Piezoelectric speaker having weight and method of producing the same

• US 9,445,200 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2012
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Hye Jin, Yang, Woo Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Goins, Davetta W
• Assistant Examiner(s): PRITCHARD, JASMINE L
• Application Number:
  US13/651,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20130301856A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,432 Days
• Field of Search: 381/190, 381/191, 381173-175
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 17/00 Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers piezoelectric or electrostrictive elements in general H10N30/00; details of piezoelectric or electrostrictive motors, generators or positioners H10N30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2307/023 Diaphragms comprising ceramic-like materials, e.g. pure ceramic, glass, boride, nitride, carbide, mica and carbon materials
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2307/025 Diaphragms comprising polymeric materials
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2307/027 Diaphragms comprising metallic materials
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2307/207 Shape aspects of the outer suspension of loudspeaker diaphragms
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/15 Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 31/003 for diaphragms or their outer suspension
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 7/04 Plane diaphragms
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 7/20 Securing diaphragm or cone resiliently to support by flexible material, springs, cords, or strands
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 7/26 Damping by means acting directly on free portion of diaphragm or cone air damping H04R1/28
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/10 Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a piezoelectric speaker having a weight that enables a frequency response characteristic of the piezoelectric speaker to be uniform by disposing a weight of a flexible material on an acoustic diaphragm or on and below an acoustic diaphragm of the piezoelectric speaker, thereby enhancing flatness of sound. The piezoelectric speaker having the weight includes a piezoelectric device having a piezoelectric layer and an electrode formed on or on and below the piezoelectric layer to apply an electrical signal to the piezoelectric layer; an acoustic diaphragm having a wider area than the piezoelectric device and bonded on one surface of the piezoelectric device; a frame disposed in a form that surrounds a side surface of the acoustic diaphragm; and a weight disposed above the acoustic diaphragm or above and below the acoustic diaphragm on which the piezoelectric device is disposed to thereby control a vibration.

Claims

1. A piezoelectric speaker, comprising:

a piezoelectric device including a piezoelectric layer and one or more electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric layer or on and below the piezoelectric layer to apply an electrical signal to the piezoelectric layer;

an acoustic diaphragm having a wider area than the piezoelectric device and disposed below the piezoelectric device;

a frame disposed in a form that surrounds a side surface of the acoustic diaphragm;

one or more upper weights disposed above the acoustic diaphragm on which the piezoelectric device is disposed; and

one or more lower weights disposed below the acoustic diaphragm on which the piezoelectric device is disposed,

wherein the one or more lower weights are disposed not to overlap a position of the one or more upper weights lengthwise,

wherein the acoustic diaphragm includes a stacked structure of a first acoustic diaphragm and a second acoustic diaphragm, and

wherein the first acoustic diaphragm is flexible and attached to the frame and has a young'"'"'s modulus lower than the second acoustic diaphragm, and the second acoustic diaphragm is rigid and disposed on the first acoustic diaphragm.

2. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein an upper weight is disposed along a central portion of the acoustic diaphragm in a long shaft direction of the acoustic diaphragm.

3. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 2, wherein the one or more lower weights are positioned to be in parallel on a lower left side and a lower right side of a rear surface of the acoustic diaphragm with respect to the central portion.

4. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the one or more upper weights and the one or more lower weights have a width of greater than or equal to ¼

of a short shaft length of the acoustic diaphragm and have a length shorter than a long shaft length of the acoustic diaphragm.

5. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein a material of the piezoelectric layer comprises any one of PZT, PMN-PT, PZN-PT, PIN-PT, PYN-PT, PVDF, PVDF-TrFE, BNT (BaNiTiO₃), and BZT-BCT.

6. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the piezoelectric layer is disposed on the acoustic diaphragm in an inclined structure or an asymmetric structure in order to prevent a standing wave from being formed.

8. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the first acoustic diaphragm comprises any one of rubber, silicone, and urethane.

9. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the second acoustic diaphragm comprises any one of plastic, metal, carbon nano tube (CNT), and graphene.

11. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the first acoustic diaphragm and the second acoustic diaphragm are stacked using one of bonding, coating, and depositing.

12. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the first acoustic diaphragm has a relatively wide area compared to the second acoustic diaphragm and is fixed to the frame, and the second acoustic diaphragm is spaced apart from the frame.

13. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 12, wherein a wrinkle is formed in a predetermined area of the first acoustic diaphragm in which the second acoustic diaphragm is absent to thereby add a flexibility.

14. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the frame is configured in an enclosure form that blocks sound irradiation from a rear of the acoustic diaphragm, and is spaced apart from a bottom surface of the acoustic diaphragm to thereby form a predetermined space.

15. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 14, further comprising:

a protective cap housing a front surface of the piezoelectric speaker and having a plurality of sound holes formed in the front surface of the protective cap.

7. A piezoelectric speaker, comprising:

a piezoelectric device including a piezoelectric layer and one or more electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric layer or on and below the piezoelectric layer to apply an electrical signal to the piezoelectric layer;

an acoustic diaphragm having a wider area than the piezoelectric device and disposed below the piezoelectric device;

a frame disposed in a form that surrounds a side surface of the acoustic diaphragm;

one or more upper weights disposed above the acoustic diaphragm; and

one or more lower weights disposed below the acoustic diaphragm,

wherein the one or more lower weights are disposed not to overlap a position of the one or more upper weights lengthwise,

wherein the acoustic diaphragm includes a stacked structure of a first acoustic diaphragm and a second acoustic diaphragm,

wherein the first acoustic diaphragm is flexible and attached to the frame and has a young'"'"'s modulus lower than the second acoustic diaphragm, and the second acoustic diaphragm is rigid and disposed on the first acoustic diaphragm, and

wherein the acoustic diaphragm includes a nano-composite material that is formed by synthesizing a polymer and a nano structure material.

10. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 7, wherein the nano structure material includes CNT or graphene.

19. The piezoelectric speaker of claim 7, wherein the piezoelectric layer is disposed on the acoustic diaphragm in an inclined structure or an asymmetric structure in order to prevent a standing wave from being formed.

16. A method of producing a piezoelectric speaker, the method comprising:

forming a piezoelectric device;

forming an acoustic diaphragm;

bonding the piezoelectric device on the acoustic diaphragm using a high elastic damping material;

disposing one or more upper weights of a flexible material above the acoustic diaphragm on which the piezoelectric device is bonded along a central portion of the acoustic diaphragm in a long shaft direction of the acoustic diaphragm;

disposing one or more lower weights below the acoustic diaphragm on which the piezoelectric device is disposed; and

disposing a frame in a form that surrounds a side surface of the acoustic diaphragm,

wherein the one or more lower weights are disposed not to overlap a position of the one or more upper weights lengthwise,

wherein forming the acoustic diaphragm includes;

forming a first acoustic diaphragm that is flexible; and

forming a second acoustic diaphragm on the first acoustic diaphragm, the second acoustic diaphragm being rigid, wherein the first acoustic diaphragm has a young'"'"'s modulus lower than the second acoustic diaphragm, and

wherein the first acoustic diaphragm is attached to the frame.

17. The method of claim 16,

wherein the one or more lower weights are disposed to be in parallel on a lower left side and a lower right side of a rear surface of the acoustic diaphragm with respect to the central portion.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the one or more upper weights and the one or more lower weights have a width of greater than or equal to ¼

of a short shaft length of the acoustic diaphragm, and have a length shorter than a long shaft length of the acoustic diaphragm.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein bonding the piezoelectric device on the acoustic diaphragm comprises disposing the piezoelectric layer on the acoustic diaphragm in an inclined structure or an asymmetric structure in order to prevent a standing wave from being formed.