A TRANSDUCER COMPRISING A COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING SUCH A COMPOSITE MATERIAL

摘要

The invention provides a transducer for converting between mechanical and electrical energies. The transducer comprises an EAP laminate with a layer (2) of an elastomer material arranged between two electrode layers, each electrode layer comprising a layer (5) of a plastically deformable material, e.g. metal or a thermoplastic material, and a layer (6) of an electrically conductive material. Due to the layer of plastically deformable material, the electrode layers can be shaped into various shapes which can provide anisotropic characteristics of the transducer.