Patent ID: 6476538
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method for producing a piezoelectric./electrostrictive device comprising:a pair of mutually opposing thin plate sections and a fixation section for supporting said thin plate sections; movable sections provided at forward end portions of said pair of thin plate sections; and one or more piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements arranged on at least one thin plate section of said pair of thin plate sections, said method comprising: a step of forming said movable sections or said fixation section having mutually opposing end surfaces wherein a distance between said end surfaces is not less than a length of said movable section, by cutting off a predetermined part of any one of a portion to be formed into said movable sections or a portion to be formed into said fixation section after producing at least said piezoelectric/electrostrictive element on said thin plate section.