Piezoelectric element, piezoelectric vibrator and manufacturing method and driving method thereof, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12520729-B2
Application number	US-202117620529-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2021
Priority date	Feb 22, 2021
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

A piezoelectric element, a piezoelectric vibrator and a manufacturing method and a driving method thereof, and an electronic device, and relates to field of piezoelectric technologies. According to the application, a piezoelectric structure is disposed on a first electrode and has an opening allowing the first electrode to penetrate through to be partially exposed, and a heat conducting structure is disposed in the opening. The opening penetrating through the piezoelectric structure is formed in the piezoelectric structure, such that the heating area is decreased when the piezoelectric structure vibrates, and heat generated by the piezoelectric structure is reduced, correspondingly; and the heat conducting structure is additionally disposed in the piezoelectric element to dissipate heat generated when the piezoelectric structure vibrates.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A piezoelectric element, comprising a first electrode and a piezoelectric structure disposed on the first electrode, wherein in a direction perpendicular to a plane where the first electrode is located, the piezoelectric structure has an opening penetrating the piezoelectric structure and exposing part of the first electrode;
the piezoelectric element further comprises a heat conducting structure disposed in the opening, and an orthographic projection of the heat conducting structure on the first electrode does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the piezoelectric structure on the first electrode; the piezoelectric element further comprising a second electrode disposed on a side, away from the first electrode, of the piezoelectric structure, wherein an orthographic projection of the second electrode on the first electrode is located within the orthographic projection of the piezoelectric structure on the first electrode; wherein in the direction perpendicular to the plane where the first electrode is located, a thickness of the heat conducting structure is less than or equal to the sum of a thickness of the piezoelectric structure and a thickness of the second electrode.

2 . The piezoelectric element according to claim 1 , wherein an opening ratio of the piezoelectric structure is 10%-70%.

3 . The piezoelectric element according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the heat conducting structure is 3 μm-5 μm, the thickness of the piezoelectric structure is less than 5 μm, and the thickness of the second electrode is 100 nm-1000 nm.

4 . The piezoelectric element according to claim 1 , wherein the heat conducting structure is made of a heat conducting metal.

5 . A piezoelectric vibrator, comprising a substrate and at least one of the piezoelectric elements according to claim 1 , wherein a heat conductivity of the heat conducting structure is greater than a heat conductivity of the substrate.

6 . A driving method of a piezoelectric vibrator, being used for driving the piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 5 , and comprising:
inputting a first driving signal to the first electrode in the piezoelectric element, and inputting a second driving signal to the second electrode in the piezoelectric element; wherein, the second driving signal is divided into a first stage and a second stage, the second driving signal in the first stage is a pulse signal, a voltage of the second driving signal in the second stage is a preset voltage, and a voltage of the first driving signal is also the preset voltage.

7 . The driving method of the piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 6 , wherein a ratio of the duration of the first stage to the duration of the second stage is from 1:1 to 1:10.

8 . An electronic device, comprising the piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 5 .

9 . The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 5 , wherein an opening ratio of the piezoelectric structure is 10%-70%.

10 . The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 5 , further comprising a second electrode disposed on a side, away from the first electrode, of the piezoelectric structure, wherein an orthographic projection of the second electrode on the first electrode is located within the orthographic projection of the piezoelectric structure on the first electrode.

11 . The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 5 , wherein the heat conducting structure is made of a heat conducting metal.

12 . The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 10 , wherein in the direction perpendicular to the plane where the first electrode is located, a thickness of the heat conducting structure is less than or equal to the sum of a thickness of the piezoelectric structure and a thickness of the second electrode.

13 . The piezoelectric vibrator according to claim 12 , wherein the thickness of the heat conducting structure is 3 μm-5 μm, the thickness of the piezoelectric structure is less than 5 μm, and the thickness of the second electrode is 100 nm-1000 nm.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Yuju

Classifications

• G06F3/016

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• H10N30/2023

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• H10N39/00

  Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one piezoelectric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive element covered by groups H10N30/00 – H10N35/00 · CPC title

• G06F3/03547

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