or less in terms of a metal with respect to the barium titanate, and the grain boundary includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Ba4Ti12O27 and Ba6Ti17O40, and a piezoelectric element using the same.
摘要翻译:提供一种具有令人满意的压电性能和令人满意的机械品质因数(Qm)的钛酸钡基压电陶瓷,以及使用它的压电元件。 具体提供的是压电陶瓷,包括:晶体颗粒; 晶体粒子各自包含钛酸钙,钛酸钙,钛,钛,钛,钛,钛,钛,钛,钛,钛, 钛酸盐,并且晶界包括至少一种选自Ba 4 Ti 12 O 27和Ba 6 Ti 17 O 40的化合物和使用其的压电元件。