Patent ID: 8300856

Claim:
A thermoacoustic device comprising: a supporting frame comprising a first beam and a second beam opposite to the first beam; a plurality of first electrodes, each of the first electrodes comprising two opposite ends separately fixed on the first beam and the second beam, each first electrode comprising a first electrical conductor and a first conductive adhesive layer located on the first electrical conductor; a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a staggered formation with the first electrodes, each of the second electrodes comprising two opposite ends separately fixed on the first beam and the second beam, each of the second electrodes comprising a second electrical conductor and a second conductive adhesive layer located on the second electrical conductor; and a sound wave generator comprising a carbon nanotube structure, wherein the sound wave generator is electrically connected to the first electrical conductors and the second electrical conductors via engagement of the first conductive adhesive layers with the carbon nanotube structure, and the second conductive adhesive layers with the carbon nanotube structure, the carbon nanotube structure is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the first electrical conductors and the second electrical conductors.