Disclosed is a wearable propulsion device including an upper defining an interior cavity configured to receive a human foot, a sole, one or more piezoelectric elements, and a plurality of plungers. The upper includes a bottom surface. The sole is coupled to that bottom surface. The one or more piezoelectric elements are disposed within the sole and configured to generate energy when the sole contacts a surface. The plurality of plungers is coupled to the piezoelectric elements and are configured to receive the energy therefrom and configured to use the energy to extend, generating a force to propel the sole in a direction with respect to the surface

An optical scanning device includes: a pair of twist beams arranged on both sides of a mirror along a predetermined axis and configured to swing the mirror around the axis; a pair of connection beams connected to the respective twist beams; a piezoelectric sensor formed on the connection beams and configured to detect a displacement of the connection beams caused by a swing of the mirror around the axis; wherein the piezoelectric sensor includes a lower electrode; a piezoelectric thin film stacked on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode stacked on or above the piezoelectric thin film, wherein a bottom surface and a side surface of the piezoelectric thin film form a tilt angle ?, and wherein the tilt angle is greater than 0? and less than or equal to 50?.

A touch display device includes a display panel, a processor and a pressure sensing device and a touch feedback device disposed over the display panel. The pressure sensing device is configured to sense a pressure sensing upon an occurrence of touch, such that the pressure signal may be provided to the processor to generate a feedback signal. The touch feedback device is configured to perform a corresponding feedback operation according to the feedback signal.

The present disclosure discloses an ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer includes an active layer. The active layer includes an array of piezoelectric pillars configured for emitting and receiving ultrasound and an attenuation portion surrounding sidewalls of the piezoelectric pillars and configured for attenuating a part of the ultrasound emitted from the sidewalls of the piezoelectric pillars. The present disclosure also relates to an ultrasonic fingerprint recognition sensor and an electronic device having the ultrasonic transducer.

A flexible device includes a flexible body and a plurality of piezoelectric materials arranged on the flexible body that deform in response to drive signals causing deformation of the flexible body of the flexible device.

A sampling front-end for analog to digital converter is presented that shares a high speed N-bit ADC at front-end and interleaves the pipelined residue amplification with shared amplifier, which achieves high speed, low power and compact area with high density capacitive DAC structure.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a piezoelectric sensor and a haptic feedback apparatus. The piezoelectric sensor includes a base substrate; at least one piezoelectric device located on the base substrate; an organic insulation layer located on one side, facing away from the base substrate, of the piezoelectric device; an inorganic insulation layer located on one side, facing away from the base substrate, of the organic insulation layer, and a wiring layer located on one side, facing away from the base substrate, of the inorganic insulation layer.

An ultrasonic transducer includes: a flexible film; and a piezoelectric element provided on the flexible film. The piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric body and a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode in contact with the piezoelectric body. The first electrode and the second electrode are separated from each other with the piezoelectric body interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and overlapping each other in plan view. The third electrode and the fourth electrode are separated from each other with the piezoelectric body interposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode and overlapping each other in the plan view. The first electrode and the third electrode are separated from each other in the plan view, and the second electrode and the fourth electrode are separated from each other in the plan view.

A piezoelectric driving device includes a first substrate having cleavability, and a piezoelectric element placed above the first substrate, wherein a cleavage direction of the first substrate and a direction in which a shear force is applied do not coincide in a plan view of the first substrate. Further, an angle formed by the cleavage direction of the first substrate and the direction in which the shear force is applied is equal to or larger than 20? in the plan view of the first substrate. Furthermore, the first substrate contains silicon single crystal.

The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. The method includes steps of: etching a plurality of through holes arranged in an array on an insulating substrate to form a frame; filling piezoelectric material into the through holes to form a plurality of piezoelectric posts corresponding to the plurality of through holes. The present disclosure also provides an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. In the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and the manufacturing method of the same according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the frame is formed on the insulating substrate by etching, and the piezoelectric material is filled in the frame to form the piezoelectric posts to form the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. The cost of the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor can be reduced because the etching apparatus is low-cost and the process is simple.