NEW MONOLITHIC ACTUATORS, 'MONOMORPHS', USING SEMICONDUCTIVE FERROELECTRICS.

Kenji Uchino, Mikihiko Yoshizaki, Kiyoshi Kasai, Hiroshi Yamamura, Naomichi Sakai, Hiroshi Asakura

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Abstract

A new actuator device is proposed using semiconductive ferroelectric ceramics. This device is a single-plate actuator capable of bending equivalently to a bimorph. A significant difference is simple structure named as a 'monomorph' as compared with a multi-stacked type in the bimorph. The bend in the monomorph device is realized by non-uniform electric field distribution in the piezoelectric ceramics, through the semiconductor-metal contact effect (Schottky barrier).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)722-725
Number of pages4
JournalYogyo Kyokai Shi/Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
Volume95
Issue number7
StatePublished - Jan 1 1987

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Engineering(all)

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