Comb structure for a disk drive suspension piezoelectric microactuator operating in the D33 mode, and method of manufacturing the same

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PATENT NO 9431041
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14619946

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A microactuator assembly is formed by depositing PZT material over electrode gaps, the electrode gaps being defined by the spaces between interleaved fingers of metal that define alternating plus and minus electrodes. The PZT material is hardened and poled. The PZT material may be deposited and poled either as isolated islands of PZT material across respective electrode gaps, or as a continuous sheet of PZT material with localized areas of that material being poled and then activated. The individual PZT elements are arranged such that successive PZT elements extend in the same direction as across the electrode gaps. The resulting microactuator assembly acts in the d33 direction of the PZT elements. The electrodes have raised or recessed features such as ribs or castellations, with the PZT material mating with those features, thus anchoring the PZT material to the electrodes.

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MAGNECOMP CORPORATION29970 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE SUITE 216C MURRIETA CA 92563

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Dunn, Christopher Austin, US 32 542
Ee, Kuen Chee Chino, US 106 721
Hahn, Peter Wildomar, US 104 841
Schreiber, Christopher Nonthabury, TH 15 314

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