Patent ID: 7159462

Claim:
An electrostatically oscillated device comprising: a base; an oscillator that is movable relative to the base, wherein the oscillator is oscillatable in a predetermined direction; and first and second driving electrodes that are secured to the base and apply an electrostatic force to the oscillator to make drive oscillation of the oscillator in the predetermined direction, wherein: the first and second driving electrodes are arranged on first and second sides, respectively, of the oscillator, which are opposed to each other in the predetermined direction; and at the time of the drive oscillation of the oscillator, a predetermined electric charge is accumulated in the oscillator, and electric charges of opposite polarities are alternately and periodically accumulated in the first and second driving electrodes, respectively, to exert an attractive force between the oscillator and a corresponding one of the first and second driving electrodes and also to exert a repulsive force between the oscillator and the other one of the first and second driving electrodes.