Patent ID: 8258677

Claim:
A piezoelectric component, comprising: at least one stacked piezoelectric element which, in the stack direction, has at least one electrode layer of electrode material, at least one additional electrode layer of additional electrode material and at least one piezoelectric layer of piezoelectric material and arranged between the electrode layers; the electrode layer extending to lateral surface segments on each side of the stacked piezoelectric element; at least one contacting field of contacting field material being attached to the surface segment for electrical contacting of the electrode layer along an entirety of a length of the contacting field and being exposed on an outside of the component, at least one electrical insulation path of electrical insulation material being attached to the surface segment on the contacting field and/or on the electrode layer with the contacting field being uncovered by the insulation material; and at least one electrical contacting path of contacting path material being arranged on the insulation path with the contacting path and the electrode layer indirectly connected to one another in an electrically conductive fashion by way of the contacting field, and the contacting path and the additional electrode layer are electrically insulated from one another.