Abstract: Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric motor. The piezoelectric motor includes a piezoelectric vibrating body, a dummy piezoelectric sheet layer and a contact member. The piezoelectric vibrating body is configured such that piezoelectric sheets on which electrode patterns are printed are stacked on one on another. The dummy piezoelectric sheet layer is provided on the piezoelectric vibrating body. The contact member is provided on the outer surface of the dummy piezoelectric sheet layer. The contact member transmits vibrations generated from the piezoelectric vibrating body to the outside. Therefore, the piezoelectric motor can minimize a problem in which vibration characteristics vary attributable to contact between a contact member and an electrode pattern of a piezoelectric vibrating body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piezoelectric ultrasonic motor driver which can perform self-oscillation, adjust the rotational direction of the motor, and be easy to manufacture. The motor includes a metal body having a desired shape; a plurality of piezoelectric plates attached to surfaces of the metal body, contracted and expanded to rotate the metal body; a self-oscillation unit for oscillating at an electromechanical frequency of the piezoelectric plates an electrical signal; and a delay unit for delaying an oscillation signal of the self-oscillation unit in phase by 90 or ?90 degrees according to a desired rotational direction.