PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, ULTRASONIC SENSOR, LIQUID DISCHARGING HEAD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT

摘要

A supporting film (52) is provided on an opening (51A) and a wall portion (51B) of a substrate (51), a piezoelectric film (54) is provided on a first region (521) of the supporting film (52) corresponding to the opening (51A) and a second region (522) of the supporting film (52) corresponding to the wall portion (51B), and the thickness (t2) of the piezoelectric film (54) provided on the second region (522) of the supporting film (52) is smaller than the thickness (t1) of the piezoelectric film (54) provided on the first region (521) of the supporting film (52). Therefore, vibration in the region (541) of the piezoelectric film (54) that is provided for vibration is large, and vibration in the region (542) of the piezoelectric film (54) that is not provided for vibration is small, which leads to alleviation of the disadvantage such as loss of vibration characteristics of a piezoelectric element (5).