Patent ID: 7007355

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive device including a pair of thin plates confronting each other, a fixing member supporting the thin plates thereon, and movable portions disposed on end portions of the pair of thin plates, comprising the steps of: forming protrusions which will subsequently serve as the movable portions on principal surfaces of first ceramic green sheets which will subsequently serve as the thin plates, according to at least a single thick film forming process; stacking said first ceramic green sheets and a second ceramic green sheet which will subsequently serve as the fixing member, into a ceramic green laminated body; baking said ceramic green laminated body into an integral ceramic laminated body; and forming piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements on said ceramic laminated body, baking said piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements and removing unnecessary portions therefrom to fabricate the piezoelectric/electrostrictive device.