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Piezo-electric ceramic composition
Assignee: Kyocera Corp
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Filing: 1995-05-19
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Granted: 1997-07-08
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Expires: 2015-05-19
Abstract
Abstract A piezo-electric ceramic composition which is favorably used for such applications as ceramic filter, vibrator applying ultrasonic waves, piezo-electric buzzer, piezo-electric ignition unit, ultrasonic wave motor, piezo-electric fan and piezo-electric sensors such as acceleration sensor, knocking sensor, AE sensor, etc. and is particularly used as a member for constituting a piezo-electric actuator. The piezo-electric ceramic composition is a composite perovskite compound which contains, as metal components, Pb, Zr, Ti, Zn, Sb as well as Sr and Ba, or Pb, Zr, Ti, Zn, Sb and at least either one or Sr or Ba, and Ni and Te, wherein when the composition by the molar ratio of metal elements is expressed by the following general formula (1), Pb1-x-ySrxBay(Zn1/3Sb2/3)aZrb(Ni1/2Te1/2)cTi1-a-b-cO3 (1) x, y, a, b and c satisfy the following relationships, 0</=x</=0.14 0</=y</=0.14 0<x+y 0.01</=a</=0.12 0.43</=b</=0.58 0</=c</=0.02.
Inventors
- 👤 Shuichi Fukuoka
- 👤 Kousei Kamigaki
- 👤 Kazutaka Uchi
- 👤 Katsuhiko Onitsuka
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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10N; H10N30/00; H10N30/80; H10N30/85; H10N30/853; C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/01; C04B35/48; C04B35/49; C04B35/491; C04B35/495; C04B35/497; C04B35/499
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
A piezo-electric ceramic composition of a composite perovskite compound containing, as metal components, Pb, Zr, Ti, Zn, Sb, Sr, Ba and optionally Ni and Te, wherein the composition is expressed as: Pb.sub.1-x-y Sr.sub.x Ba.sub.y (Zn.sub.1/3 Sb.sub.2/3).sub.a Zr.sub.b (Ni.sub.1/2 Te.sub.1/2).sub.c Ti.sub.1-a-b-c O.sub.3 and wherein x, y, a, b and c satisfy the following relationships: 0.04≦x≦0.12 0.02≦y≦0.12 0.01≦a≦0.12 0.43≦b≦0.58 0≦c≦0.02.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
58 words
A piezo-electric ceramic composition of a composite perovskite compound containing, as metal components, Pb, Zr, Ti, Zn, Sb, Sr, Ba and optionally Ni and Te, wherein the composition is expressed as: Pb.sub.1-x-y Sr.sub.x Ba.sub.y (Zn.sub.1/3 Sb.sub.2/3).sub.a Zr.sub.b (Ni.sub.1/2 Te.sub.1/2).sub.c Ti.sub.1-a-b-c O.sub.3 and wherein x, y, a, b and c satisfy the following relationships: 0.04≦x≦0.12 0.02≦y≦0.12 0.01≦a≦0.12 0.43≦b≦0.58 0≦c≦0.02.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The piezo-electric ceramic composition according to claim 1, wherein the piezo-electric ceramic composition is a composite perovskite compound containing, as metal components, Pb, Zr, Ti, Zn, Sb, Sr and Ba, wherein the composition is expressed as: Pb.sub.1-x-y Sr.sub.x Ba.sub.y (Zn.sub.1/3 Sb.sub.2/3).sub.a Zr.sub.b Ti.sub.1-a-b O.sub.3, and wherein x, y, a and b satisfy the following relationships: 0.04≦x≦0.12 0.02≦y≦0.12 0.01≦a≦0.12 0.43≦b≦0.58.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The piezo-electric ceramic composition according to claim 2, wherein a lies within a range of 0.05≦a≦0.12.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The piezo-electric ceramic composition according to claim 2, wherein a lies within a range of 0.01≦a≦0.05.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
A piezo-electric ceramic composition of a composite perovskite compound containing, as metal components, Pb, Zr, Ti, Zn, Sb, Ni, Te and at least one metal selected from Sr and Ba, wherein the composition is expressed as: Pb.sub.1-x-y Sr.sub.x Ba.sub.y (Zn.sub.1/3 Sb.sub.2/3).sub.a Zr.sub.b (Ni.sub.1/2 Te.sub.1/2).sub.c Ti.sub.1-a-b-c O.sub.3 and wherein x, y, a, b and c satisfy the following relationships: 0≦x≦0.14 0≦y≦0.14 0≦x+y 0.01≦a≦0.12 0.43≦b≦0.58 0.002≦c≦0.020.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
64 words
A piezo-electric ceramic composition of a composite perovskite compound containing, as metal components, Pb, Zr, Ti, Zn, Sb, Ni, Te and at least one metal selected from Sr and Ba, wherein the composition is expressed as: Pb.sub.1-x-y Sr.sub.x Ba.sub.y (Zn.sub.1/3 Sb.sub.2/3).sub.a Zr.sub.b (Ni.sub.1/2 Te.sub.1/2).sub.c Ti.sub.1-a-b-c O.sub.3 and wherein x, y, a, b and c satisfy the following relationships: 0≦x≦0.14 0≦y≦0.14 0≦x+y 0.01≦a≦0.12 0.43≦b≦0.58 0.002≦c≦0.020.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The piezo-electric ceramic composition of claim 5, wherein x, y, a, b and c satisfy the following relationships: 0.04≦x≦0.12 0.02≦y≦0.12 0.05≦a≦0.10 0.43≦b≦0.58 0.002≦c≦0.007.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
104 words
A piezo-electric ceramic composition of a composite perovskite compound containing, as metal components, Pb, Zr, Ti, Zn, Sb, and at least one metal selected from Sr and Ba, and optionally Ni and Te, wherein the composition is expressed as: Pb.sub.1-x-y Sr.sub.x Ba.sub.y (Zn.sub.1/3 Sb.sub.2/3).sub.a Zr.sub.b (Ni.sub.1/2 Te.sub.1/2).sub.c Ti.sub.1-a-b-c O.sub.3 and wherein x, y, a, b and c satisfy the following relationships: 0≦x≦0.12 0≦y≦0.12 0≦x+y 0.05≦a≦0.12 0.43≦b≦0.52 0≦c≦0.015 and further comprising PbO and Nb 2 O 5 of an equal molar ratio added in a total amount of from 0.2 to 1.2 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the above-mentioned base components.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
104 words
A piezo-electric ceramic composition of a composite perovskite compound containing, as metal components, Pb, Zr, Ti, Zn, Sb, and at least one metal selected from Sr and Ba, and optionally Ni and Te, wherein the composition is expressed as: Pb.sub.1-x-y Sr.sub.x Ba.sub.y (Zn.sub.1/3 Sb.sub.2/3).sub.a Zr.sub.b (Ni.sub.1/2 Te.sub.1/2).sub.c Ti.sub.1-a-b-c O.sub.3 and wherein x, y, a, b and c satisfy the following relationships: 0≦x≦0.12 0≦y≦0.12 0≦x+y 0.05≦a≦0.12 0.43≦b≦0.52 0≦c≦0.015 and further comprising PbO and Nb 2 O 5 of an equal molar ratio added in a total amount of from 0.2 to 1.2 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the above-mentioned base components.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
65 words
The piezo-electric ceramic composition of claim 7, wherein x, y, a, b and c in the molar ratio composition formula satisfy the following relationships: 0.04≦x≦0.10 0.02≦y≦0.12 0.07≦a≦0.10 0.43≦b≦0.52 0.002≦c≦0.007 and further comprising PbO and Nb 2 O 5 of an equal molar ratio added in a total amount of from 0.3 to 0.7 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the basic components.
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