WO2020261954A1 - 電気音響変換フィルムおよび電気音響変換器 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an electroacoustic conversion film and an electroacoustic converter.
- the speakers used in these thin displays are also required to be lighter and thinner. Further, in a flexible display having flexibility, flexibility is also required in order to integrate the flexible display into the flexible display without impairing the lightness and flexibility. As such a lightweight, thin and flexible speaker, it is considered to adopt a sheet-shaped electroacoustic conversion film having a property of expanding and contracting in response to an applied voltage.
- Patent Document 1 describes a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix made of a viscoelastic polymer material having viscoelasticity at room temperature, and a polymer composite piezoelectric body formed on both sides.
- a piezoelectric conversion film having a thin film electrode and a protective layer formed on the surface of the thin film electrode is described.
- a flexible speaker is obtained by attaching a flexible exciter to a flexible diaphragm.
- An exciter is an exciton that vibrates an article and produces a sound when it is attached to various articles in contact with it.
- a flexible display such as an organic electroluminescence display and a flexible speaker in which a piezoelectric film such as PVCD (PVDF: Poly VinyliDene Fluoride) is sandwiched between electrodes are integrated.
- PVCD Poly VinyliDene Fluoride
- a polymer composite piezoelectric material containing piezoelectric particles in a matrix containing a polymer material is used as the exciter. It is conceivable to use an electroacoustic conversion film having. However, even in this case, when used in a high temperature environment, the thermal expansion of the polymer of the polymer composite piezoelectric body increases the distance between the piezoelectric particles, and the deformation of the piezoelectric particles is difficult to be transmitted to the polymer composite piezoelectric body. It turned out that there was a problem that the sound pressure dropped.
- An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem of the prior art, and to provide an electroacoustic conversion film and an electroacoustic converter capable of suppressing a decrease in piezoelectric conversion efficiency when used in a high temperature environment. There is.
- the present invention has the following configurations.
- An electroacoustic conversion film having a polymer composite piezoelectric body containing piezoelectric particles in a matrix containing a polymer material and electrode layers formed on both sides of the polymer composite piezoelectric body.
- An electro-acoustic conversion film having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 12 ppm / ° C to 100 ppm / ° C.
- the electroacoustic conversion film according to [1] which has a protective layer laminated on a surface of the electrode layer opposite to the surface on the polymer composite piezoelectric side.
- the electroacoustic converter according to [6] wherein the absolute value of the difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic converter film and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the diaphragm is 0 ppm / ° C.
- an electroacoustic conversion film and an electroacoustic converter capable of suppressing a decrease in piezoelectric conversion efficiency when used in a high temperature environment.
- the description of the constituent elements described below may be based on typical embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to such embodiments.
- the numerical range represented by using "-" means the range including the numerical values before and after "-" as the lower limit value and the upper limit value.
- the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention An electroacoustic conversion film having a polymer composite piezoelectric body containing piezoelectric particles in a matrix containing a polymer material and electrode layers formed on both sides of the polymer composite piezoelectric body. It is an electroacoustic conversion film having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 12 ppm / ° C. to 100 ppm / ° C. of the electroacoustic conversion film.
- FIG. 1 conceptually shows an example of the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention by a cross-sectional view.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is formed on a piezoelectric layer 20 which is a sheet-like material having piezoelectricity, a lower electrode 24 laminated on one surface of the piezoelectric layer 20, and a lower electrode 24. It has a lower protective layer 28 to be laminated, an upper electrode 26 to be laminated on the other surface of the piezoelectric layer 20, and an upper protective layer 30 to be laminated on the upper electrode 26.
- the piezoelectric layer 20 contains the piezoelectric particles 36 in the matrix 34 containing the polymer material.
- the piezoelectric layer 20 is the polymer composite piezoelectric material in the present invention. Further, the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 are the electrode layers in the present invention. Further, the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are protective layers in the present invention. As will be described later, the electroacoustic conversion film 10 (piezoelectric layer 20) is polarized in the thickness direction as a preferred embodiment.
- such an electro-acoustic conversion film 10 generates sound due to vibration in response to an electric signal in various acoustic devices (audio equipment) such as speakers, microphones, and pickups used in musical instruments such as guitars. It is used for playback) and for converting sound vibrations into electrical signals.
- the electroacoustic conversion film can also be used for pressure-sensitive sensors, power generation elements, and the like.
- the piezoelectric layer 20 is a polymer composite piezoelectric material in the present invention, and is a matrix 34 containing a polymer material containing piezoelectric particles 36.
- the material of the matrix 34 (matrix and binder) of the polymer composite piezoelectric material constituting the piezoelectric layer 20 it is preferable to use a polymer material having viscoelasticity at room temperature.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention is suitably used for a speaker having flexibility such as a speaker for a flexible display.
- the polymer composite piezoelectric body (piezoelectric layer 20) used for the flexible speaker has the following requirements. Therefore, it is preferable to use a polymer material having viscoelasticity at room temperature as a material satisfying the following requirements.
- "normal temperature” refers to a temperature range of about 0 to 50 ° C.
- (Ii) Sound quality A speaker vibrates piezoelectric particles at a frequency in the audio band of 20 Hz to 20 kHz, and the vibration energy causes the entire polymer composite piezoelectric body (electroacoustic conversion film) to vibrate as a unit, resulting in sound. Will be played. Therefore, in order to increase the transmission efficiency of vibration energy, the polymer composite piezoelectric material is required to have an appropriate hardness. Further, if the frequency characteristic of the speaker is smooth, the amount of change in sound quality when the minimum resonance frequency changes with the change in curvature becomes small. Therefore, the loss tangent of the polymer composite piezoelectric material is required to be moderately large.
- the polymer composite piezoelectric material is required to behave hard against vibrations of 20 Hz to 20 kHz and soft against vibrations of several Hz or less. Further, the loss tangent of the polymer composite piezoelectric body is required to be appropriately large with respect to vibrations of all frequencies of 20 kHz or less.
- polymer solids have a viscoelastic relaxation mechanism, and large-scale molecular motion decreases (Relaxation) or maximizes loss elastic modulus (absorption) as the temperature rises or the frequency decreases.
- Relaxation large-scale molecular motion decreases
- absorption loss elastic modulus
- main dispersion the relaxation caused by the micro-Brownian motion of the molecular chain in the amorphous region is called main dispersion, and a very large relaxation phenomenon is observed.
- the temperature at which this main dispersion occurs is the glass transition point (Tg), and the viscoelastic relaxation mechanism appears most prominently.
- the polymer composite piezoelectric body (piezoelectric layer 20), by using a polymer material having a glass transition point at room temperature, in other words, a polymer material having viscoelasticity at room temperature, for vibration of 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
- a polymer composite piezoelectric material that is hard and behaves softly against slow vibrations of several Hz or less is realized.
- the polymer material having viscoelasticity at room temperature various known materials can be used as long as they have dielectric properties.
- a polymer material having a maximum loss tangent value of 0.5 or more at a frequency of 1 Hz by a dynamic viscoelasticity test at room temperature, that is, 0 ° C. to 50 ° C. is used.
- the polymer material preferably has a storage elastic modulus (E') at a frequency of 1 Hz measured by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of 100 MPa or more at 0 ° C. and 10 MPa or less at 50 ° C.
- E' storage elastic modulus
- the polymer material has a relative permittivity of 10 or more at 25 ° C.
- a voltage is applied to the polymer composite piezoelectric body, a higher electric field is applied to the piezoelectric particles in the matrix, so that a large amount of deformation can be expected.
- the polymer material has a relative permittivity of 10 or less at 25 ° C.
- polymer material satisfying such conditions examples include cyanoethylated polyvinyl alcohol (cyanoethylated PVA), polyvinyl acetate, polyvinylidene chloride core acrylonitrile, polystyrene-vinyl polyisoprene block copolymer, polyvinyl methyl ketone, and polybutyl. Examples include methacrylate. Further, as these polymer materials, commercially available products such as Hybler 5127 (manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd.) can also be preferably used.
- Hybler 5127 manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd.
- the polymer material it is preferable to use a material having a cyanoethyl group, and it is particularly preferable to use cyanoethylated PVA.
- a material having a cyanoethyl group it is preferable to use cyanoethylated PVA.
- only one kind of these polymer materials may be used, and a plurality of kinds may be used in combination (mixing).
- a plurality of polymer materials may be used in combination, if necessary. That is, in addition to the polymer material having viscoelasticity at room temperature, other dielectric polymer materials may be added to the matrix 34 for the purpose of adjusting the dielectric properties and mechanical properties. ..
- dielectric polymer material examples include polyvinylidene fluoride, vinylidene fluoride-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer, and polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer.
- fluoropolymers such as polyvinylidene fluoride-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, vinylidene cyanide-vinyl acetate copolymer, cyanoethyl cellulose, cyanoethyl hydroxysaccharose, cyanoethyl hydroxycellulose, cyanoethyl hydroxypurrane, cyanoethyl methacrylate, cyanoethyl acrylate, cyanoethyl.
- Cyano groups such as hydroxyethyl cellulose, cyanoethyl amylose, cyanoethyl hydroxypropyl cellulose, cyanoethyl dihydroxypropyl cellulose, cyanoethyl hydroxypropyl amylose, cyanoethyl polyacrylamide, cyanoethyl polyacrylate, cyanoethyl pullulan, cyanoethyl polyhydroxymethylene, cyanoethyl glycidol pullulan, cyanoethyl saccharose and cyanoethyl sorbitol.
- polymers having a cyanoethyl group synthetic rubbers such as nitrile rubber and chloroprene rubber, and the like are exemplified. Among them, a polymer material having a cyanoethyl group is preferably used. Further, in the matrix 34 of the piezoelectric layer 20, the dielectric polymer material added in addition to the polymer material having viscoelasticity at room temperature such as cyanoethylated PVA is not limited to one type, and a plurality of types are added. You may.
- the matrix 34 contains a thermoplastic resin such as vinyl chloride resin, polyethylene, polystyrene, methacrylic resin, polybutene, and isobutylene, and phenol for the purpose of adjusting the glass transition point.
- a resin, a urea resin, a melamine resin, an alkyd resin, and a thermosetting resin such as mica may be added.
- a tackifier such as rosin ester, rosin, terpene, terpene phenol, and petroleum resin may be added.
- the amount to be added when a material other than the viscoelastic polymer material such as cyanoethylated PVA is added is not particularly limited, but is 30% by mass or less in proportion to the matrix 34. Is preferable. As a result, the characteristics of the polymer material to be added can be exhibited without impairing the viscoelastic relaxation mechanism in the matrix 34, so that the dielectric constant can be increased, the heat resistance can be improved, and the adhesion to the piezoelectric particles 36 and the electrode layer can be improved. In this respect, favorable results can be obtained.
- the piezoelectric layer 20 is a polymer composite piezoelectric body containing the piezoelectric particles 36 in such a matrix 34.
- the piezoelectric particles 36 are made of ceramic particles having a perovskite-type or wurtzite-type crystal structure. Examples of the ceramic particles constituting the piezoelectric particles 36 include lead zirconate titanate (PZT), lead zirconate titanate (PLZT), barium titanate (BaTIO 3 ), zinc oxide (ZnO), and zinc oxide (ZnO). Examples thereof include a solid solution (BFBT) of barium titanate and bismuth ferrite (BiFe 3 ). Only one type of these piezoelectric particles 36 may be used, or a plurality of types may be used in combination (mixed).
- the particle size of the piezoelectric particles 36 is not limited, and may be appropriately selected depending on the size and application of the polymer composite piezoelectric body (electroacoustic conversion film 10).
- the particle size of the piezoelectric particles 36 is preferably 1 to 10 ⁇ m. By setting the particle size of the piezoelectric particles 36 in this range, a preferable result can be obtained in that the polymer composite piezoelectric body (electroacoustic conversion film 10) can achieve both high piezoelectric characteristics and flexibility.
- the piezoelectric particles 36 in the piezoelectric layer 20 are uniformly and regularly dispersed in the matrix 34, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the piezoelectric particles 36 in the piezoelectric layer 20 may be irregularly dispersed in the matrix 34 as long as they are preferably uniformly dispersed.
- the amount ratio of the matrix 34 and the piezoelectric particles 36 in the piezoelectric layer 20 is not limited, and the size and thickness of the piezoelectric layer 20 in the plane direction are not limited.
- the suitable setting may be made according to the application of the polymer composite piezoelectric body and the characteristics required for the polymer composite piezoelectric body.
- the volume fraction of the piezoelectric particles 36 in the piezoelectric layer 20 is preferably 30 to 80%, more preferably 50% or more, and therefore more preferably 50 to 80%.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the illustrated example has a lower electrode 24 on one surface of the piezoelectric layer 20, a lower protective layer 28 on the surface thereof, and the other of the piezoelectric layer 20. It has a structure having an upper electrode 26 on the surface and an upper protective layer 30 on the surface thereof. Here, the upper electrode 26 and the lower electrode 24 form an electrode pair.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 has, for example, an upper electrode 26 and an electrode drawing portion for drawing out the electrode from the lower electrode 24, and the electrode drawing portion is connected to a power source. .. Further, the electroacoustic conversion film 10 may have an insulating layer or the like that covers the region where the piezoelectric layer 20 is exposed to prevent short circuits or the like.
- both sides of the piezoelectric layer 20 are sandwiched between electrode pairs, that is, the upper electrode 26 and the lower electrode 24, and the laminate is sandwiched between the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30. It has a structure of. As described above, in the electro-acoustic conversion film 10, the region held by the upper electrode 26 and the lower electrode 24 is expanded and contracted according to the applied voltage.
- the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are provided as a preferred embodiment rather than an essential constituent requirement.
- the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 cover the upper electrode 26 and the lower electrode 24, and play a role of imparting appropriate rigidity and mechanical strength to the piezoelectric layer 20. That is, in the electroacoustic conversion film 10, the piezoelectric layer 20 composed of the matrix 34 and the piezoelectric particles 36 exhibits extremely excellent flexibility with respect to slow bending deformation, but depending on the application. , Rigidity and mechanical strength may be insufficient.
- the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is provided with a lower protective layer 28 and an upper protective layer 30 to supplement the electro-acoustic conversion film 10.
- the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are not limited, and various sheet-like materials can be used, and various resin films are preferably exemplified as an example.
- various resin films are preferably exemplified as an example.
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- PP polypropylene
- PS polystyrene
- PC polycarbonate
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- PMMA polymethylmethacrylate
- PEI Polyetherimide
- PEI polyimide
- PI polyimide
- PEN polyethylene naphthalate
- TAC triacetyl cellulose
- a resin film made of a cyclic olefin resin or the like are preferably used.
- the thickness of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 there is also no limitation on the thickness of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30. Further, the thicknesses of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are basically the same, but may be different. Here, if the rigidity of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 is too high, not only the expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric layer 20 is restricted, but also the flexibility is impaired. Therefore, the thinner the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30, the more advantageous it is, except when mechanical strength and good handleability as a sheet-like material are required.
- the thickness of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 is twice or less the thickness of the piezoelectric layer 20, it is possible to ensure both rigidity and appropriate flexibility. In terms of points, favorable results can be obtained.
- the thickness of the piezoelectric layer 20 is 50 ⁇ m and the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are made of PET
- the thickness of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 is preferably 100 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 50 ⁇ m or less. It is preferable, and more preferably 25 ⁇ m or less.
- the materials for forming the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 are not limited, and various conductors can be used. Specifically, alloys such as carbon, palladium, iron, tin, aluminum, nickel, platinum, gold, silver, copper, titanium, chromium and molybdenum, laminates and composites of these metals and alloys, and Examples thereof include indium tin oxide. Among them, copper, aluminum, gold, silver, platinum, and indium tin oxide are preferably exemplified as the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26.
- a vapor phase deposition method such as vacuum deposition and sputtering, a film formation by plating, and a foil formed of the above materials
- Various known methods such as a method of sticking can be used.
- thin films such as copper and aluminum formed by vacuum vapor deposition are preferably used as the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 because the flexibility of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 can be ensured.
- a copper thin film produced by vacuum deposition is preferably used.
- the thickness of the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 There is no limitation on the thickness of the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26. Further, the thicknesses of the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 are basically the same, but may be different.
- the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 are thinner as long as the electric resistance does not become too high. That is, the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 are preferably thin film electrodes.
- the film In the electroacoustic conversion film 10, if the product of the thickness of the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 and Young's modulus is less than the product of the thickness of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 and Young's modulus, the film is flexible. It is suitable because it does not significantly impair.
- the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are made of PET (Young's modulus: about 6.2 GPa) and the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 are made of copper (Young's modulus: about 130 GPa)
- the lower protective layer 28 Assuming that the thickness of the upper protective layer 30 is 25 ⁇ m, the thickness of the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 is preferably 1.2 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 0.3 ⁇ m or less, and particularly preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or less.
- the maximum value of the loss tangent (Tan ⁇ ) at a frequency of 1 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement exists at room temperature, and it is more preferable that the maximum value of 0.1 or more exists at room temperature. preferable.
- the strain energy can be effectively diffused to the outside as heat, so that the matrix and the piezoelectric particles It is possible to prevent cracks from occurring at the interface of.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 preferably has a storage elastic modulus (E') at a frequency of 1 Hz measured by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of 10 GPa to 30 GPa at 0 ° C. and 1 GPa to 10 GPa at 50 ° C. Regarding this condition, the same applies to the piezoelectric layer 20. As a result, the electroacoustic conversion film 10 can have a large frequency dispersion in the storage elastic modulus (E'). That is, it can behave hard for vibrations of 20 Hz to 20 kHz and soft for vibrations of several Hz or less.
- E' storage elastic modulus
- the product of the thickness and the storage elastic modulus at a frequency of 1 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 1.0 ⁇ 10 5 to 2.0 ⁇ 10 6 (1.0E + 05 to 6) at 0 ° C. It is preferably 2.0E + 06) N / m and 1.0 ⁇ 10 5 to 1.0 ⁇ 10 6 (1.0E + 05 to 1.0E + 06) N / m at 50 ° C. Regarding this condition, the same applies to the piezoelectric layer 20. As a result, the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 can be provided with appropriate rigidity and mechanical strength as long as the flexibility and acoustic characteristics are not impaired.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 preferably has a loss tangent of 0.05 or more at 25 ° C. and a frequency of 1 kHz in the master curve obtained from the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement. Regarding this condition, the same applies to the piezoelectric layer 20. As a result, the frequency characteristics of the speaker using the electroacoustic conversion film 10 are smoothed, and the change in sound quality when the minimum resonance frequency f 0 changes with the change in the curvature of the speaker can be reduced.
- the storage elastic modulus (Young's modulus) and the loss tangent of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 and the piezoelectric layer 20 and the like may be measured by a known method.
- the measurement may be performed using a dynamic viscoelasticity measuring device DMS6100 manufactured by SII Nanotechnology Inc. (manufactured by SII Nanotechnology Inc.).
- the measurement frequency is 0.1 Hz to 20 Hz (0.1 Hz, 0.2 Hz, 0.5 Hz, 1 Hz, 2 Hz, 5 Hz, 10 Hz and 20 Hz)
- the measurement temperature is -50 to 150 ° C.
- the temperature rise rate is 2 ° C./min (in a nitrogen atmosphere)
- the sample size is 40 mm ⁇ 10 mm (including the clamp region)
- the inter-chuck distance is 20 mm.
- the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention has a coefficient of thermal expansion of 12 ppm / ° C. to 100 ppm / ° C.
- the piezoelectric conversion efficiency of the electroacoustic conversion film is lowered, so that the sound pressure is lowered when the electroacoustic conversion film is used as a speaker.
- the matrix of the polymer composite piezoelectric material expands in a high temperature environment. This is suppressed, and the increase in the distance between the piezoelectric particles contained in the matrix is suppressed.
- the deformation (vibration) of the piezoelectric particles is more preferably transmitted to the matrix, so that it is possible to suppress a decrease in the piezoelectric conversion efficiency of the electroacoustic conversion film.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film is 12 ppm / ° C to 100 ppm / from the viewpoints of being able to more preferably suppress the decrease in the piezoelectric conversion efficiency of the electroacoustic conversion film in a high temperature environment and suppressing the destruction of the piezoelectric layer. It is preferably ° C., more preferably 16 ppm / ° C. to 70 ppm / ° C., and even more preferably 18 ppm / ° C. to 55 ppm / ° C.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film is obtained by, for example, measuring the thermomechanical characteristics using a thermomechanical analyzer (TMA4000SE manufactured by TMA NETZSCH).
- the measurement conditions are, for example, that the sample size is 5 mm ⁇ 20 mm, the distance between chucks is 15 mm, the length of the chuck portion is 2.5 ⁇ 0.5 mm both above and below, and 5 ° C / min in the range of -20 ° C to 60 ° C. Change the temperature with, and measure the displacement of the chuck distance at that time.
- the load is measured by applying a constant load of 3 g to the sample.
- the slope of the approximate straight line of the displacement data of ⁇ 20 ° C. to 60 ° C. is obtained, and the displacement amount per 1 ° C. change in temperature is obtained.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion can be calculated by dividing the inclination by 15 mm, which is the distance between chunks at the time of sample setting.
- a paint to be a piezoelectric layer (polymer composite piezoelectric body) is applied and dried, and the polarization treatment described later is performed.
- the aging treatment may be performed at a temperature of 40 ° C. to 70 ° C. for 12 hours to 72 hours, although it depends on the material of the matrix and the like.
- the aging treatment may be performed before laminating the upper electrode layer (and the upper protective layer) or before performing the polarization treatment.
- a method of setting the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film in the above range there is a method of applying and drying a paint to be a piezoelectric layer (polymer composite piezoelectric body), and then vacuum drying.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film can be reduced by vacuum drying to remove the voids (air) remaining in the piezoelectric layer.
- Vacuum drying may be performed under the conditions of a temperature of 25 ° C. to 40 ° C., a pressure of 10 Pa to 50 Pa, and 48 hours to 144 hours.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film in the above range, there is a method of increasing the ratio of the piezoelectric particles in the polymer composite piezoelectric body. Since the coefficient of thermal expansion of the polymer material that becomes the matrix is higher than that of the piezoelectric particles, the heat of the electroacoustic conversion film can be increased by increasing the ratio of the piezoelectric particles and decreasing the ratio of the matrix (polymer material). The coefficient of expansion can be lowered. From such a viewpoint, the ratio of the piezoelectric particles in the polymer composite piezoelectric material is preferably 30 to 80%, more preferably 50 to 80%.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention is preferably 1 to 30 ppm /% RH, more preferably 3 to 20 ppm /% RH in an environment of a temperature of 25 ° C. Further, in an environment of a temperature of 60 ° C., it is preferably 3 to 40 ppm /% RH, and more preferably 5 to 30 ppm /% RH. By setting the coefficient of thermal expansion in such a range, it is possible to suppress a decrease in sound pressure in a high humidity environment.
- a sheet-like object 10a in which the lower electrode 24 is formed on the lower protective layer 28 is prepared.
- the sheet-like material 10a may be produced by forming a copper thin film or the like as the lower electrode 24 on the surface of the lower protective layer 28 by vacuum deposition, sputtering, plating or the like.
- the lower protective layer 28 with a separator temporary support
- PET or the like having a thickness of 25 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m can be used.
- the separator may be removed after thermocompression bonding the upper electrode 26 and the upper protective layer 30 and before laminating any member on the lower protective layer 28.
- a polymer material to be a matrix material is dissolved in an organic solvent, and piezoelectric particles 36 such as PZT particles are added and stirred to prepare a dispersed coating material.
- organic solvent there are no restrictions on the organic solvent other than the above substances, and various organic solvents can be used.
- the paint is cast (applied) to the sheet-like material 10a to evaporate the organic solvent and dry it.
- a laminated body 10b having the lower electrode 24 on the lower protective layer 28 and forming the piezoelectric layer 20 on the lower electrode 24 is produced.
- the lower electrode 24 is an electrode on the base material side when the piezoelectric layer 20 is applied, and does not indicate the vertical positional relationship in the laminated body.
- the paint in order to lower the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film, the paint may be applied and dried, and then vacuum dried. By vacuum drying to remove the voids (air) remaining in the piezoelectric layer, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film to be produced can be reduced.
- a dielectric polymer material may be added to the matrix 34 in addition to the viscoelastic material such as cyanoethylated PVA.
- the polymer materials to be added to the paint described above may be dissolved.
- the polarization treatment (polling) of the piezoelectric layer 20 is preferably performed. Do.
- the method for polarization treatment of the piezoelectric layer 20 is not limited, and known methods can be used.
- a calendar treatment may be performed in which the surface of the piezoelectric layer 20 is smoothed by using a heating roller or the like. By performing this calendar processing, the thermocompression bonding process described later can be smoothly performed.
- a sheet-like material 10c in which the upper electrode 26 is formed on the upper protective layer 30 is prepared.
- the sheet-like material 10c may be produced by forming a copper thin film or the like as the upper electrode 26 on the surface of the upper protective layer 30 by vacuum deposition, sputtering, plating or the like.
- the upper electrode 26 is directed toward the piezoelectric layer 20, and the sheet-like material 10c is laminated on the laminated body 10b that has undergone the polarization treatment of the piezoelectric layer 20.
- the laminate of the laminate 10b and the sheet-like material 10c is thermocompression-bonded with a heating press device or a heating roller or the like so as to sandwich the upper protective layer 30 and the lower protective layer 28.
- the laminate 10b and the sheet-like material 10c are thermocompression bonded, preferably, they are heated to perform an aging treatment.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film can be lowered.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is produced by the above steps.
- the produced electro-acoustic conversion film 10 may be cut into a desired shape according to various uses.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 described later has a configuration in which such an electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention is laminated and bonded with a sticking layer 19 as a preferred embodiment.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 shown in FIG. 7 has opposite polarization directions in the adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10 as shown by the arrows attached to the piezoelectric layer 20.
- the laminated piezoelectric element using the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention can perform the polarization treatment in the state of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 before laminating.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 preferably undergoes a polarization treatment of the piezoelectric layer 20 before laminating the upper electrode 26 and the upper protective layer 30. Therefore, the laminated piezoelectric element using the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention can be produced by laminating the polarization-treated electroacoustic conversion film 10.
- a long electro-acoustic conversion film (large-area electro-acoustic conversion film) subjected to polarization treatment is prepared, cut into individual electro-acoustic conversion films 10, and then the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is laminated.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 is used. Therefore, in the laminated piezoelectric element using the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention, the polarization directions of the adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10 can be aligned in the laminated direction as in the laminated piezoelectric element 60 shown in FIG. Like the laminated piezoelectric element 14 shown in the above, it can be alternated.
- a general electroacoustic conversion film made of a polymer material such as PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) is stretched in the uniaxial direction after the polarization treatment, so that the molecular chains are oriented with respect to the stretching direction, and as a result, the film is stretched. It is known that a large piezoelectric property can be obtained in the direction. Therefore, a general electroacoustic conversion film has in-plane anisotropy in the piezoelectric characteristics, and has anisotropy in the amount of expansion and contraction in the plane direction when a voltage is applied.
- PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
- the polymer composite piezoelectric body containing the piezoelectric particles 36 in the matrix 34 of the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention can obtain large piezoelectric properties without stretching treatment after polarization treatment. Therefore, in the present invention, the polymer composite piezoelectric body has no in-plane anisotropy in the piezoelectric characteristics, and when a driving voltage is applied as described later, it expands and contracts isotropically in all directions in the in-plane direction.
- Such an electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention may be produced using a cut sheet-like sheet, but is preferably roll-to-roll (hereinafter, also referred to as RtoR). ) Is used.
- RtoR is a raw material that has been processed by drawing out the raw material from a roll formed by winding a long raw material and carrying it in the longitudinal direction while performing various treatments such as film formation and surface treatment. This is a manufacturing method in which the material is wound into a roll again.
- a second roll formed by winding a sheet-like material 10c in which the upper electrode 26 is formed on the long upper protective layer 30 is used.
- the first roll and the second roll may be exactly the same.
- a sheet-like material 10a is pulled out from this roll, and while being conveyed in the longitudinal direction, a paint containing the matrix 34 and the piezoelectric particles 36 is applied, dried by heating or the like, and the piezoelectric layer is placed on the lower electrode 24. 20 is formed to form the above-mentioned laminated body 10b.
- the piezoelectric layer 20 is polarized.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is manufactured by RtoR
- the piezoelectric layer 20 is polarized.
- calendar processing may be performed before this polarization treatment.
- the sheet-like material 10c is pulled out from the second roll, and while the sheet-like material 10c and the laminated body are conveyed, the upper electrode 26 is subjected to the piezoelectric layer as described above by a known method using a bonding roller or the like.
- the sheet-like material 10c is laminated on the laminated body 10b toward 20.
- the laminated laminate 10b and the sheet-like material 10c are thermocompression-bonded by sandwiching and transporting them by a pair of heating rollers to complete the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention, and the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is rolled. Wind it in a shape.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention is produced by transporting the sheet-like material (laminated body) only once in the longitudinal direction by RtoR, but the present invention is not limited to this. ..
- the laminated body roll is made by winding the laminated body once in a roll shape.
- the laminated body is pulled out from the laminated body roll, and while being conveyed in the longitudinal direction, the sheet-like material having the upper electrode 26 formed on the upper protective layer 30 is laminated as described above, and electroacoustic.
- the conversion film 10 may be completed, and the electroacoustic conversion film 10 may be wound in a roll shape.
- the piezoelectric particles 36 expand and contract in the polarization direction according to the applied voltage.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 (piezoelectric layer 20) shrinks in the thickness direction.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts in the in-plane direction due to the Poiszone ratio. This expansion and contraction is about 0.01 to 0.1%. As described above, it expands and contracts isotropically in all directions in the in-plane direction.
- the thickness of the piezoelectric layer 20 is preferably about 10 to 300 ⁇ m.
- the expansion and contraction in the thickness direction is very small, about 0.3 ⁇ m at the maximum.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10, that is, the piezoelectric layer 20 has a size much larger than the thickness in the plane direction. Therefore, for example, if the length of the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is 20 cm, the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts by a maximum of about 0.2 mm when a voltage is applied. Further, when pressure is applied to the electroacoustic conversion film 10, electric power is generated by the action of the piezoelectric particles 36.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 can be used for various purposes such as a speaker, a microphone, and a pressure-sensitive sensor, as described above.
- FIG. 5 shows a conceptual diagram of an example of a flat plate type piezoelectric speaker having the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention.
- the piezoelectric speaker 45 is a flat plate type piezoelectric speaker that uses the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention as a diaphragm for converting an electric signal into vibration energy.
- the piezoelectric speaker 45 can also be used as a microphone, a sensor, or the like.
- the piezoelectric speaker 45 includes an electroacoustic conversion film 10, a case 43, a viscoelastic support 46, and a frame body 48.
- the case 43 is a thin square-shaped tubular housing that is made of plastic or the like and has an open surface.
- the frame body 48 is a plate material having a through hole in the center and having the same shape as the upper end surface (open surface side) of the case 43.
- the viscoelastic support 46 has appropriate viscosity and elasticity, supports the electroacoustic conversion film 10, and applies a constant mechanical bias to any part of the electroacoustic conversion film to obtain the electroacoustic conversion film 10.
- the piezoelectric speaker 45 accommodates the viscoelastic support 46 in the case 43, covers the case 43 and the viscoelastic support 46 with the electroacoustic conversion film 10, and covers the periphery of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 with the frame 48.
- the frame body 48 is fixed to the case 43 while being pressed against the upper end surface of the 43.
- the viscoelastic support 46 is a square columnar whose height (thickness) is thicker than the height of the inner surface of the case 43. Therefore, in the piezoelectric speaker 45, the viscoelastic support 46 is held in a state of being thinned by being pressed downward by the electroacoustic conversion film 10 at the peripheral portion of the viscoelastic support 46. Similarly, in the peripheral portion of the viscoelastic support 46, the curvature of the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 suddenly fluctuates, and the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is formed with a rising portion 45a that becomes lower toward the periphery of the viscoelastic support 46. Will be done. Further, the central region of the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is pressed by the viscoelastic support 46 having a square columnar shape to be (omitted) flat.
- the piezoelectric speaker 45 when the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is stretched in the in-plane direction by applying a driving voltage to the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26, the viscoelastic support 46 acts to absorb the stretched portion. , The rising portion 45a of the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 changes the angle in the rising direction. As a result, the electroacoustic conversion film 10 having the flat portion moves upward. On the contrary, when the electroacoustic conversion film 10 contracts in the in-plane direction due to the application of the driving voltage to the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26, the rising portion 45a of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 shrinks in order to absorb the contracted portion. , Change the angle in the direction of falling (the direction closer to the plane). As a result, the electroacoustic conversion film 10 having the flat portion moves downward. The piezoelectric speaker 45 generates sound by the vibration of the electroacoustic conversion film 10.
- the conversion from expansion and contraction motion to vibration can also be achieved by holding the electroacoustic conversion film 10 in a curved state. Therefore, the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention can function as a flexible speaker by simply holding it in a curved state instead of such a piezoelectric speaker 45.
- the electroacoustic transducer of the present invention A polymer composite piezoelectric material containing piezoelectric particles in a matrix containing a polymer material, and an electroacoustic conversion film having electrode layers formed on both sides of the polymer composite piezoelectric material are laminated on the electroacoustic conversion film.
- a piezoelectric converter having a vibrating plate It is an electroacoustic converter having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 12 ppm / ° C to 100 ppm / ° C.
- FIG. 6 conceptually shows an example of the electroacoustic converter of the present invention having the electroacoustic converter film of the present invention.
- the electroacoustic converter 51 shown in FIG. 6 has an electroacoustic converter film 10 and a diaphragm 12.
- the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is the electro-acoustic conversion film of the present invention described above.
- the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 and the diaphragm 12 are attached by an adhesive layer 16.
- a power supply PS for applying a driving voltage is connected to the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the electroacoustic converter 51.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 has a lower protective layer 28 and an upper protective layer 30.
- the electroacoustic converter film 10 may not have the lower protective layer 28 and / or the upper protective layer 30.
- a configuration may be configured in which only the lower protective layer 28 is provided and the protective layer on the diaphragm 12 side (upper protective layer 30) is not provided.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts in the plane direction by applying a driving voltage to the electroacoustic conversion film 10, and the expansion and contraction of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 causes the diaphragm 12 to expand and contract. It bends, and as a result, the diaphragm 12 vibrates in the thickness direction. Due to the vibration in the thickness direction, the diaphragm 12 generates a sound. The diaphragm 12 vibrates according to the magnitude of the drive voltage applied to the electroacoustic conversion film 10, and generates a sound corresponding to the drive voltage applied to the electroacoustic conversion film 10. That is, the electroacoustic converter 51 is a speaker that uses the electroacoustic converter film 10 as an exciter.
- the diaphragm 12 is, in a preferred embodiment, flexible.
- having flexibility is synonymous with having flexibility in a general interpretation, and indicates that it can be bent and bent, specifically. Shows that it can be bent and stretched without causing breakage and damage.
- the diaphragm 12 is not limited as long as it is preferably flexible and satisfies the relationship with the electroacoustic conversion film 10 (or the laminated piezoelectric element 14 described later), which will be described later, and various sheet-like materials ( Plates, films) are available.
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- PP polypropylene
- PS polystyrene
- PC polycarbonate
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- PMMA polymethylmethacrylate
- PEI polyetherimide
- PI polyimide
- PEN polyethylene naphthalate
- TAC triacetyl cellulose
- foamed plastic made of expanded polystyrene, expanded styrene, expanded polyethylene, etc., and other on one or both sides of wavy paperboard.
- cardboard materials and the like made by sticking the paperboard of the above are exemplified.
- the vibrating plate 12 includes an organic electroluminescence (OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode)) display, a liquid crystal display, and a micro LED (Light Emitting Diode) display.
- OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode
- a display device such as an inorganic electroluminescent display can also be suitably used.
- such a diaphragm 12 and the electroacoustic conversion film 10 are attached by an adhesive layer 16.
- the adhesive layer 16 has fluidity when bonded, and then becomes a solid. Even a layer made of an adhesive is a soft solid gel-like (rubber-like) when bonded, and then gels. It may be a layer made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive whose state does not change, or a layer made of a material having the characteristics of both an adhesive and a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
- the electro-acoustic converter 51 the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is expanded and contracted to bend and vibrate the diaphragm 12 to generate sound.
- the expansion and contraction of the electroacoustic converter film 10 is directly transmitted to the diaphragm 12. If a substance having a viscosity that alleviates vibration exists between the diaphragm 12 and the electroacoustic conversion film 10, the efficiency of transmitting the expansion and contraction energy of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 to the diaphragm 12 becomes low. , The drive efficiency of the electroacoustic converter 51 is lowered.
- the adhesive layer 16 is preferably an adhesive layer made of an adhesive, which can obtain a solid and hard adhesive layer 16 rather than the adhesive layer made of an adhesive.
- the more preferable adhesive layer 16 include an adhesive layer made of a polyester adhesive and a thermoplastic type adhesive such as a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) adhesive. Adhesion, unlike adhesion, is useful when seeking high adhesion temperatures. Further, the thermoplastic type adhesive has "relatively low temperature, short time, and strong adhesion" and is suitable.
- SBR styrene-butadiene rubber
- the thickness of the sticking layer 16 is not limited, and a thickness at which sufficient sticking force (adhesive force, adhesive force) can be obtained may be appropriately set according to the material of the sticking layer 16.
- the thinner the adhesive layer 16 the higher the effect of transmitting the expansion and contraction energy (vibration energy) of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 transmitted to the diaphragm 12, and the higher the energy efficiency. it can.
- the adhesive layer 16 is thick and has high rigidity, there is a possibility that the expansion and contraction of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 may be restricted.
- the sticking layer 16 is preferably thin.
- the thickness of the sticking layer 16 is preferably 0.1 to 50 ⁇ m, more preferably 0.1 to 30 ⁇ m, and even more preferably 0.1 to 10 ⁇ m after sticking.
- the sticking layer 16 is provided as a preferred embodiment and is not an essential component. Therefore, the electroacoustic converter 51 does not have the bonding layer 16, and even if the diaphragm 12 and the electroacoustic converter film 10 are fixed by using known crimping means, fastening means, fixing means, or the like. Good.
- the electroacoustic converter film 10 is rectangular, the four corners may be fastened with members such as bolts and nuts to form an electroacoustic transducer, or the four corners and the central portion may be bolted and nuts.
- the electroacoustic converter may be formed by fastening with various members.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts independently with respect to the diaphragm 12, and in some cases, only the electroacoustic conversion film 10 bends. Therefore, the expansion and contraction of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is not transmitted to the diaphragm 12. In this way, when the electroacoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts independently of the diaphragm 12, the vibration efficiency of the diaphragm 12 by the electroacoustic conversion film 10 decreases, and the diaphragm 12 vibrates sufficiently. You may not be able to do it. Considering this point, it is preferable that the diaphragm 12 and the electroacoustic conversion film 10 are attached by the attachment layer 16 as shown in FIG.
- a power supply PS is connected to the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 to apply a driving voltage for expanding and contracting the electroacoustic conversion film 10, that is, to supply driving power.
- the power supply PS is not limited and may be a DC power supply or an AC power supply.
- the drive voltage capable of appropriately driving the electroacoustic conversion film 10 may be appropriately set according to the thickness of the piezoelectric layer 20 of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 and the forming material.
- the method of drawing the electrode from the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 is not limited, and various known methods can be used.
- An example is a method in which the through hole is filled with a conductive material and the electrode is pulled out to the outside.
- suitable electrode extraction methods include the methods described in JP-A-2014-209724 and the methods described in JP-A-2016-015354.
- the piezoelectric layer 20 includes the piezoelectric particles 36 in the matrix 34. Further, the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 are provided so as to sandwich the piezoelectric layer 20 in the thickness direction.
- the piezoelectric particles 36 expand and contract in the polarization direction according to the applied voltage.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 (piezoelectric layer 20) shrinks in the thickness direction.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts in the in-plane direction due to the Poiszone ratio. This expansion and contraction is about 0.01 to 0.1%.
- the thickness of the piezoelectric layer 20 is preferably about 10 to 300 ⁇ m. Therefore, the expansion and contraction in the thickness direction is very small, about 0.3 ⁇ m at the maximum.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10, that is, the piezoelectric layer 20 has a size much larger than the thickness in the plane direction. Therefore, for example, if the length of the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is 20 cm, the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts by a maximum of about 0.2 mm when a voltage is applied.
- the diaphragm 12 is attached to the electroacoustic conversion film 10 by the attachment layer 16. Therefore, the expansion and contraction of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 causes the diaphragm 12 to bend, and as a result, the diaphragm 12 vibrates in the thickness direction. Due to the vibration in the thickness direction, the diaphragm 12 generates a sound. That is, the diaphragm 12 vibrates according to the magnitude of the voltage (driving voltage) applied to the electroacoustic conversion film 10, and generates a sound corresponding to the driving voltage applied to the electroacoustic conversion film 10.
- a general electroacoustic conversion film made of a polymer material such as PVDF has in-plane anisotropy in the piezoelectric characteristics, and is anisotropic to the amount of expansion and contraction in the plane direction when a voltage is applied.
- the electroacoustic converter film 10 has no in-plane anisotropy in the piezoelectric characteristics and expands and contracts isotropically in all directions in the in-plane direction. That is, in the electroacoustic converter 51 shown in FIG. 6, the electroacoustic converter film 10 isotropically and two-dimensionally expands and contracts.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 that expands and contracts isotropically two-dimensionally, it vibrates with a larger force than when a general electroacoustic conversion film such as PVDF that expands and contracts greatly in only one direction is laminated.
- the plate 12 can be vibrated, and a louder and more beautiful sound can be generated.
- the size of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 in the surface direction and the size of the diaphragm 12 in the surface direction are substantially the same, but the size is not limited to this.
- the size of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 in the surface direction may be smaller than the size of the diaphragm 12 in the surface direction.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic converter is 12 ppm / ° C to 100 ppm / ° C.
- the electroacoustic converter having the electroacoustic conversion film and the diaphragm also has a problem that the sound pressure decreases when used in a high temperature environment. That is, even in the electroacoustic converter, the distance between the piezoelectric particles dispersed in the matrix increases due to the expansion of the matrix of the polymer composite piezoelectric material in a high temperature environment, and the deformation of the piezoelectric particles becomes a matrix. It was found that there is a problem that it becomes difficult to transmit and the piezoelectric conversion efficiency decreases.
- the matrix of the polymer composite piezoelectric material expands in a high temperature environment. This suppresses the increase in the distance between the piezoelectric particles dispersed in the matrix. As a result, the deformation (vibration) of the piezoelectric particles is more preferably transmitted to the matrix, so that it is possible to suppress a decrease in the piezoelectric conversion efficiency of the electroacoustic converter.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic transducer is 12 ppm / ° C. to 100 ppm / ° C. from the viewpoints that the decrease in the piezoelectric conversion efficiency of the electroacoustic transducer in a high temperature environment can be more preferably suppressed and the breakdown of the piezoelectric layer can be suppressed. It is preferably ° C., more preferably 16 ppm / ° C. to 70 ppm / ° C., and even more preferably 18 ppm / ° C. to 55 ppm / ° C.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic converter may be measured by the same method as in the case of the electroacoustic converter film by cutting out a sample at the position where the electroacoustic converter film and the diaphragm are laminated.
- the electroacoustic conversion film As a method of setting the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic converter in the above range, there is a method of using an electroacoustic conversion film having a low coefficient of thermal expansion and a diaphragm having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
- the electro-acoustic conversion film it is preferable to use an electro-acoustic conversion film having a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 12 ppm / ° C. to 100 ppm / ° C. That is, it is preferable to use the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention described above.
- the vibrating plate polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyetherimide (PEI), polyimide
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- PP polypropylene
- PS polystyrene
- PC polycarbonate
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- PMMA polymethylmethacrylate
- PEI polyetherimide
- PI polyethylene terephthalate
- an inorganic film having a low coefficient of thermal expansion such as a silicon oxide film and an aluminum oxide film may be formed on the surface of the diaphragm to lower the coefficient of thermal expansion of the diaphragm.
- OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode
- LCD Organic Light Emitting Diode
- micro LED Light Emitting Diode
- inorganic electroluminescence displays that use these diaphragms as part of their components, etc.
- a display device or the like may be used as a diaphragm.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic converter film may be outside the range of 12 ppm / ° C. to 100 ppm / ° C., but the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic converter is set in the above range. Therefore, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic converter film is preferably in the range of 12 ppm / ° C. to 100 ppm / ° C.
- the absolute value of the difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the diaphragm is preferably 0 ppm / ° C. to 80 ppm / ° C.
- the electro-acoustic conversion film will be used in a high temperature environment. There is a possibility that the behavior of the thermal expansion and the diaphragm and the thermal expansion will be different, internal stress will be generated at the interface between the electroacoustic conversion film and the diaphragm, and peeling will occur at the interface.
- the vibration of the electro-acoustic conversion film is less likely to be transmitted to the diaphragm, which may reduce the acoustic performance (piezoelectric conversion efficiency).
- the temperature change is repeated and the difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the diaphragm is large, peeling is likely to occur at the interface between the electroacoustic conversion film and the diaphragm.
- the difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the diaphragm is preferably 0 ppm / ° C. to 80 ppm / ° C. It is more preferably 0 ppm / ° C. to 50 ppm / ° C., and further preferably 0 ppm / ° C. to 30 ppm / ° C.
- the difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the diaphragm is that the coefficient of thermal expansion of each of the electroacoustic conversion film and the diaphragm is taken out from the electroacoustic converter and measured by the above method. And ask for it.
- the loss tangent (Tan ⁇ ) at a frequency of 1 Hz and 60 ° C. by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the electroacoustic converter film is preferably 0.03 or more.
- the electroacoustic conversion film becomes viscous in a high temperature environment, and therefore in a high temperature environment or
- the stress generated due to the difference between the thermal expansion coefficient of the electroacoustic conversion film and the thermal expansion coefficient of the diaphragm due to repeated temperature changes is relaxed by this viscosity, and the electroacoustic conversion film and the diaphragm Peeling can be suppressed.
- the loss tangent (Tan ⁇ ) at a frequency of 1 Hz and 60 ° C. by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the electroacoustic conversion film is preferably 0.03 or more. It is more preferably 0.04 or more, and further preferably 0.07 or more.
- the electroacoustic converter 51 shown in FIG. 6 has a configuration in which one electroacoustic converter film 10 is provided, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- FIG. 7 conceptually shows an example of an electroacoustic converter having the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention.
- the electroacoustic transducer 50 shown in FIG. 7 has a laminated piezoelectric element 14 and a diaphragm 12.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 is formed by laminating a plurality of layers of the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the laminated piezoelectric element 14 is formed by laminating three layers of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention described above.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 and the diaphragm 12 are attached by an attachment layer 16.
- a power supply PS for applying a driving voltage is connected to the electroacoustic conversion film 10 constituting the laminated piezoelectric element 14 of the electroacoustic converter 50.
- FIG. 7 has the same configuration as that of FIG. 6 except that it has a laminated piezoelectric element 14 instead of the electroacoustic conversion film 10. Therefore, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals, and different parts are described in the following description. Mainly done.
- the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are omitted for simplification of the drawings.
- all the electroacoustic conversion films 10 have both the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30.
- the laminated piezoelectric element is not limited to this, and an electroacoustic conversion film having a protective layer and an electroacoustic conversion film not having a protective layer may be mixed. Further, when the electro-acoustic conversion film has a protective layer, the electro-acoustic conversion film may have only the lower protective layer 28 or only the upper protective layer 30.
- the electroacoustic conversion film in the uppermost layer in the figure has only the upper protective layer 30, and the electroacoustic conversion film in the middle has a protective layer.
- the structure may be such that the bottom layer of the electroacoustic conversion film has only the lower protective layer 28.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts in the plane direction by applying a driving voltage to the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the laminated piezoelectric element 14, and the electroacoustic converter 50 expands and contracts in the plane direction.
- the expansion and contraction of the conversion film 10 causes the laminated piezoelectric element 14 to expand and contract in the plane direction.
- the expansion and contraction of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 in the surface direction causes the diaphragm 12 to bend, and as a result, the diaphragm 12 vibrates in the thickness direction. Due to the vibration in the thickness direction, the diaphragm 12 generates a sound.
- the diaphragm 12 vibrates according to the magnitude of the drive voltage applied to the electroacoustic conversion film 10, and generates a sound corresponding to the drive voltage applied to the electroacoustic conversion film 10. That is, the electroacoustic converter 50 is a speaker that uses the laminated piezoelectric element 14 as an exciter.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 has a configuration in which three electroacoustic conversion films 10 are laminated and adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10 are attached by an adhesive layer 19.
- a power supply PS that applies a driving voltage that expands and contracts the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is connected to each electroacoustic conversion film 10.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 shown in FIG. 7 is formed by laminating three layers of an electroacoustic conversion film 10, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the number of laminated electroacoustic conversion films 10 may be two layers or four or more layers.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic converter is set to 12 ppm / ° C. to 100 ppm / ° C. To do. As a result, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the piezoelectric conversion efficiency of the electroacoustic converter.
- the thermal expansion coefficient of the electroacoustic converter using a laminated piezoelectric element in which a plurality of electroacoustic conversion films are laminated is such that a sample is cut out at a position where a plurality of electroacoustic conversion films (laminated piezoelectric elements) and a vibrating plate are laminated. Then, the measurement may be performed in the same manner as in the case of the electroacoustic conversion film.
- the polarization directions of the adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10 are reversed from each other, and a plurality of layers (three layers in the example shown in FIG. 7) are laminated.
- the adjacent electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is attached by the attachment layer 19.
- the adhesive layer 19 may be the above-mentioned layer made of an adhesive, a layer made of an adhesive, or a layer made of a material having the characteristics of both an adhesive and an adhesive.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 vibrates the diaphragm 12 by expanding and contracting a plurality of laminated electro-acoustic conversion films 10 to generate sound. Therefore, in the laminated piezoelectric element 14, it is preferable that the expansion and contraction of each electroacoustic conversion film 10 is directly transmitted.
- the adhesive layer 19 is preferably an adhesive layer made of an adhesive, which can obtain a solid and hard adhesive layer 19 rather than an adhesive layer made of an adhesive.
- an adhesive layer made of a polyester adhesive and a thermoplastic type adhesive such as a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) adhesive is preferably exemplified. Adhesion, unlike adhesion, is useful when seeking high adhesion temperatures. Further, the thermoplastic type adhesive has "relatively low temperature, short time, and strong adhesion" and is suitable.
- the thickness of the sticking layer 19 is not limited, and a thickness capable of exhibiting a sufficient sticking force may be appropriately set according to the material for forming the sticking layer 19.
- the thinner the bonding layer 19 the higher the effect of transmitting the expansion and contraction energy of the electroacoustic conversion film 10, and the higher the energy efficiency.
- the adhesive layer 19 is thick and has high rigidity, the expansion and contraction of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 may be restricted.
- the sticking layer 19 is preferably thinner than the piezoelectric layer 20. That is, in the laminated piezoelectric element 14, the bonding layer 19 is preferably hard and thin.
- the thickness of the sticking layer 19 is preferably 0.1 to 50 ⁇ m, more preferably 0.1 to 30 ⁇ m, and even more preferably 0.1 to 10 ⁇ m after sticking.
- the polarization directions of the adjacent electroacoustic conversion films are opposite to each other, and there is no possibility that the adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10 are short-circuited. 19 can be thinned.
- the spring constant of the sticking layer 19 is equal to or less than the spring constant of the electroacoustic conversion film 10.
- the product of the thickness of the adhesive layer 19 and the storage elastic modulus (E') at a frequency of 1 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 2.0 ⁇ 10 6 N / m or less at 0 ° C., 50. It is preferably 1.0 ⁇ 10 6 N / m or less at ° C.
- the internal loss at a frequency of 1 Hz by the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the adhesive layer is 1.0 or less at 25 ° C. in the case of the adhesive layer 19 made of an adhesive, and in the case of the adhesive layer 19 made of an adhesive. It is preferably 0.1 or less at 25 ° C.
- the bonding layer 19 is provided as a preferred embodiment and is not an essential component. Therefore, the laminated piezoelectric element constituting the electroacoustic converter does not have the bonding layer 19, and the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is laminated by using a known crimping means, fastening means, fixing means, or the like.
- the laminated piezoelectric element may be formed in close contact with each other. For example, when the electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is rectangular, the four corners may be fastened with bolts and nuts to form a laminated piezoelectric element, or the four corners and the central portion may be fastened with bolts and nuts to be laminated.
- a piezoelectric element may be configured.
- an adhesive tape may be attached to the peripheral portion (end face) to fix the laminated electroacoustic conversion film 10 to form a laminated piezoelectric element.
- the individual electro-acoustic conversion films 10 expand and contract independently, and in some cases, each layer of each electro-acoustic conversion film 10 bends in the opposite direction. Therefore, a gap is created.
- the laminated piezoelectric element preferably has a sticking layer 19 for sticking adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10 to each other like the laminated piezoelectric element 14 shown in FIG. 7.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 has the opposite polarization directions of the adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10. Therefore, in the adjacent electro-acoustic conversion film 10, the lower electrodes 24 and the upper electrodes 26 face each other. Therefore, the power supply PS always supplies power of the same polarity to the facing electrodes regardless of whether it is an AC power supply or a DC power supply.
- the upper electrode 26 of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 in the lowermost layer in the figure and the upper electrode 26 of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 in the second layer (middle) are always the same. Power of polarity is supplied, and power of the same polarity is always supplied to the lower electrode 24 of the second layer electroacoustic conversion film 10 and the lower electrode 24 of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the uppermost layer in the drawing.
- the piezoelectric particles 36 expand and contract in the polarization direction according to the applied voltage.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 (piezoelectric layer 20) shrinks in the thickness direction.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts in the in-plane direction due to the Poiszone ratio.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 is formed by laminating and adhering an electroacoustic conversion film 10. Therefore, when the electroacoustic conversion film 10 expands and contracts, the laminated piezoelectric element 14 also expands and contracts.
- the diaphragm 12 is attached to the laminated piezoelectric element 14 by the attachment layer 16. Therefore, the expansion and contraction of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 causes the diaphragm 12 to bend, and as a result, the diaphragm 12 vibrates in the thickness direction. Due to the vibration in the thickness direction, the diaphragm 12 generates a sound. That is, the diaphragm 12 vibrates according to the magnitude of the voltage (driving voltage) applied to the electroacoustic conversion film 10, and generates a sound corresponding to the driving voltage applied to the electroacoustic conversion film 10.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 shown in FIG. 7 is formed by laminating a plurality of electroacoustic conversion films 10.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 further adheres adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10 to each other with a bonding layer 19. Therefore, even if the rigidity of each electro-acoustic conversion film 10 is low and the stretching force is small, the rigidity is increased by laminating the electro-acoustic conversion film 10, and the stretching force of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 is increased. ..
- the piezoelectric conversion film 10 can be expanded and contracted.
- the product of the thickness of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 and the storage elastic modulus at a frequency of 1 Hz and 25 ° C. measured by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is the product of the thickness of the diaphragm 12 and Young's modulus. It is preferably 0.1 to 3 times.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 of the present invention has good flexibility
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 on which the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is laminated also has good flexibility.
- the diaphragm 12 has a certain degree of rigidity.
- the thickness of the diaphragm 12 and Young's modulus is the thickness of the diaphragm 12 and Young's modulus. Is less than three times the product of. That is, the laminated piezoelectric element 14 preferably has a spring constant of 3 times or less that of the diaphragm 12 for slow movement.
- the electroacoustic transducer can behave softly against slow movements due to external forces such as bending and rolling, that is, good for slow movements. Expresses flexibility.
- the product of the thickness of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 and the storage elastic modulus at a frequency of 1 Hz and 25 ° C. measured by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is less than twice the product of the thickness of the diaphragm 12 and Young's modulus. It is more preferable that it is 1 times or less, and it is particularly preferable that it is 0.3 times or less.
- the product of the thickness of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 and the storage elastic modulus at a frequency of 1 Hz and 25 ° C. by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement. Is preferably 0.1 times or more the product of the thickness of the vibrating plate 12 and the Young's modulus.
- the product of the thickness of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 and the storage elastic modulus at a frequency of 1 kHz and 25 ° C. in the master curve obtained from the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is the product of the thickness of the diaphragm 12 and Young's modulus. It is preferably 0.3 to 10 times the product. That is, the laminated piezoelectric element 14 preferably has a spring constant of 0.3 to 10 times that of the diaphragm 12 in a fast movement in a driven state.
- the electroacoustic transducer generates sound by vibrating the diaphragm 12 by expanding and contracting the laminated piezoelectric element 14 in the surface direction. Therefore, it is preferable that the laminated piezoelectric element 14 has a certain degree of rigidity (hardness, stiffness) with respect to the diaphragm 12 in the frequency of the audio band (20 Hz to 20 kHz).
- the electroacoustic transducer is obtained by multiplying the product of the thickness of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 and the storage elastic modulus at a frequency of 1 kHz and 25 ° C. in the master curve obtained from the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement by the thickness of the diaphragm 12 and Young's modulus.
- the product is preferably 0.3 times or more, more preferably 0.5 times or more, still more preferably 1 time or more. That is, the spring constant of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 is preferably 0.3 times or more, more preferably 0.5 times or more, and 1 times or more that of the diaphragm 12 for fast movement. It is more preferable to have it. As a result, the rigidity of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 with respect to the diaphragm 12 can be sufficiently ensured in the frequency of the audio band, and the electroacoustic converter can output a sound with high sound pressure with high energy efficiency.
- the product of the thickness of the laminated piezoelectric element 14 and the storage elastic modulus at a frequency of 1 kHz and 25 ° C. by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement. Is preferably 10 times or less the product of the thickness of the vibrating plate 12 and the Young's modulus.
- the polarization directions of the piezoelectric layer 20 of the adjacent piezoelectric layer 10 are opposite to each other.
- the polarity of the voltage applied to the piezoelectric layer 20 depends on the polarization direction. Therefore, the polarity of the applied voltage is the polarity of the electrode on the direction side (downstream side of the arrow) toward which the arrow points and the polarity of the electrode on the opposite side (upstream side of the arrow) in the polarization direction shown by the arrow in FIG. , All electro-acoustic conversion films 10 are matched. In the example shown in FIG.
- the electrode on the side in which the arrow indicating the polarization direction points is the lower electrode 24, and the electrode on the opposite side is the upper electrode 26.
- the upper electrode 26 and the lower electrode 24 are used. Make the polarity of and the same. Therefore, in the laminated piezoelectric element 14 in which the polarization directions of the piezoelectric layers 20 of the adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10 are opposite to each other, in the adjacent electroacoustic conversion film 10, the upper electrodes 26 face each other on one surface. , The lower electrodes face each other on the other surface. Therefore, in the laminated piezoelectric element 14, even if the electrodes of the adjacent electroacoustic conversion films 10 come into contact with each other, there is no risk of short-circuiting.
- the adhesive layer 19 thin so that the adhesive layer 19 does not interfere with the expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric layer 20.
- the bonding layer 19 may be omitted, and the bonding layer 19 may not be present. Even if the bonding layer 19 is provided, the bonding layer 19 can be made extremely thin if the required bonding force can be obtained. Therefore, the laminated piezoelectric element 14 can be expanded and contracted with high energy efficiency.
- the absolute amount of expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric layer 20 in the thickness direction is very small, and the expansion and contraction of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is substantially only in the plane direction. Become. Therefore, even if the polarization directions of the laminated electro-acoustic conversion films 10 are opposite, all the electro-acoustic conversion films 10 expand and contract in the same direction as long as the polarities of the voltages applied to the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 are correct. ..
- the polarization direction of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 may be detected by a d33 meter or the like.
- the polarization direction of the electroacoustic conversion film 10 may be known from the above-mentioned polarization processing conditions.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 shown in FIG. 7 preferably prepares a long (large area) electroacoustic conversion film and cuts the long electroacoustic conversion film to convert individual electroacoustic elements. Let it be film 10. Therefore, in this case, the plurality of electroacoustic conversion films 10 constituting the laminated piezoelectric element 14 are all the same. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, in the electroacoustic converter, the piezoelectric laminate is laminated with electroacoustic conversion films having different layer configurations, such as an electroacoustic conversion film having a lower protective layer 28 and an upper protective layer 30 and an electroacoustic conversion film not having the lower protective layer 28. Various configurations can be used, such as a configuration in which the piezoelectric layer 20 is laminated and an electroacoustic conversion film having a different thickness of the piezoelectric layer 20 is laminated.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 14 in the laminated piezoelectric element 14, a plurality of electroacoustic conversion films 10 are laminated with adjacent electroacoustic conversion films in opposite polarization directions, and as a preferred embodiment, they are adjacent to each other.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10 to be used is attached by the attachment layer 19.
- the laminated piezoelectric element of the present invention is not limited to this, and various configurations can be used.
- FIG. 8 shows an example thereof. Since the laminated piezoelectric element 56 shown in FIG. 8 uses a plurality of the same members as the above-mentioned laminated piezoelectric element 14, the same members are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description will be given mainly to different parts.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 56 shown in FIG. 8 is a more preferable embodiment of the laminated piezoelectric element in the present invention, and is obtained by folding a long electroacoustic conversion film 10L once or more, preferably a plurality of times in the longitudinal direction. It is a stack of a plurality of layers of a piezoelectric conversion film 10L. Further, similarly to the laminated piezoelectric element 14 shown in FIG.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10L laminated by folding back is attached by the attachment layer 19. doing.
- the polarization direction of the electro-acoustic conversion film 10L adjacent (facing) in the laminating direction is indicated by an arrow in FIG. As shown by, the direction is opposite.
- the laminated piezoelectric element 56 can be configured with only one long electro-acoustic conversion film 10L, only one power supply PS for applying a driving voltage is required, and further, the electro-acoustic conversion film is required.
- the electrode may be pulled out from 10 L in one place. Therefore, according to the laminated piezoelectric element 56 shown in FIG. 8, the number of parts can be reduced, the configuration can be simplified, the reliability of the piezoelectric element (module) can be improved, and the cost can be further reduced. ..
- the core rod is in contact with the electro-acoustic conversion film 10L at the folded portion of the electro-acoustic conversion film 10L. It is preferable to insert 58.
- the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 of the electroacoustic conversion film 10L are formed of a metal vapor-deposited film or the like. If the metal vapor-deposited film is bent at an acute angle, cracks and the like are likely to occur, and the electrodes may be broken. That is, in the laminated piezoelectric element 56 shown in FIG.
- the laminated piezoelectric element may use the adhesive layer 19 having conductivity.
- the adhesive layer 19 having conductivity is preferably used.
- the electrode is likely to be broken inside the bent portion that is folded back at an acute angle. Therefore, by sticking the laminated electro-acoustic conversion film 10L by the sticking layer 19 having conductivity, even if the electrode is broken inside the bent portion, the sticking layer 19 can secure the continuity. It is possible to prevent disconnection and significantly improve the reliability of the laminated piezoelectric element 56.
- the electroacoustic conversion film 10L constituting the laminated piezoelectric element 56 preferably has a lower protective layer 28 so as to face the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 and sandwich the laminated body as shown in FIG. And has an upper protective layer 30.
- the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are formed in a region where the lower electrodes 24 and the upper electrodes 26 of the laminated electro-acoustic conversion film 10L face each other.
- a through hole may be provided to bring the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 into contact with the conductive adhesive layer 19.
- the through holes formed in the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are closed with a silver paste or a conductive adhesive, and then the electroacoustic conversion film 10L adjacent to the conductive adhesive layer 19 is used. Is pasted.
- the through holes of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 may be formed by laser processing, removal of the protective layer by solvent etching, mechanical polishing, or the like.
- the through holes of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 are preferably located in a region other than the bent portion of the electroacoustic conversion film 10L where the lower electrodes 24 and the upper electrodes 26 of the laminated electroacoustic conversion film 10L face each other. It may be one place or a plurality of places. Alternatively, the through holes of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30 may be formed regularly or irregularly on the entire surface of the lower protective layer 28 and the upper protective layer 30.
- the adhesive layer 19 having conductivity is not limited, and various known ones can be used.
- the polarization direction of the laminated electroacoustic conversion film 10 is opposite to that of the adjacent electroacoustic conversion film 10, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, in the present invention, in the laminated piezoelectric element in which the electroacoustic conversion film 10 is laminated, the polarization directions of the piezoelectric layer 20 may be all the same as in the laminated piezoelectric element 60 shown in FIG. However, as shown in FIG. 9, in the laminated piezoelectric element 60 in which the polarization directions of the laminated electro-acoustic conversion films 10 are all in the same direction, the lower electrode 24 and the upper electrode 26 are located between the adjacent electro-acoustic conversion films 10. Face each other.
- the bonding layer 19 cannot be thinned by the laminated piezoelectric element 60 in which the polarization directions of the laminated electroacoustic conversion films 10 are all in the same direction, and FIGS. 7 and 8 show. It is disadvantageous in terms of energy efficiency with respect to the laminated piezoelectric element shown.
- Example 1-1 ⁇ Preparation of paint> First, cyanoethylated PVA (manufactured by CR-V Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) was dissolved in dimethylformamide (DMF) at the following composition ratio. Then, PZT particles were added to this solution at the following composition ratio and dispersed by a propeller mixer (rotation speed 2000 rpm) to prepare a coating material for forming a piezoelectric layer.
- DMF dimethylformamide
- a sheet-like material obtained by vacuum-depositing a copper thin film having a thickness of 0.1 ⁇ m on a PET film having a thickness of 4 ⁇ m was prepared. That is, in this example, the thin film electrode is a copper-deposited thin film having a thickness of 0.1 ⁇ m, and the protective layer is a PET film having a thickness of 4 ⁇ m.
- a paint for forming the previously prepared piezoelectric layer was applied using a slide coater. The paint was applied so that the film thickness of the coating film after drying was 40 ⁇ m.
- the DMF was evaporated by heating and drying the product coated with the paint on the sheet-like material on a hot plate at 100 ° C.
- a laminate formed by having a copper thin film electrode on a PET protective layer and forming a piezoelectric layer (polymer composite piezoelectric body) having a thickness of 40 ⁇ m on the thin film electrode was produced.
- thermocompression bonding was heat-treated at 75 ° C. for 72 hours.
- An electroacoustic conversion film was produced by the above steps.
- thermomechanical analyzer TMA4000SE manufactured by TMA NETZSCH.
- the sample size was 5 mm ⁇ 20 mm
- the distance between chucks was 15 mm
- the length of the chuck portion was 2.5 ⁇ 0.5 mm both above and below.
- the temperature was changed at 5 ° C./min in the range of ⁇ 20 ° C. to 60 ° C., and the displacement amount of the chuck distance at that time was measured.
- the load was measured by applying a constant load of 3 g to the sample. Subsequently, the slope of the approximate straight line of the displacement data of ⁇ 20 ° C.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion was calculated by dividing the inclination by 15 mm, which is the distance between chunks at the time of sample setting. As a result of the measurement, the coefficient of thermal expansion was 12 ppm / ° C.
- Example 1-2 An electroacoustic conversion film was produced in the same manner as in Example 1-1 except that the composition ratio of the coating material to be the piezoelectric layer was as follows.
- Example 1-3 An electroacoustic conversion film was produced in the same manner as in Example 1-1 except that the composition ratio of the coating material to be the piezoelectric layer was as follows.
- Example 1-4 An electroacoustic conversion film was produced in the same manner as in Example 1-3, except that the conditions for the aging treatment of the laminate after thermocompression bonding were changed to heat treatment at 65 ° C. for 72 hours.
- Example 1-5 An electroacoustic conversion film was produced in the same manner as in Example 1-3, except that the conditions for the aging treatment of the laminate after thermocompression bonding were changed to heat treatment at 55 ° C. for 72 hours.
- Example 1-1 An electroacoustic conversion film was produced in the same manner as in Example 1-1 except that the composition ratio of the coating material to be the piezoelectric layer was as follows.
- Example 1-2 An electroacoustic conversion film was produced in the same manner as in Example 1-3 except that the laminate was not aged after thermocompression bonding.
- a circular test piece having a diameter of 150 mm was cut out from the produced electroacoustic conversion film.
- This test piece was fixed so as to cover the opening surface of a plastic round case having an inner diameter of 138 mm and a depth of 9 mm, and the pressure inside the case was maintained at 1.02 atm.
- the conversion film was bent into a convex shape like a contact lens to form a piezoelectric speaker.
- the produced piezoelectric speaker was left in an environment of 25 ° C for 24 hours. Then, at 25 ° C., the sound pressure level-frequency characteristic of the piezoelectric speaker was measured in the range of 50 Hz to 20 kHz by sine wave sweep measurement using a constant current type power amplifier, and a sound pressure of 1 kHz was obtained.
- the measurement microphone was placed at a position 10 cm directly above the center of the piezoelectric speaker.
- the piezoelectric speaker was left in an environment of 60 ° C. for 24 hours. Then, in an environment of 60 ° C., the sound pressure level-frequency characteristics of the piezoelectric speaker were measured in the same manner as described above, and the sound pressure of 1 kHz was obtained.
- Example 1-5 of the present invention the difference between the sound pressure in the environment of 25 ° C. and the sound pressure in the environment of 60 ° C. is smaller than that of the comparative example. That is, it can be seen that the electroacoustic conversion film of the present invention can suppress a decrease in piezoelectric conversion efficiency in a high temperature environment.
- Comparative Example 1-1 the piezoelectric layer was fragile, and there was damage due to the expansion of the voids in the piezoelectric layer in a high temperature environment, and the sound pressure was remarkably lowered.
- Comparative Example 1-2 the space between the piezoelectric particles in the piezoelectric layer was widened in a high temperature environment, and the sound pressure was lowered. Further, from the comparison of Examples 1-1 to 1-5, it can be seen that the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film is preferably 16 ppm / ° C. to 70 ppm / ° C.
- Example 2-1 A sheet in which a silicon oxide film of 30 ⁇ m was vapor-deposited on both sides of a PET film having a thickness of 200 ⁇ m was cut into A4 size and prepared as a diaphragm.
- the electroacoustic conversion film produced in Example 2 was cut into a size of 5 cm ⁇ 10 cm, a double-sided tape having a thickness of 10 ⁇ m was attached to the entire surface on one side, and the film was attached to the center of an A4 size diaphragm.
- both short sides of the A4 size diaphragm were fixed to a plastic rod to prepare an electroacoustic transducer.
- thermomechanical analyzer TMA4000SE manufactured by TMA NETZSCH
- Thermomechanical characteristics were measured using a thermomechanical analyzer (TMA4000SE manufactured by TMA NETZSCH).
- the sample size was 5 mm ⁇ 20 mm, and a portion in which the electroacoustic conversion film and the diaphragm were bonded and included in the same area was cut out to have the above size.
- the distance between the chucks was 15 mm, and the length of the chuck portion was 2.5 ⁇ 0.5 mm both above and below.
- the temperature was changed at 5 ° C./min in the range of ⁇ 20 ° C. to 60 ° C., and the displacement amount of the chuck distance at that time was measured.
- the load was measured by applying a constant load of 3 g to the sample. Subsequently, the slope of the approximate straight line of the displacement data of ⁇ 20 ° C. to 60 ° C. was obtained, and the displacement amount per 1 ° C. change in temperature was obtained. Further, the coefficient of thermal expansion was calculated by dividing the inclination by 15 mm, which is the distance between chunks at the time of sample setting. As a result of the measurement, the coefficient of thermal expansion was 21 ppm / ° C.
- the electroacoustic transducer was then fixed on the milling machine using a Fujicopian fix film.
- the diaphragm was cut with a milling machine, and the electroacoustic conversion film from which the diaphragm having an area of 20 mm ⁇ 60 mm was removed was taken out.
- the thickness of the layer containing the electroacoustic conversion film remaining after milling was determined ("The electroacoustic converter obtained above". "Thickness of the diaphragm"-"Thickness of the diaphragm obtained above") It was performed depending on whether or not it was within the range of ⁇ 5 ⁇ m.
- the diaphragm was a portion to which the electroacoustic conversion film was not adhered, and the diaphragm within 4 cm in the vicinity of the electroacoustic conversion film adhesive portion was cut into a sample size of 5 mm ⁇ 20 mm.
- TMA thermomechanical analyzer
- Dynamic viscoelasticity was measured using a dynamic viscoelasticity tester (SII Nanotechnology DMS6100 Viscoelasticity Spectrometer).
- the sample area is 10 mm x 40 mm, and the measurement conditions are: measurement temperature range: -20 ° C to 100 ° C, temperature rise rate: 2 ° C / min, measurement frequency: 1.0 Hz, measurement mode: dynamic measurement of the sample as tensile measurement.
- Viscoelasticity (loss tangent Tan ⁇ ) was measured. From the measurement results, the loss tangent (Tan ⁇ ) of the electroacoustic conversion film at a frequency of 1 Hz and 60 ° C. was 0.04.
- Example 2-2 An electroacoustic converter was produced in the same manner as in Example 2-1 except that the electroacoustic converter film produced in Example 1-3 was used.
- Example 2-3 An electroacoustic converter was produced in the same manner as in Example 2-1 except that the electroacoustic converter film produced in Example 1-5 was used.
- Example 2-4 An electroacoustic converter was produced in the same manner as in Example 2-1 except that a PET film having a thickness of 300 ⁇ m was used as the diaphragm.
- the diaphragm is a PET film that does not have a silicon oxide film.
- Example 2-5 An electroacoustic converter was produced in the same manner as in Example 2-4 except that the electroacoustic converter film produced in Example 1-3 was used.
- Example 2-6 An electroacoustic converter was produced in the same manner as in Example 2-4 except that the electroacoustic converter film produced in Example 1-5 was used.
- Example 2-7 An electroacoustic transducer was produced in the same manner as in Example 2-1 except that a polycarbonate film having a thickness of 300 ⁇ m was used as the diaphragm.
- Example 2-8 An electroacoustic converter was produced in the same manner as in Example 2-7 except that the electroacoustic converter film produced in Example 1-3 was used.
- Example 2-9 An electroacoustic converter was produced in the same manner as in Example 2-7 except that the electroacoustic converter film produced in Example 1-5 was used.
- Example 2-10 Example 2-9 except that an electroacoustic converter film produced in the same manner as in Example 1-5 was used except that cyanoethylated pullulan (manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) was used instead of cyanoethylated PVA. An electroacoustic converter was produced in the same manner.
- Example 2-11 An electroacoustic transducer was produced in the same manner as in Example 2-1 except that a polyethylene film having a thickness of 300 ⁇ m was used as the diaphragm.
- Example 2-1 Electroacoustic in the same manner as in Example 2-1 except that the electroacoustic conversion film produced in Comparative Example 1-1 was used and a 50 ⁇ m silicon oxide film was vapor-deposited on both sides of a 100 ⁇ m PET film as a diaphragm. A converter was made.
- Comparative Example 2-2 Comparative Example 2-2 except that the electroacoustic conversion film produced in the same manner as in Comparative Example 1-1 was used except that cyanoethylated pullulan (manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) was used instead of the cyanoethylated PVA. An electroacoustic converter was produced in the same manner.
- the electroacoustic transducer was left in an environment of 60 ° C. for 24 hours. Then, in an environment of 60 ° C., the sound pressure level-frequency characteristics of the electroacoustic converter were measured in the same manner as described above, and the sound pressure of 1 kHz was obtained.
- Example 2-1 to 2-11 of the present invention the difference between the sound pressure in the environment of 25 ° C. and the sound pressure in the environment of 60 ° C. is smaller than that of the comparative example. That is, it can be seen that the electroacoustic transducer of the present invention can suppress a decrease in piezoelectric conversion efficiency in a high temperature environment.
- Comparative Example 2-1 the piezoelectric layer was fragile, and there was damage due to the expansion of the voids in the piezoelectric layer in a high temperature environment, and the sound pressure was significantly reduced.
- Comparative Example 2-2 and Comparative Example 2-3 the space between the piezoelectric particles in the piezoelectric layer was widened and the sound pressure was lowered in a high temperature environment.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic transducer is preferably 16 ppm / ° C. to 70 ppm / ° C.
- comparison of Examples 2-1 to 2-3, comparison of Examples 2-4 to 2-6, comparison of Examples 2-7 to 2-9, comparison of Examples 2-10 and 2-11, etc. Therefore, the smaller the difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the diaphragm, the smaller the decrease in sound pressure in a high temperature environment, and the smaller the decrease in sound pressure before and after the temperature cycle test. Understand.
- Example 2-11 in which the difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electroacoustic conversion film and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the diaphragm is more than 80 ppm / ° C, the difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion is large, so that the electroacoustic conversion film and the diaphragm Partial peeling occurred between them, and the sound pressure decreased. Further, from the comparison between Examples 2-9 and 2-10, it can be seen that the loss tangent (Tan ⁇ ) of the electroacoustic conversion film at a frequency of 1 Hz and 60 ° C. is preferably 0.03 or more. From the above, the effect of the present invention is clear.
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例えば、特許文献2には、有機エレクトロルミネッセンスディスプレイ等の可撓性を有するディスプレイと、ポリフッ化ビニリデン(PVDF:Poly VinyliDene Fluoride)等の圧電膜を電極で挟持した可撓性を有するスピーカーとを一体化してなるフレキシブルディスプレイが記載されている。この可撓性を有するスピーカーは、PVDFを励起子(エキサイター)とし、ディスプレイを振動板として音を出力するエキサイター型スピーカーと位置付けることが可能である。
[1] 高分子材料を含むマトリックス中に圧電体粒子を含む高分子複合圧電体、および、高分子複合圧電体の両面に形成される電極層を有する電気音響変換フィルムであって、
電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数が12ppm/℃~100ppm/℃である電気音響変換フィルム。
[2] 電極層の、高分子複合圧電体側の面とは反対側の面に積層された保護層を有する[1]に記載の電気音響変換フィルム。
[3] 高分子複合圧電体が厚さ方向に分極されたものである[1]または[2]に記載の電気音響変換フィルム。
[4] 高分子複合圧電体が圧電特性に面内異方性を有さない[1]~[3]のいずれかに記載の電気音響変換フィルム。
[5] 高分子材料が常温で粘弾性を有する[1]~[4]のいずれかに記載の電気音響変換フィルム。
[6] 高分子材料を含むマトリックス中に圧電体粒子を含む高分子複合圧電体、および、高分子複合圧電体の両面に形成される電極層を有する電気音響変換フィルムと、電気音響変換フィルムに積層される振動板と、を有する電気音響変換器であって、
電気音響変換器の熱膨張係数が12ppm/℃~100ppm/℃である電気音響変換器。
[7] 電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数と、振動板の熱膨張係数との差の絶対値が、0ppm/℃~80ppm/℃である[6]に記載の電気音響変換器。
[8] 電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数が12ppm/℃~100ppm/℃である[6]または[7]に記載の電気音響変換器。
[9] 電気音響変換フィルムの動的粘弾性測定による周波数1Hz、60℃における損失正接(Tanδ)が0.03以上である[6]~[8]のいずれかに記載の電気音響変換器。
[10] 電気音響変換フィルムは、電極層の、高分子複合圧電体側の面とは反対側の面に積層された保護層を有する[6]~[9]のいずれかに記載の電気音響変換器。
なお、本明細書において、「~」を用いて表される数値範囲は、「~」の前後に記載される数値を下限値および上限値として含む範囲を意味する。
本発明の電気音響変換フィルムは、
高分子材料を含むマトリックス中に圧電体粒子を含む高分子複合圧電体、および、高分子複合圧電体の両面に形成される電極層を有する電気音響変換フィルムであって、
電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数が12ppm/℃~100ppm/℃である電気音響変換フィルムである。
図1に示すように、電気音響変換フィルム10は、圧電性を有するシート状物である圧電体層20と、圧電体層20の一方の面に積層される下部電極24と、下部電極24に積層される下部保護層28と、圧電体層20の他方の面に積層される上部電極26と、上部電極26に積層される上部保護層30とを有する。
圧電体層20は、高分子材料を含むマトリックス34中に、圧電体粒子36を含むものである。すなわち、圧電体層20は、本発明における高分子複合圧電体である。また、下部電極24および上部電極26は、本発明における電極層である。また、下部保護層28および上部保護層30は、本発明における保護層である。
後述するが、電気音響変換フィルム10(圧電体層20)は、好ましい態様として、厚さ方向に分極されている。
また、電気音響変換フィルムは、これ以外にも、感圧センサおよび発電素子等にも利用可能である。
圧電体層20は、本発明における高分子複合圧電体であり、高分子材料を含むマトリックス34に、圧電体粒子36を含むものである。
本発明の電気音響変換フィルム10は、フレキシブルディスプレイ用のスピーカーなど、フレキシブル性を有するスピーカー等に好適に用いられる。ここで、フレキシブル性を有するスピーカーに用いられる高分子複合圧電体(圧電体層20)は、次の用件を具備したものであるのが好ましい。従って、以下の要件を具備する材料として、常温で粘弾性を有する高分子材料を用いるのが好ましい。
なお、本明細書において、「常温」とは、0~50℃程度の温度域を指す。
例えば、携帯用として新聞や雑誌のように書類感覚で緩く撓めた状態で把持する場合、絶えず外部から、数Hz以下の比較的ゆっくりとした、大きな曲げ変形を受けることになる。この時、高分子複合圧電体が硬いと、その分大きな曲げ応力が発生し、マトリックスと圧電体粒子との界面で亀裂が発生し、やがて破壊に繋がる恐れがある。従って、高分子複合圧電体には適度な柔らかさが求められる。また、歪みエネルギーを熱として外部へ拡散できれば応力を緩和することができる。従って、高分子複合圧電体の損失正接が適度に大きいことが求められる。
(ii) 音質
スピーカーは、20Hz~20kHzのオーディオ帯域の周波数で圧電体粒子を振動させ、その振動エネルギーによって高分子複合圧電体(電気音響変換フィルム)全体が一体となって振動することで音が再生される。従って、振動エネルギーの伝達効率を高めるために高分子複合圧電体には適度な硬さが求められる。また、スピーカーの周波数特性が平滑であれば、曲率の変化に伴い最低共振周波数が変化した際の音質の変化量も小さくなる。従って、高分子複合圧電体の損失正接は適度に大きいことが求められる。
高分子複合圧電体(圧電体層20)において、ガラス転移点が常温にある高分子材料、言い換えると、常温で粘弾性を有する高分子材料をマトリックスに用いることで、20Hz~20kHzの振動に対しては硬く、数Hz以下の遅い振動に対しては柔らかく振舞う高分子複合圧電体が実現する。特に、この振舞いが好適に発現する等の点で、周波数1Hzでのガラス転移温度が常温、すなわち、0~50℃にある高分子材料を、高分子複合圧電体のマトリックスに用いるのが好ましい。
これにより、高分子複合圧電体が外力によってゆっくりと曲げられた際に、最大曲げモーメント部におけるマトリックスと圧電体粒子との界面の応力集中が緩和され、良好な可撓性が得られる。
これにより、高分子複合圧電体が外力によってゆっくりと曲げられた際に発生する曲げモーメントが低減できると同時に、20Hz~20kHzの音響振動に対しては硬く振る舞うことができる。
しかしながら、その反面、良好な耐湿性の確保等を考慮すると、高分子材料は、比誘電率が25℃において10以下であるのも、好適である。
なお、これらの高分子材料は、1種のみを用いてもよく、複数種を併用(混合)して用いてもよい。
すなわち、マトリックス34には、誘電特性や機械的特性の調節等を目的として、常温で粘弾性を有する高分子材料に加え、必要に応じて、その他の誘電性高分子材料を添加しても良い。
中でも、シアノエチル基を有する高分子材料は、好適に利用される。
また、圧電体層20のマトリックス34において、シアノエチル化PVA等の常温で粘弾性を有する高分子材料に加えて添加される誘電性高分子材料は、1種に限定はされず、複数種を添加してもよい。
さらに、粘着性を向上する目的で、ロジンエステル、ロジン、テルペン、テルペンフェノール、および、石油樹脂等の粘着付与剤を添加しても良い。
これにより、マトリックス34における粘弾性緩和機構を損なうことなく、添加する高分子材料の特性を発現できるため、高誘電率化、耐熱性の向上、圧電体粒子36および電極層との密着性向上等の点で好ましい結果を得ることができる。
圧電体粒子36は、ペロブスカイト型またはウルツ鉱型の結晶構造を有するセラミックス粒子からなるものである。
圧電体粒子36を構成するセラミックス粒子としては、例えば、チタン酸ジルコン酸鉛(PZT)、チタン酸ジルコン酸ランタン酸鉛(PLZT)、チタン酸バリウム(BaTiO3)、酸化亜鉛(ZnO)、および、チタン酸バリウムとビスマスフェライト(BiFe3)との固溶体(BFBT)等が例示される。
これらの圧電体粒子36は、1種のみを用いてもよく、複数種を併用(混合)して用いてもよい。
圧電体粒子36の粒径は、1~10μmが好ましい。圧電体粒子36の粒径をこの範囲とすることにより、高分子複合圧電体(電気音響変換フィルム10)が高い圧電特性とフレキシビリティとを両立できる等の点で好ましい結果を得ることができる。
すなわち、圧電体層20中の圧電体粒子36は、好ましくは均一に分散されていれば、マトリックス34中に不規則に分散されていてもよい。
圧電体層20中における圧電体粒子36の体積分率は、30~80%が好ましく、50%以上がより好ましく、従って、50~80%とするのが、さらに好ましい。
マトリックス34と圧電体粒子36との量比を上記範囲とすることにより、高い圧電特性と可撓性とを両立できる等の点で好ましい結果を得ることができる。
圧電体層20の厚さは、10~300μmが好ましく、20~200μmがより好ましく、30~150μmがさらに好ましい。
圧電体層20の厚さを、上記範囲とすることにより、剛性の確保と適度な柔軟性との両立等の点で好ましい結果を得ることができる。
図1に示すように、図示例の電気音響変換フィルム10は、圧電体層20の一面に、下部電極24を有し、その表面に下部保護層28を有し、圧電体層20の他方の面に、上部電極26を有し、その表面に上部保護層30を有してなる構成を有する。ここで、上部電極26と下部電極24とが電極対を形成する。
なお、電気音響変換フィルム10は、これらの層に加えて、例えば、上部電極26、および、下部電極24からの電極の引出しを行う電極引出し部を有し、電極引き出し部が電源に接続される。また、電気音響変換フィルム10は、圧電体層20が露出する領域を覆って、ショート等を防止する絶縁層等を有していてもよい。
このように、電気音響変換フィルム10において、上部電極26および下部電極24で挾持された領域は、印加された電圧に応じて伸縮される。
下部保護層28および上部保護層30は、上部電極26および下部電極24を被覆すると共に、圧電体層20に適度な剛性と機械的強度を付与する役目を担っている。すなわち、電気音響変換フィルム10において、マトリックス34と圧電体粒子36とからなる圧電体層20は、ゆっくりとした曲げ変形に対しては、非常に優れた可撓性を示す一方で、用途によっては、剛性や機械的強度が不足する場合がある。電気音響変換フィルム10は、それを補うために下部保護層28および上部保護層30が設けられる。
中でも、優れた機械的特性および耐熱性を有するなどの理由により、ポリエチレンテレフタレート(PET)、ポリプロピレン(PP)、ポリスチレン(PS)、ポリカーボネート(PC)、ポリフェニレンサルファイト(PPS)、ポリメチルメタクリレート(PMMA)、ポリエーテルイミド(PEI)、ポリイミド(PI)、ポリエチレンナフタレート(PEN)、トリアセチルセルロース(TAC)、および、環状オレフィン系樹脂等からなる樹脂フィルムが、好適に利用される。
ここで、下部保護層28および上部保護層30の剛性が高過ぎると、圧電体層20の伸縮を拘束するばかりか、可撓性も損なわれる。そのため、機械的強度やシート状物としての良好なハンドリング性が要求される場合を除けば、下部保護層28および上部保護層30は、薄いほど有利である。
例えば、圧電体層20の厚さが50μmで下部保護層28および上部保護層30がPETからなる場合、下部保護層28および上部保護層30の厚さは、100μm以下が好ましく、50μm以下がより好ましく、25μm以下がさらに好ましい。
下部電極24および上部電極26は、圧電体層20に駆動電圧を印加するために設けられる。
下部電極24および上部電極26の厚さには、制限はない。また、下部電極24および上部電極26の厚さは、基本的に同じであるが、異なってもよい。
例えば、下部保護層28および上部保護層30がPET(ヤング率:約6.2GPa)で、下部電極24および上部電極26が銅(ヤング率:約130GPa)からなる組み合わせの場合、下部保護層28および上部保護層30の厚さが25μmだとすると、下部電極24および上部電極26の厚さは、1.2μm以下が好ましく、0.3μm以下がより好ましく、中でも0.1μm以下とするのが好ましい。
これにより、電気音響変換フィルム10が外部から数Hz以下の比較的ゆっくりとした、大きな曲げ変形を受けたとしても、歪みエネルギーを効果的に熱として外部へ拡散できるため、マトリックスと圧電体粒子との界面で亀裂が発生するのを防ぐことができる。
これにより、電気音響変換フィルム10が貯蔵弾性率(E’)に大きな周波数分散を有することができる。すなわち、20Hz~20kHzの振動に対しては硬く、数Hz以下の振動に対しては柔らかく振る舞うことができる。
これにより、電気音響変換フィルム10が可撓性および音響特性を損なわない範囲で、適度な剛性と機械的強度を備えることができる。
これにより、電気音響変換フィルム10を用いたスピーカーの周波数特性が平滑になり、スピーカーの曲率の変化に伴い最低共振周波数f0が変化した際の音質の変化を小さくできる。
測定条件としては、一例として、測定周波数は0.1Hz~20Hz(0.1Hz、0.2Hz、0.5Hz、1Hz、2Hz、5Hz、10Hzおよび20Hz)が、測定温度は-50~150℃が、昇温速度は2℃/分(窒素雰囲気中)が、サンプルサイズは40mm×10mm(クランプ領域込み)が、チャック間距離は20mmが、それぞれ、例示される。
この点について、さらに検討を行ったところ、高分子複合圧電体の温度が高くなると、マトリックスである高分子材料が熱によって膨張し、それにより、マトリックス中に含まれている圧電体粒子間の距離が広がることがわかった。
前述のとおり、高分子材料を含むマトリックス中に圧電体粒子を含む高分子複合圧電体を用いる電気音響変換フィルムでは、高分子複合圧電体の両面に積層される電極層に電圧を印加することで高分子複合圧電体中の圧電体粒子を変形(振動)させて、この圧電体粒子の変形がマトリックスに伝達することで、電気音響変換フィルム全体が変形(振動)している。
ここで、マトリックス中に含まれている圧電体粒子間の距離が広がると、電気音響変換フィルムの電極に電圧を印加した際の、圧電体粒子の変形がマトリックスに伝わりにくくなり、圧電変換効率が低下してしまう。
そのため、高温環境下では、電気音響変換フィルムの圧電変換効率が低下するため、電気音響変換フィルムをスピーカーとして用いた場合に音圧が低下する。
エージング処理を行うことで、高分子複合圧電体のマトリックスである高分子材料の絡み合いが進み強固にかつ安定したものとなり、エージング処理を行わないものに比べて熱膨張係数が小さくなる。
真空乾燥は、温度25℃~40℃、圧力10Pa~50Pa、48時間~144時間の条件で行えばよい。
このような観点から、高分子複合圧電体中における圧電体粒子の比率は、30~80%とするのが好ましく、50~80%とするのがより好ましい。
下部保護層28が非常に薄く、ハンドリング性が悪い時などは、必要に応じて、セパレータ(仮支持体)付きの下部保護層28を用いても良い。なお、セパレータとしては、厚さ25μm~100μmのPET等を用いることができる。セパレータは、上部電極26および上部保護層30を熱圧着した後、下部保護層28に何らかの部材を積層する前に、取り除けばよい。
上記物質以外の有機溶媒としては制限はなく各種の有機溶媒が利用可能である。
マトリックス34に、これらの高分子材料を添加する際には、上述した塗料に添加する高分子材料を溶解すればよい。
なお、この分極処理の前に、圧電体層20の表面を加熱ローラ等を用いて平滑化する、カレンダー処理を施してもよい。このカレンダー処理を施すことで、後述する熱圧着工程がスムーズに行える。
次いで、図4に示すように、上部電極26を圧電体層20に向けて、シート状物10cを、圧電体層20の分極処理を終了した積層体10bに積層する。
さらに、この積層体10bとシート状物10cとの積層体を、上部保護層30と下部保護層28とを挟持するようにして、加熱プレス装置や加熱ローラ対等で熱圧着する。
従って、本発明の電気音響変換フィルムを用いる積層圧電素子は、分極処理済の電気音響変換フィルム10を積層して作製できる。好ましくは、分極処理を施した長尺な電気音響変換フィルム(大面積の電気音響変換フィルム)を作製し、切断して個々の電気音響変換フィルム10とした後に、電気音響変換フィルム10を積層して積層圧電素子14とする。
そのため、本発明の電気音響変換フィルムを用いる積層圧電素子は、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10における分極方向を、図9に示す積層圧電素子60のように積層方向で揃えることもできるし、図7に示す積層圧電素子14のように、交互にもできる。
これに対して、本発明の電気音響変換フィルムが有する、マトリックス34中に圧電体粒子36を含む高分子複合圧電体は、分極処理後に延伸処理をしなくても大きな圧電特性が得られる。そのため、本発明において高分子複合圧電体は、圧電特性に面内異方性がなく、後述するように駆動電圧を印加すると、面内方向では全方向に等方的に伸縮する。
周知のように、RtoRとは、長尺な原材料を巻回してなるロールから、原材料を引き出して、長手方向に搬送しつつ、成膜や表面処理等の各種の処理を行い、処理済の原材料を、再度、ロール状に巻回する製造方法である。
第1のロールおよび第2のロールは、全く、同じものでよい。
次いで、圧電体層20の分極処理を行う。ここで、RtoRによって電気音響変換フィルム10を製造する際には、圧電体層20の分極処理を行う。なお、この分極処置の前に、カレンダー処理を行ってもよいのは、前述のとおりである。
次いで、第2のロールからシート状物10cを引き出し、このシート状物10cおよび積層体を搬送しつつ、貼り合わせローラ等を用いる公知の方法で、前述のように、上部電極26を圧電体層20に向けて、積層体10bの上にシート状物10cを積層する。
その後、加熱ローラ対によって、積層した積層体10bとシート状物10cとを挟持搬送することで熱圧着して、本発明の電気音響変換フィルム10を完成し、この電気音響変換フィルム10を、ロール状に巻回する。
例えば、上述した積層体10bを形成し、分極処理を行った後に、一度、ロール状に、この積層体を巻回した積層体ロールとする。次いで、この積層体ロールから積層体を引き出して、長手方向に搬送しつつ、前述のように、上部保護層30の上に上部電極26が形成されたシート状物の積層を行って、電気音響変換フィルム10を完成し、この電気音響変換フィルム10を、ロール状に巻回してもよい。
上述したように、圧電体層20の厚さは、好ましくは10~300μm程度である。従って、厚さ方向の伸縮は、最大でも0.3μm程度と非常に小さい。
これに対して、電気音響変換フィルム10すなわち圧電体層20は、面方向には、厚さよりもはるかに大きなサイズを有する。従って、例えば、電気音響変換フィルム10の長さが20cmであれば、電圧の印加によって、最大で0.2mm程度、電気音響変換フィルム10は伸縮する。
また、電気音響変換フィルム10に圧力を加えると、圧電体粒子36の作用によって、電力を発生する。
これを利用することで、電気音響変換フィルム10は、上述のように、スピーカー、マイクロフォン、および、感圧センサ等の各種の用途に利用可能である。
図5に、本発明の電気音響変換フィルム10を有する平板型の圧電スピーカーの一例の概念図を示す。
この圧電スピーカー45は、本発明の電気音響変換フィルム10を、電気信号を振動エネルギーに変換する振動板として用いる、平板型の圧電スピーカーである。なお、圧電スピーカー45は、マイクロフォンおよびセンサー等として使用することも可能である。
ケース43は、プラスチック等で形成される、一面が開放する薄い正四角筒状の筐体である。
また、枠体48は、中央に貫通孔を有する、ケース43の上端面(開放面側)と同様の形状を有する板材である。
粘弾性支持体46は、適度な粘性と弾性を有し、電気音響変換フィルム10を支持すると共に、電気音響変換フィルムのどの場所でも一定の機械的バイアスを与えることによって、電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮運動を無駄なく前後運動(フィルムの面に垂直な方向の運動)に変換させるためのものである。一例として、羊毛のフェルト、レーヨンやPETを含んだ羊毛のフェルトなどの不織布、グラスウール等が例示される。
そのため、圧電スピーカー45では、粘弾性支持体46の周辺部では、粘弾性支持体46が電気音響変換フィルム10によって下方に押圧されて厚さが薄くなった状態で、保持される。また、同じく粘弾性支持体46の周辺部において、電気音響変換フィルム10の曲率が急激に変動し、電気音響変換フィルム10に、粘弾性支持体46の周辺に向かって低くなる立上がり部45aが形成される。さらに、電気音響変換フィルム10の中央領域は四角柱状の粘弾性支持体46に押圧されて、(略)平面状になっている。
逆に、下部電極24および上部電極26への駆動電圧の印加によって、電気音響変換フィルム10が面内方向に収縮すると、この収縮分を吸収するために、電気音響変換フィルム10の立上がり部45aが、倒れる方向(平面に近くなる方向)に角度を変える。その結果、平面状の部分を有する電気音響変換フィルム10は、下方に移動する。
圧電スピーカー45は、この電気音響変換フィルム10の振動によって、音を発生する。
従って、本発明の電気音響変換フィルム10は、このような圧電スピーカー45ではなく単に湾曲状態で保持することでも、可撓性を有するスピーカーとして機能させることができる。
本発明の電気音響変換器は、
高分子材料を含むマトリックス中に圧電体粒子を含む高分子複合圧電体、および、高分子複合圧電体の両面に形成される電極層を有する電気音響変換フィルムと、電気音響変換フィルムに積層される振動板と、を有する電気音響変換器であって、
電気音響変換器の熱膨張係数が12ppm/℃~100ppm/℃である電気音響変換器である。
図6に示す電気音響変換器51は、電気音響変換フィルム10と、振動板12とを有する。電気音響変換フィルム10は、上述した本発明の電気音響変換フィルムである。
電気音響変換器51において、電気音響変換フィルム10と振動板12とは、貼着層16によって貼着されている。
電気音響変換器51の電気音響変換フィルム10には、駆動電圧を印加するための電源PSが接続されている。
すなわち、この電気音響変換器51は、電気音響変換フィルム10をエキサイターとして用いるスピーカーである。
振動板12は、好ましくは可撓性を有し、後述する電気音響変換フィルム10(あるいは後述する積層圧電素子14)との関係を満たすものであれば、制限はなく、各種のシート状物(板状物、フィルム)が利用可能である。
一例として、ポリエチレンテレフタレート(PET)、ポリプロピレン(PP)、ポリスチレン(PS)、ポリカーボネート(PC)、ポリフェニレンサルファイト(PPS)、ポリメチルメタクリレート(PMMA)、ポリエーテルイミド(PEI)、ポリイミド(PI)、ポリエチレンナフタレート(PEN)、トリアセチルセルロース(TAC)および環状オレフィン系樹脂等からなる樹脂フィルム、発泡ポリスチレン、発泡スチレンおよび発泡ポリエチレン等からなる発泡プラスチック、ならびに、波状にした板紙の片面または両面に他の板紙をはりつけてなる各種の段ボール材等が例示される。
また、電気音響変換器51では、可撓性を有するものであれば、振動板12として、有機エレクトロルミネセンス(OLED(Organic Light Emitting Diode))ディスプレイ、液晶ディスプレイ、マイクロLED(Light Emitting Diode)ディスプレイ、および、無機エレクトロルミネセンスディスプレイなどの表示デバイス等も好適に利用可能である。
従って、貼着層16は、貼り合わせる際には流動性を有し、その後、固体になる、接着剤からなる層でも、貼り合わせる際にゲル状(ゴム状)の柔らかい固体で、その後もゲル状の状態が変化しない、粘着剤からなる層でも、接着剤と粘着剤との両方の特徴を持った材料からなる層でもよい。
ここで、電気音響変換器51では、電気音響変換フィルム10を伸縮させることで、振動板12を撓ませ振動させて、音を発生させる。従って、電気音響変換器51では、電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮が、直接的に振動板12に伝達されるのが好ましい。振動板12と電気音響変換フィルム10との間に、振動を緩和するような粘性を有する物質が存在すると、振動板12への電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮のエネルギーの伝達効率が低くなってしまい、電気音響変換器51の駆動効率が低下してしまう。
この点を考慮すると、貼着層16は、粘着剤からなる粘着剤層よりも、固体で硬い貼着層16が得られる、接着剤からなる接着剤層であるのが好ましい。より好ましい貼着層16としては、具体的には、ポリエステル系接着剤およびスチレン・ブタジエンゴム(SBR)系接着剤等の熱可塑タイプの接着剤からなる貼着層が例示される。
接着は、粘着とは異なり、高い接着温度を求める際に有用である。また、熱可塑タイプの接着剤は『比較的低温、短時間、および、強接着』を兼ね備えており、好適である。
ここで、電気音響変換器51においては、貼着層16が薄い方が、振動板12に伝達する電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮エネルギー(振動エネルギー)の伝達効果を高くして、エネルギー効率を高くできる。また、貼着層16が厚く剛性が高いと、電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮を拘束する可能性もある。
この点を考慮すると、貼着層16は、薄い方が好ましい。具体的には、貼着層16の厚さは、貼着後の厚さで0.1~50μmが好ましく、0.1~30μmがより好ましく、0.1~10μmがさらに好ましい。
従って、電気音響変換器51は、貼着層16を有さず、公知の圧着手段、締結手段、および、固定手段等を用いて、振動板12と電気音響変換フィルム10とを固定してもよい。例えば、電気音響変換フィルム10が矩形である場合には、四隅をボルトナットのような部材で締結して電気音響変換器を構成してもよく、または、四隅と中心部とをボルトナットのような部材で締結して電気音響変換器を構成してもよい。
しかしながら、この場合には、電源PSから駆動電圧を印加した際に、振動板12に対して電気音響変換フィルム10が独立して伸縮してしまい、場合によっては、電気音響変換フィルム10のみが撓んで、電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮が振動板12に伝わらない。このように、振動板12に対して電気音響変換フィルム10が独立して伸縮した場合には、電気音響変換フィルム10による振動板12の振動効率が低下してしまい、振動板12を十分に振動させられなくなってしまう可能性がある。
この点を考慮すると、振動板12と電気音響変換フィルム10とは、図6に示すように、貼着層16で貼着するのが好ましい。
電源PSには、制限はなく、直流電源でも交流電源でもよい。また、駆動電圧も、電気音響変換フィルム10の圧電体層20の厚さおよび形成材料等に応じて、電気音響変換フィルム10を適正に駆動できる駆動電圧を、適宜、設定すればよい。
一例として、下部電極24および上部電極26に銅箔等の導電体を接続して外部に電極を引き出す方法、および、レーザ等によって下部保護層28および上部保護層30に貫通孔を形成して、この貫通孔に導電性材料を充填して外部に電極を引き出す方法、等が例示される。
好適な電極の引き出し方法として、特開2014-209724号公報に記載される方法、および、特開2016-015354号公報に記載される方法等が例示される。
このような圧電体層20を有する電気音響変換フィルム10の下部電極24および上部電極26に電圧を印加すると、印加した電圧に応じて圧電体粒子36が分極方向に伸縮する。その結果、電気音響変換フィルム10(圧電体層20)が厚さ方向に収縮する。同時に、ポアゾン比の関係で、電気音響変換フィルム10は、面内方向にも伸縮する。
この伸縮は、0.01~0.1%程度である。
上述したように、圧電体層20の厚さは、好ましくは10~300μm程度である。従って、厚さ方向の伸縮は、最大でも0.3μm程度と非常に小さい。
これに対して、電気音響変換フィルム10すなわち圧電体層20は、面方向には、厚さよりもはるかに大きなサイズを有する。従って、例えば、電気音響変換フィルム10の長さが20cmであれば、電圧の印加によって、最大で0.2mm程度、電気音響変換フィルム10は伸縮する。
この厚さ方向の振動によって、振動板12は、音を発生する。すなわち、振動板12は、電気音響変換フィルム10に印加した電圧(駆動電圧)の大きさに応じて振動して、電気音響変換フィルム10に印加した駆動電圧に応じた音を発生する。
これに対して、図6に示す電気音響変換器51において、電気音響変換フィルム10は、圧電特性に面内異方性がなく、面内方向では全方向に等方的に伸縮する。すなわち、図6に示す電気音響変換器51において、電気音響変換フィルム10は、等方的に二次元的に伸縮する。
このような等方的に二次元的に伸縮する電気音響変換フィルム10によれば、一方向にしか大きく伸縮しないPVDF等の一般的な電気音響変換フィルムを積層した場合に比べ、大きな力で振動板12を振動することができ、より大きく、かつ、美しい音を発生できる。
具体的には、電気音響変換フィルムとしては、熱膨張係数が12ppm/℃~100ppm/℃の範囲である電気音響変換フィルムを用いることが好ましい。すなわち、上述した本発明の電気音響変換フィルムを用いることが好ましい。
また、振動板の表面に酸化ケイ素膜および酸化アルミニウム膜等の熱膨張係数の低い無機膜等を形成して、振動板の熱膨張係数を低くしてもよい。
また、これらの振動板を部品の一部として使用した有機エレクトロルミネセンス(OLED(Organic Light Emitting Diode))ディスプレイ、液晶ディスプレイ、マイクロLED(Light Emitting Diode)ディスプレイ、および、無機エレクトロルミネセンスディスプレイなどの表示デバイス等を振動板として使用もよい。
電気音響変換フィルムの周波数1Hz、60℃における損失正接(Tanδ)を0.03以上とすることで、高温環境下で、電気音響変換フィルムが粘性を有するものとなるため、高温環境下で、あるいは、温度変化の繰り返しによって、電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数と、振動板の熱膨張係数との差に起因して発生する応力をこの粘性によって緩和して、電気音響変換フィルムと振動板との剥離を抑制することができる。
図7に、本発明の電気音響変換フィルム10を有する電気音響変換器の一例を概念的に示す。
図7に示す電気音響変換器50は、積層圧電素子14と、振動板12とを有する。積層圧電素子14は、本発明の電気音響変換フィルムを複数層、積層したものである。図7に示す例では、積層圧電素子14は、上述した本発明の電気音響変換フィルム10を、3層、積層したものである。
電気音響変換器50において、積層圧電素子14と振動板12とは、貼着層16によって貼着されている。
電気音響変換器50の積層圧電素子14を構成する電気音響変換フィルム10には、駆動電圧を印加するための電源PSが接続されている。
なお、積層圧電素子は、これに制限はされず、保護層を有する電気音響変換フィルムと、有さない電気音響変換フィルムとが混在してもよい。さらに、電気音響変換フィルムが保護層を有する場合には、電気音響変換フィルムは、下部保護層28のみを有してもよく、上部保護層30のみを有してもよい。一例として、図7に示すような3層構成の積層圧電素子14であれば、図中最上層の電気音響変換フィルムが上部保護層30のみを有し、真ん中の電気音響変換フィルムが保護層を有さず、最下層の電気音響変換フィルムが下部保護層28のみを有するような構成でもよい。
この点に関しては、後述する図8に示す積層圧電素子56および図9に示す積層圧電素子60も、同様である。
この積層圧電素子14の面方向の伸縮によって、振動板12が撓み、その結果、振動板12が、厚さ方向に振動する。この厚さ方向の振動によって、振動板12は、音を発生する。振動板12は、電気音響変換フィルム10に印加した駆動電圧の大きさに応じて振動して、電気音響変換フィルム10に印加した駆動電圧に応じた音を発生する。
すなわち、この電気音響変換器50は、積層圧電素子14をエキサイターとして用いるスピーカーである。
なお、図7に示す積層圧電素子14は、電気音響変換フィルム10を、3層、積層したものであるが、本発明は、これに制限はされない。すなわち、積層圧電素子は、電気音響変換フィルム10を複数層、積層したものであれば、電気音響変換フィルム10の積層数は、2層でもよく、あるいは、4層以上であってもよい。この点に関しては、後述する図8に示す積層圧電素子56および図9に示す積層圧電素子60も、同様である。
従って、貼着層19は、上述した、接着剤からなる層でも、粘着剤からなる層でも、接着剤と粘着剤との両方の特徴を持った材料からなる層でもよい。
ここで、積層圧電素子14は、積層した複数枚の電気音響変換フィルム10を伸縮させることで、振動板12を振動させて、音を発生させる。従って、積層圧電素子14は、各電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮が、直接的に伝達されるのが好ましい。電気音響変換フィルム10の間に、振動を緩和するような粘性を有する物質が存在すると、電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮のエネルギーの伝達効率が低くなってしまい、積層圧電素子14の駆動効率が低下してしまう。
この点を考慮すると、貼着層19は、粘着剤からなる粘着剤層よりも、固体で硬い貼着層19が得られる、接着剤からなる接着剤層であるのが好ましい。より好ましい貼着層19としては、具体的には、ポリエステル系接着剤およびスチレン・ブタジエンゴム(SBR)系接着剤等の熱可塑タイプの接着剤からなる貼着層が好適に例示される。
接着は、粘着とは異なり、高い接着温度を求める際に有用である。また、熱可塑タイプの接着剤は『比較的低温、短時間、および、強接着』を兼ね備えており、好適である。
ここで、図7に示す積層圧電素子14は、貼着層19が薄い方が、電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮エネルギーの伝達効果を高くして、エネルギー効率を高くできる。また、貼着層19が厚く剛性が高いと、電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮を拘束する可能性もある。
この点を考慮すると、貼着層19は、圧電体層20よりも薄いのが好ましい。すなわち、積層圧電素子14において、貼着層19は、硬く、薄いのが好ましい。具体的には、貼着層19の厚さは、貼着後の厚さで0.1~50μmが好ましく、0.1~30μmがより好ましく、0.1~10μmがさらに好ましい。
なお、後述するが、図7に示す積層圧電素子14は、隣接する電気音響変換フィルムの分極方向が互いに逆であり、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10同士がショートする恐れが無いので、貼着層19を薄くできる。
具体的には、貼着層19の厚さと、動的粘弾性測定による周波数1Hzでの貯蔵弾性率(E’)との積が、0℃において2.0×106N/m以下、50℃において1.0×106N/m以下であるのが好ましい。
また、貼着層の動的粘弾性測定による周波数1Hzでの内部損失が、粘着剤からなる貼着層19の場合には25℃において1.0以下、接着剤からなる貼着層19の場合には25℃において0.1以下であるのが好ましい。
従って、電気音響変換器を構成する積層圧電素子は、貼着層19を有さず、公知の圧着手段、締結手段、および、固定手段等を用いて、電気音響変換フィルム10を積層して、密着させて、積層圧電素子を構成してもよい。例えば、電気音響変換フィルム10が矩形である場合には、四隅をボルトナット等で締結して積層圧電素子を構成してもよく、または、四隅と中心部とをボルトナット等で締結して積層圧電素子を構成してもよい。あるいは、電気音響変換フィルム10を積層した後、周辺部(端面)に粘着テープを貼着することで、積層した電気音響変換フィルム10を固定して、積層圧電素子を構成してもよい。
しかしながら、この場合には、電源PSから駆動電圧を印加した際に、個々の電気音響変換フィルム10が独立して伸縮してしまい、場合によっては、各電気音響変換フィルム10各層が逆方向に撓んで空隙ができてしまう。このように、個々の電気音響変換フィルム10が独立して伸縮した場合には、積層圧電素子としての駆動効率が低下してしまい、積層圧電素子全体としての伸縮が小さくなって、当接した振動板等を十分に振動させられなくなってしまう可能性がある。特に、各電気音響変換フィルム10各層が逆方向に撓んで空隙ができてしまった場合には、積層圧電素子としての駆動効率の低下は大きい。
この点を考慮すると、積層圧電素子は、図7に示す積層圧電素子14のように、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10同士を貼着する貼着層19を有するのが好ましい。
積層圧電素子14は、電気音響変換フィルム10を積層して貼着したものである。従って、電気音響変換フィルム10が伸縮すれば、積層圧電素子14も伸縮する。
振動板12は、貼着層16によって積層圧電素子14に貼着されている。従って、積層圧電素子14の伸縮によって、振動板12は撓み、その結果、振動板12は、厚さ方向に振動する。
この厚さ方向の振動によって、振動板12は、音を発生する。すなわち、振動板12は、電気音響変換フィルム10に印加した電圧(駆動電圧)の大きさに応じて振動して、電気音響変換フィルム10に印加した駆動電圧に応じた音を発生する。
そのため、1枚毎の電気音響変換フィルム10の剛性が低く、伸縮力は小さくても、電気音響変換フィルム10を積層することにより、剛性が高くなり、積層圧電素子14としての伸縮力は大きくなる。その結果、積層圧電素子14は、振動板12がある程度の剛性を有するものであっても、大きな力で振動板12を十分に撓ませて、厚さ方向に振動板12を十分に振動させて、振動板12に音を発生させることができる。
また、圧電体層20が厚い方が、電気音響変換フィルム10の伸縮力は大きくなるが、その分、同じ量、伸縮させるのに必要な駆動電圧は大きくなる。ここで、上述したように、積層圧電素子14において、好ましい圧電体層20の厚さは、最大でも300μm程度であるので、個々の電気音響変換フィルム10に印加する電圧が小さくても、十分に、電気音響変換フィルム10を伸縮させることが可能である。
一方、振動板12は、ある程度の剛性を有するものである。このような振動板12に剛性の高い積層圧電素子14が組み合わされると、硬く、曲げにくくなり、電気音響変換器50の可撓性の点で不利である。
これに対して、電気音響変換器は、好ましくは、積層圧電素子14の厚さと動的粘弾性測定による周波数1Hz、25℃での貯蔵弾性率との積が、振動板12の厚さとヤング率との積の、3倍以下である。すなわち、積層圧電素子14は、ゆっくりとした動きに対しては、バネ定数が、振動板12の3倍以下であるのが好ましい。
このような構成を有することにより、電気音響変換器は、折り曲げる、および、丸める等の外力によるゆっくりした動きに対しては、柔らかく振舞うことができ、すなわち、ゆっくりとした動きに対して、良好な可撓性を発現する。
電気音響変換器において、積層圧電素子14の厚さと動的粘弾性測定による周波数1Hz、25℃での貯蔵弾性率との積は、振動板12の厚さとヤング率との積の、2倍以下であるのがより好ましく、1倍以下であるのがさらに好ましく、0.3倍以下であるのが特に好ましい。
電気音響変換器は、積層圧電素子14の厚さと動的粘弾性測定から得られたマスターカーブにおける周波数1kHz、25℃での貯蔵弾性率との積を、振動板12の厚さとヤング率との積の、好ましくは0.3倍以上、より好ましくは0.5倍以上、さらに好ましくは1倍以上とする。すなわち、積層圧電素子14は、早い動きに対しては、バネ定数が、振動板12の0.3倍以上であるのが好ましく、0.5倍以上であるのがより好ましく、1倍以上であるのがさらに好ましい。
これにより、オーディオ帯域の周波数において、振動板12に対する積層圧電素子14の剛性を十分に確保して、電気音響変換器が、高いエネルギー効率で、高い音圧の音を出力できる。
電気音響変換フィルム10において、圧電体層20に印加する電圧の極性は、分極方向に応じたものとなる。従って、印加する電圧の極性は、図7に矢印で示す分極方向において、矢印が向かう方向側(矢印の下流側)の電極の極性と、逆側(矢印の上流側)の電極の極性とは、全ての電気音響変換フィルム10で一致させる。
図7に示す例においては、分極方向を示す矢印が向かう方向側の電極を下部電極24、逆側の電極を上部電極26として、全ての電気音響変換フィルム10において、上部電極26と下部電極24との極性を同極性にする。
従って、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10の圧電体層20の分極方向が、互いに逆である積層圧電素子14においては、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10では、一方の面で上部電極26同士が対面し、他方の面で下部電極同士が対面する。そのため、積層圧電素子14では、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10の電極同士が接触しても、ショート(短絡)する恐れがない。
これに対して、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10の電極同士が接触しても、ショートする恐れが無い図7に示す積層圧電素子14では、貼着層19が無くてもよく、好ましい態様として貼着層19を有する場合でも、必要な貼着力が得られれば、貼着層19を極めて薄くできる。
そのため、高いエネルギー効率で積層圧電素子14を伸縮させることができる。
従って、積層される電気音響変換フィルム10の分極方向が逆であっても、下部電極24および上部電極26に印加する電圧の極性さえ正しければ、全ての電気音響変換フィルム10は同じ方向に伸縮する。
または、上述した分極の処理条件から、電気音響変換フィルム10の分極方向を知見してもよい。
しかしながら、本発明は、これに制限はされない。すなわち、電気音響変換器において、圧電積層体は、例えば、下部保護層28および上部保護層30を有する電気音響変換フィルムと有さない電気音響変換フィルムなど、異なる層構成の電気音響変換フィルムを積層した構成、および、圧電体層20の厚さが異なる電気音響変換フィルムを積層した構成等、各種の構成が利用可能である。
本発明の積層圧電素子は、これに制限はされず、各種の構成が利用可能である。
図8に示す積層圧電素子56は、本発明における積層圧電素子のより好ましい態様であり、長尺な電気音響変換フィルム10Lを、長手方向に、1回以上、好ましくは複数回、折り返すことにより、電気音響変換フィルム10Lを複数層、積層したものである。また、上述した図7等に示す積層圧電素子14と同様、図8に示される積層圧電素子56も、好ましい態様として、折り返しによって積層された電気音響変換フィルム10Lを、貼着層19によって貼着している。
厚さ方向に分極された長尺な1枚の電気音響変換フィルム10Lを、折り返して積層することで、積層方向に隣接(対面)する電気音響変換フィルム10Lの分極方向は、図8中に矢印で示すように、逆方向になる。
そのため、図8に示す積層圧電素子56によれば、部品点数を低減し、かつ、構成を簡略化して、圧電素子(モジュール)としての信頼性を向上し、さらに、コストダウンを図ることができる。
上述したように、電気音響変換フィルム10Lの下部電極24および上部電極26は、金属の蒸着膜等で形成される。金属の蒸着膜は、鋭角で折り曲げられると、ヒビ(クラック)等が入りやすく、電極が断線してしまう可能性がある。すなわち、図8に示す積層圧電素子56では、屈曲部の内側において、電極にヒビ等が入り易い。
これに対して、長尺な電気音響変換フィルム10Lを折り返した積層圧電素子56において、電気音響変換フィルム10Lの折り返し部に芯棒58を挿入することにより、下部電極24および上部電極26が折り曲げられることを防止して、断線が生じることを好適に防止できる。
図7および図8に示すような、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10の分極方向が逆である積層圧電素子においては、積層される電気音響変換フィルム10において、対面する電極には、同じ極性の電力が供給される。従って、対面する電極間で短絡が生じることは無い。
一方で、上述したように、電気音響変換フィルム10Lを、折り返して積層した積層圧電素子56は、鋭角的に折り返される屈曲部の内側において、電極の断線が生じやすい。
従って、導電性を有する貼着層19によって、積層した電気音響変換フィルム10Lを貼着することにより、屈曲部の内側において電極の断線が生じても、貼着層19によって導通を確保できるので、断線を防止して、積層圧電素子56の信頼性を大幅に向上できる。
この場合には、導電性を有する貼着層19を用いても、導電性を確保できない。そのため、電気音響変換フィルム10Lが保護層を有する場合には、積層される電気音響変換フィルム10Lの下部電極24同士および上部電極26同士が対面する領域において、下部保護層28および上部保護層30に貫通孔を設けて、下部電極24および上部電極26と、導電性を有する貼着層19とを接触させればよい。好ましくは、下部保護層28および上部保護層30に形成した貫通孔を銀ペーストまたは導電性の貼着剤で塞ぎ、その上で、導電性を有する貼着層19で隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10Lを貼着する。
下部保護層28および上部保護層30の貫通孔は、好ましくは電気音響変換フィルム10Lの屈曲部以外で、積層される電気音響変換フィルム10Lの下部電極24同士および上部電極26同士が対面する領域に1か所でもよく、複数個所でもよい。または、下部保護層28および上部保護層30の貫通孔は、下部保護層28および上部保護層30の全面に、規則的または、不規則に形成してもよい。
導電性を有する貼着層19には、制限はなく、公知のものが、各種、利用可能である。
すなわち、本発明において、電気音響変換フィルム10を積層した積層圧電素子は、図9に示す積層圧電素子60のように、圧電体層20の分極方向が、全て同方向であってもよい。
ただし、図9に示すように、積層する電気音響変換フィルム10の分極方向が、全て同方向である積層圧電素子60では、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10同士では、下部電極24と上部電極26とが対面する。そのため、貼着層19を十分に厚くしないと、貼着層19の面方向の外側の端部において、隣接する電気音響変換フィルム10の下部電極24と上部電極26とが接触して、ショートしてしまう恐れがある。
そのため、図9に示すように、積層する電気音響変換フィルム10の分極方向が、全て同方向である積層圧電素子60では、貼着層19を薄くすることができず、図7および図8に示す積層圧電素子に対して、エネルギー効率の点で、不利である。
<塗料の調製>
まず、下記の組成比で、シアノエチル化PVA(CR-V 信越化学工業社製)をジメチルホルムアミド(DMF)に溶解した。その後、この溶液に、PZT粒子を下記の組成比で添加して、プロペラミキサー(回転数2000rpm)で分散させて、圧電体層を形成するための塗料を調製した。
・PZT粒子・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・300質量部
・シアノエチル化PVA・・・・・・・・・・・10質量部
・DMF・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・70質量部
なお、PZT粒子は、市販のPZT原料粉を1000~1200℃で焼結した後、これを平均粒径5μmになるように解砕および分級処理したものを用いた。
一方、厚さ4μmのPETフィルムに、厚さ0.1μmの銅薄膜を真空蒸着してなるシート状物を用意した。すなわち、本例においては、薄膜電極は、厚さ0.1μmの銅蒸着薄膜であり、保護層は厚さ4μmのPETフィルムとなる。
このシート状物の薄膜電極(銅蒸着薄膜)の上に、スライドコーターを用いて、先に調製した圧電体層を形成するための塗料を塗布した。なお、塗料は、乾燥後の塗膜の膜厚が40μmになるように、塗布した。
次いで、シート状物の上に塗料を塗布した物を、100℃のホットプレート上で加熱乾燥することでDMFを蒸発させた。これにより、PET製の保護層の上に銅製の薄膜電極を有し、その上に、厚さが40μmの圧電体層(高分子複合圧電体)を形成してなる積層体を作製した。
次に、この積層体の圧電体層を、分極処理した。
分極処理を行った積層体の上に、薄膜電極(銅薄膜側)を圧電体層に向けてシート状物を積層した。次いで、積層体とシート状物との積層体を、ラミネータ装置を用いて圧電体層と薄膜電極とを120℃で熱圧着した。
次いで、熱圧着後の積層体を75℃で、72時間熱処理を行った。
以上の工程によって、電気音響変換フィルムを作製した。
熱機械分析装置(TMA NETZSCH社製 TMA4000SE)を用い、熱機械特性測定を実施した。サンプルサイズは5mm×20mm、チャック間距離は15mm、チャック部分の長さは上下ともに2.5±0.5mmとなるようにした。
サンプルを取り付けた後、-20℃~60℃の範囲で5℃/minで温度を変え、その際のチャック距離の変位量を計測した。また、荷重についてはサンプルに3gの一定加重をかけて計測した。
続いて、-20℃~60℃の変位量のデータの近似直線の傾きを求め温度1℃変化あたりの変位量を求めた。さらに、その傾きをサンプルセット時のチャンキング間距離である15mmで割ることで、熱膨張係数を算出した。
測定の結果、熱膨張係数は、12ppm/℃であった。
圧電体層となる塗料の組成比を以下のようにした以外は実施例1-1と同様にして電気音響変換フィルムを作製した。
・PZT粒子・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・300質量部
・シアノエチル化PVA・・・・・・・・・・・15質量部
・DMF・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・70質量部
圧電体層となる塗料の組成比を以下のようにした以外は実施例1-1と同様にして電気音響変換フィルムを作製した。
・PZT粒子・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・300質量部
・シアノエチル化PVA・・・・・・・・・・・30質量部
・DMF・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・70質量部
熱圧着後の積層体のエージング処理の条件を65℃で、72時間の熱処理に変更した以外は、実施例1-3と同様にして電気音響変換フィルムを作製した。
熱圧着後の積層体のエージング処理の条件を55℃で、72時間の熱処理に変更した以外は、実施例1-3と同様にして電気音響変換フィルムを作製した。
圧電体層となる塗料の組成比を以下のようにした以外は実施例1-1と同様にして電気音響変換フィルムを作製した。
・PZT粒子・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・300質量部
・シアノエチル化PVA・・・・・・・・・・・・5質量部
・DMF・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・70質量部
熱圧着後の積層体のエージング処理を行わなかった以外は、実施例1-3と同様にして電気音響変換フィルムを作製した。
作製した電気音響変換フィルムの温度による音圧の変化を以下のようにして評価した。
結果を表1に示す。
比較例1-1は圧電体層が脆く、高温環境下で圧電体層内の空隙が膨張したことによる損傷があり、音圧が著しく低下してしまった。
また、比較例1-2は、高温環境下で圧電体層内の圧電体粒子間の間隔が広がって音圧が低下してしまった。
また、実施例1-1~1-5の対比から、電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数は16ppm/℃~70ppm/℃が好ましいことがわかる。
厚さ200μmのPETフィルムの両面に酸化珪素膜が30μm蒸着されたシートをA4サイズにカットし、振動板として準備した。
実施例2で作製した電気音響変換フィルムを5cm×10cmにカットし、片面側全面に厚さ10μmの両面テープを貼り付け、A4サイズの振動板の中央部に貼り付けた。次いでA4サイズ振動板の両方の短辺をプラスチック棒に固定し、電気音響変換器を作製した。
熱機械分析装置(TMA NETZSCH社製 TMA4000SE)を用い、熱機械特性測定を実施した。サンプルサイズは5mm×20mmとし、電気音響変換フィルムと振動板が貼り合わさって同一面積含まれる部分を前記サイズとなるよう切り出した。チャック間距離は15mm、チャック部分の長さは上下ともに2.5±0.5mmとなるようにした。
つぎに-20℃~60℃の範囲で5℃/minで温度を変え、その際のチャック距離の変位量を計測した。また、荷重についてはサンプルに3gの一定加重をかけて計測した。
続いて-20℃~60℃の変位量のデータの近似直線の傾きを求め温度1℃変化あたりの変位量を求めた。さらに、その傾きをサンプルセット時のチャンキング間距離である15mmで割ることで、熱膨張係数を算出した。
測定の結果、熱膨張係数は、21ppm/℃であった。
作製した電気音響変換器から以下のようにして、振動板を削りとり、電気音響変換フィルムを取り出し、5mm×20mmのサンプルサイズにカットした。
電気音響変換器から振動板を削り取るため、はじめに電気音響変換器面内にある振動板のみの部分の厚みを東京精密製ミニコムにより測定した。面内の測定位置は振動板のみの部分の面積が平均±10%の範囲で同一となるように均等に10区画に分割し、各区画の中でn=5回ずつランダムな位置で厚み測定を行って、10区画×n=5の50点の厚みを平均して振動板の代表厚みを求めた。次いで電気音響変換フィルムが張り付けてある部分の電気音響変換器の厚みを5mm以上の間隔をあけてn=5点測定を行い、電気音響変換器の平均厚みを求めた。
次いでフライス盤上に電気音響変換器をフジコピアン製フィックスフィルムを使用して固定した。次いでフライス盤での振動板切削を行い、20mm×60mmの面積の振動板が除去された電気音響変換フィルムを取り出した。電気音響変換器から振動板が除去され、電気音響変換フィルムが取り出せたか否かの確認は、フライス切削されて残った電気音響変換フィルムを含む層の厚みが(「上記で求めた電気音響変換器の厚み」-「上記で求めた振動板の厚み」)±5μmの範囲に入るか否かで行った。残った電気音響変換フィルムを含む層の厚みは面内を5mm以上の間隔をあけてn=5点測定を行い平均厚みとした。ここでの電気音響変換フィルムは上記で定義した厚み範囲となっていれば、わずかに振動板の残留物や、振動板と電気音響変換フィルムを接着する両面テープが残留していてもよい。
これらのサンプルで上記と同様の熱機械分析装置(TMA)を用いた熱機械特性測定を行うことで、それぞれの熱膨張係数を求め、電気音響変換フィルムと振動板の熱膨張係数の差の絶対値を求めた。
測定の結果、電気音響変換フィルムと振動板の熱膨張係数の差は、0ppm/℃であった。
作製した電気音響変換器から、以下のようにして振動板を削りとり、電気音響変換フィルムを取り出した。
電気音響変換機から振動板を削り取るため、はじめに電気音響変換器面内にある振動板のみの部分の厚みを東京精密製ミニコムにより測定した。面内の測定位置は振動板のみの部分の面積が平均±10%の範囲で同一となるように均等に10区画に分割し、各区画の中でn=5回ずつランダムな位置で厚み測定を行って、10区画×n=5の50点の厚みを平均して振動板の代表厚みを求めた。次いで電気音響変換フィルムが張り付けてある部分の電気音響変換器の厚みを5mm以上の間隔をあけてn=5点測定を行い、電気音響変換器の平均厚みを求めた。
次いでフライス盤上に電気音響変換器をフジコピアン製フィックスフィルムを使用して固定した。次いでフライス盤での振動板切削を行い、20mm×60mmの面積の振動板が除去された電気音響変換フィルムを取り出した。電気音響変換器から振動板が除去され、電気音響変換フィルムが取り出せたか否かの確認は、フライス切削されて残った電気音響変換フィルムを含む層の厚みが(「上記で求めた電気音響変換器の厚み」-「上記で求めた振動板の厚み」)±5μmの範囲に入るか否かで行った。残った電気音響変換フィルムを含む層の厚みは面内を5mm以上の間隔をあけてn=5点測定を行い平均厚みとした。ここでの電気音響変換フィルムは上記で定義した厚み範囲となっていれば、わずかに振動板の残留物や、振動板と電気音響変換フィルムを接着する両面テープが残留していてもよい。
測定の結果から、電気音響変換フィルムの、周波数1Hz、60℃における損失正接(Tanδ)は0.04であった。
実施例1-3で作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-1と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
実施例1-5で作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-1と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
振動板として厚さ300μmのPETフィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-1と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。なお、この振動板は、酸化珪素膜を有さないPETフィルムである。
実施例1-3で作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-4と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
実施例1-5で作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-4と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
振動板として厚さ300μmのポリカーボネートフィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-1と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
実施例1-3で作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-7と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
実施例1-5で作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-7と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
シアノエチル化PVAに代えて、シアノエチル化プルラン(信越化学工業株式会社製)を用いた以外は、実施例1-5と同様にして作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-9と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
振動板として厚さ300μmのポリエチレンフィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-1と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
比較例1-1で作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用い、振動板として100μmのPETフィルムの両面に50μmの酸化ケイ素膜を蒸着したものを用いた以外は実施例2-1と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
比較例1-1で作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用いた以外は実施例2-11と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
シアノエチル化PVAに代えて、シアノエチル化プルラン(信越化学工業株式会社製)を用いた以外は、比較例1-1と同様にして作製した電気音響変換フィルムを用いた以外は比較例2-2と同様にして電気音響変換器を作製した。
<高温環境下での音圧の変化>
作製した電気音響変換器の温度による音圧の変化を以下のようにして評価した。
作製した電気音響変換器を25℃の環境に24時間放置した。その後、25℃で、電気音響変換器の音圧レベル-周波数特性を、定電流型パワーアンプを用いたサイン波スイープ測定によって50Hz~20kHzの範囲で測定し、1kHzの音圧を求めた。なお、計測用マイクロフォンは、電気音響変換フィルムが貼り付けてある中心の真上10cmの位置に配置した。
作製した電気音響変換器を25℃から60℃まで5℃/minで昇温させ、次いで60℃から25℃まで5℃/minで冷却し、1回の温度サイクル試験をおこなった。この温度サイクル試験を50サイクル連続で繰り返し、サイクル終了後の電気音響変換器を25℃環境に24時間慣らした後に25℃での音圧の評価を行った。音圧の評価方法は上記と同様の音圧レベル-周波数特性の測定から1kHzの音圧を求めた。
次いで、サイクル試験前の25℃における音圧と、サイクル試験後の音圧とを比較した。
結果を表2に示す。
比較例2-1は圧電体層が脆く、高温環境下で圧電体層内の空隙が膨張したことによる損傷があり、音圧が著しく低下してしまった。
また、比較例2-2、比較例2-3は、高温環境下で圧電体層内の圧電体粒子間の間隔が広がって音圧が低下してしまった。
また、実施例2-1~2-3の対比、実施例2-4~2-6の対比、実施例2-7~2-9の対比、実施例2-10および2-11の対比等から、電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数と振動板の熱膨張係数の差は小さいほど、高温環境下での音圧低下が小さく、また、温度サイクル試験前後での音圧の低下が小さいことがわかる。特に、電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数と振動板の熱膨張係数の差が80ppm/℃超である実施例2-11は、熱膨張係数の差が大きいため、電気音響変換フィルムと振動板との間で部分的に剥がれが生じて音圧が低下した。
また、実施例2-9および実施例2-10の対比から、電気音響変換フィルムの、周波数1Hz、60℃における損失正接(Tanδ)は0.03以上が好ましいことがわかる。
以上から本発明の効果は明らかである。
10a、10c シート状物
10b 積層体
12 振動板
14,56,60 積層圧電素子
16,19 貼着層
20 圧電体層
20a 上面
24 下部電極
26 上部電極
28 下部保護層
30 上部保護層
34 マトリックス
36 圧電体粒子
43 ケース
45 圧電スピーカー
45a 立上がり部
46 粘弾性支持体
48 枠体
50、51 電気音響変換器
58 芯棒
PS 電源
g 間隔
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- 高分子材料を含むマトリックス中に圧電体粒子を含む高分子複合圧電体、および、前記高分子複合圧電体の両面に形成される電極層を有する電気音響変換フィルムであって、
前記電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数が12ppm/℃~100ppm/℃である電気音響変換フィルム。 - 前記電極層の、前記高分子複合圧電体側の面とは反対側の面に積層された保護層を有する請求項1に記載の電気音響変換フィルム。
- 前記高分子複合圧電体が厚さ方向に分極されたものである請求項1または2に記載の電気音響変換フィルム。
- 前記高分子複合圧電体が圧電特性に面内異方性を有さない請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の電気音響変換フィルム。
- 前記高分子材料が常温で粘弾性を有する請求項1~4のいずれか一項に記載の電気音響変換フィルム。
- 高分子材料を含むマトリックス中に圧電体粒子を含む高分子複合圧電体、および、前記高分子複合圧電体の両面に形成される電極層を有する電気音響変換フィルムと、前記電気音響変換フィルムに積層される振動板と、を有する電気音響変換器であって、
前記電気音響変換器の熱膨張係数が12ppm/℃~100ppm/℃である電気音響変換器。 - 前記電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数と、前記振動板の熱膨張係数との差の絶対値が、0ppm/℃~80ppm/℃である請求項6に記載の電気音響変換器。
- 前記電気音響変換フィルムの熱膨張係数が12ppm/℃~100ppm/℃である請求項6または7に記載の電気音響変換器。
- 前記電気音響変換フィルムの動的粘弾性測定による周波数1Hz、60℃における損失正接(Tanδ)が0.03以上である請求項6~8のいずれか一項に記載の電気音響変換器。
- 前記電気音響変換フィルムは、前記電極層の、前記高分子複合圧電体側の面とは反対側の面に積層された保護層を有する請求項6~9のいずれか一項に記載の電気音響変換器。
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