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Preparation of Piezoelectric Thick Film Actuator by Screen Printing and Wet Etching

Journal Key Engineering Materials (Volume 301)
Volume Electroceramics in Japan VIII
Edited by Masaru Miyayama, Tadashi Takenaka, Masasuke Takata and Kazuo Shinozaki
Pages 45-48
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.301.45
Citation Tomoaki Futakuchi et al., 2006, Key Engineering Materials, 301, 45
Online since January, 2006
Authors Tomoaki Futakuchi, Yuichi Sakai, Takashi Iijima, Masatoshi Adachi
Keywords Ink Jet Head, Micro-Actuator, Piezoelectric Thick FIlm, Screen Printing, Si Substrate, Wet Etching
Abstract

Piezoelectric actuators were prepared by the screen printing of piezoelectric thick films and the wet etching of Si substrates for the application of ink jet printer heads. The Pt bottom electrode was used as the vibration plate to obtain a large displacement. The layer structure and integration processes of the Pt bottom electrodes were investigated to be suited to the whole preparation process of the piezoelectric actuator. The displacement of the center of the actuator with 100 μm x mm was 0.03 μm at the applied voltage of 30 V and frequency of 4 kHz.

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