Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition having high static capacitance and high dielectric constant and satisfying X7R characteristics and a multilayer ceramic capacitor using the same is provided. The dielectric ceramic composition comprises barium titanate as a main component, and comprises magnesium oxide, dysprosium oxide, barium oxide, calcium oxide, and vanadium oxide, as subcomponents, wherein magnesium oxide converted into MgO is 1 to 3 mol, dysprosium oxide converted into Dy2O3 is 1 to 5 mol, total of barium oxide and calcium oxide converted into BaO and CaO, respectively, is 0.1 to 5 mol, and vanadium oxide converted into V2O5 is 0.01 to 0.1 mol, when barium titanate converted into BaTiO3 is 100 mol.

Abstract: In a microactuator device (2) having a cut face formed by cutting or splitting, the cut face is subjected to anti-release treatment for preventing release of particles produced by cutting. The microactuator device may have a multilayer structure including a plurality of piezoelectric elements and a plurality of internal electrodes alternately laminated. In this case, the multilayer structure has the above-mentioned cut face. It is preferable that the microactuator device is mounted between a base plate (3) to be fixed and a support spring (5) for supporting a head (4), and that the microactuator device and portions of the base plate and the support spring which are adjacent to the microactuator device are collectively coated with a coating film.

Abstract: In a microactuator device (2) having a cut face formed by cutting or splitting, the cut face is subjected to anti-release treatment for preventing release of particles produced by cutting. The microactuator device may have a multilayer structure including a plurality of piezoelectric elements and a plurality of internal electrodes alternately laminated. In this case, the multilayer structure has the above-mentioned cut face. It is preferable that the microactuator device is mounted between a base plate (3) to be fixed and a support spring (5) for supporting a head (4), and that the microactuator device and portions of the base plate and the support spring which are adjacent to the microactuator device are collectively coated with a coating film.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition having high static capacitance and high dielectric constant and satisfying X7R characteristics and a multilayer ceramic capacitor using the same is provided. The dielectric ceramic composition comprises barium titanate as a main component, and comprises magnesium oxide, dysprosium oxide, barium oxide, calcium oxide, and vanadium oxide, as subcomponents, wherein magnesium oxide converted into MgO is 1 to 3 mol, dysprosium oxide converted into Dy2O3 is 1 to 5 mol, total of barium oxide and calcium oxide converted into BaO and CaO, respectively, is 0.1 to 5 mol, and vanadium oxide converted into V2O5 is 0.01 to 0.1 mol, when barium titanate converted into BaTiO3 is 100 mol.

Abstract: In a microactuator device (2) having a cut face formed by cutting or splitting, the cut face is subjected to anti-release treatment for preventing release of particles produced by cutting. The microactuator device may has a multilayer structure including a plurality of piezoelectric ceramics elements and a plurality of internal electrodes alternately laminated. In this case, the multilayer structure has the above-mentioned cut face. It is preferable that the microactuator device is mounted between a base plate (3) to be fixed and a support spring (5) for supporting a head (4), wherein the microactuator device and portions of the base plate and the support spring which are adjacent to the microactuator device are collectively coated with a coating film.

Abstract: There are herein disclosed a raw material for a complex perovskite ceramic composition which is intended to uniformly disperse a trace amount of an addition component (manganese) therein, and a process for preparing the ceramic composition.A manganese-containing composite oxide is represented by the general formula (Mn.sub.a MeI.sub.1-a)MeII.sub.b O.sub.c wherein a is a value in the range of 0<a.ltoreq.0.3; MeI is at least one of Mg, Ni and Zn; MeII is one of Nb, Ta and W; when MeII is Nb or Ta, b is 2 and c is 6, or when MeII is W, b is 1 and c is 4. By the use of a raw material containing this manganese-containing complex oxide, there can be prepared an Mn-containing complex perovskite compound composition which contains Mn and at least one of complex perovskite compounds represented by the general formula Pb(BIBII)O.sub.3 wherein BI is one of Mg, Ni and Zn; and BII is one of Nb, Ta and W.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition is herein disclosed which comprises four lead-containing perovskite compounds of (a) lead magnesium tungstate ?Pb(Mg.sub.1/2 W.sub.1/2)O.sub.3 !, (b) lead nickel niobate ?Pb(Ni.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3 !, (c) lead titanate (PbTiO.sub.3) and (d) lead zirconate (PbZrO.sub.3) as main components and which further contains an oxide of a rare earth element; and by adjusting a molar ratio of the components (a) to (d) and an amount of the oxide of the rare earth element in specific ranges, there can be obtained the dielectric ceramic composition suitable for a dielectric substance for a multilayer ceramic capacitor which has a low firing temperature, a high dielectric constant at room temperature and a low change rate of the dielectric constant to temperature.