Electronic Components Business
Ceramic Microactuators
What are Piezoceramics ?
Features of Piezoceramics
- Low power consumption
- Compact dimensions
- High speed
- Powerful
Piezoceramics have broad applications in the automotive, electronics (e.g., televisions, PCs, digital cameras, mobile phones) and medical fields, among others. Based on high-performance materials and superior production techniques, NGK provides unique, high-quality piezoceramic actuators.
Technology
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Materials
Optimizing composition and microstructure to achieve high-performance piezoelectric materials
Examples of materials and parameters:
Soft PZT: piezoelectric coefficient d33 = 400~640 pm/V
Hard PZT: mechanical quality factor Qm = 2200~2500 -
Manufacturing technologies
NGK provides high-performance actuators via tape casting, screen printing, and tape lamination techniques. Using high-precision molding techniques, NGK also produces precise three-dimensional microscopic ceramic structures.
Product lineup
Applications
Inkjet printers
- Micropumps
Fuel cells
- Micropumps
Other
- Optical switches
- RF switches
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Medical ultrasonic transducers
- Acoustic components
Digital cameras
- Autofocus mechanisms
- Zooming mechanisms
- Optical image stabilizer
Electronic device cooling mechanisms
- Blast fans
HDDs
- Dual-stage actuators
Semiconductor production equipment
- Micropositioners
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