The present invention relates to a piezoelectric composition and a piezoelectric element having thereof.
The piezoelectric composition has, based on a spontaneous polarization due to bias of an electric charge in crystals, an effect (a piezoelectric effect) of generating electric charge on the surface due to receiving an external stress and an effect (a converse piezoelectric effect) of generating distortion due to an application of an external electric field.
Piezoelectric elements to which such piezoelectric compositions, capable of mutually converting mechanical displacement and electrical displacement, are applied are widely used in various fields. For example, an actuator as the piezoelectric element utilizing the converse piezoelectric effect, in relative to an applied voltage, can provide a minute displacement with a high precision and has a fast response speed. Therefore, the actuator can be used for driving e.g. an optical system component, an HDD head, an ink jet printer head, and a fuel injection valve.
It is also used as a sensor for reading a minute force or deformation amount using the piezoelectric effect. Furthermore, since the piezoelectric composition has an excellent responsiveness, resonance can also be caused by exciting the piezoelectric composition itself or an elastic body that is connected with the piezoelectric composition by applying an AC electric field. Therefore, it is also used as a piezoelectric transformer, an ultrasonic motor, etc.