Patent ID: 8471437

Claim:
A piezoelectric component, comprising: an electromechanical transducer comprising two first electrodes and a second electrode arranged between the two first electrodes, the second electrode spaced from the first electrodes by a piezoelectric material, the transducer also comprising a first main side, a second main side opposite from the first main side and a first longitudinal side; and a first contiguous metallization layer on a first partial region of the first main side and on a partial region of the first longitudinal side that is adjacent to the first partial region of the first main side, the partial region of the first longitudinal side spaced from and electrically insulated from a side edge facing the second main side, the first contiguous metallization layer contacting the two first electrodes in an electrically conducting manner; wherein the transducer further comprises a transverse side adjacent the first and second main sides and adjacent the first longitudinal side, the transverse side comprising a third partial region that is adjacent to the first partial region of the first main side, wherein the metallization layer is arranged on the third partial region and contacts the two first electrodes in an electrically conducting manner, the partial region of the transverse side spaced from a side edge facing the second main side.