A piezoelectric speaker improved in acoustic features by weight reduction of a
diaphragm of the piezoelectric speaker without decreasing stiffness of the diaphragm
or a coefficient of thermal expansion of surfaces of the piezoelectric speaker
is provided. The diaphragm having placed thereon a piezoelectric element is made
of a sandwich-laminate clad material using different materials. For example, surface
materials made of 42 alloy each having a thickness of 10 m and a core material
made of aluminium having a thickness of 30 m form a clad material having
a thickness of 50 m. The formed clad material is processed into an arbitrary
shape to form the diaphragm of the piezoelectric speaker. With this diaphragm,
it is possible to keep the stiffness and the coefficient of thermal expansion of
the 42-alloy diaphragm having the thickness of 50 m, and also achieve weight
reduction by approximately 40%.