A compact, high capacity pump for pumping fluid. A first one-way valve is
between an inlet port and the pump's fluid chamber. A second one-way
valve is between the pump's fluid chamber and an outlet port. A diaphragm
separates a piezoelectric stack from the fluid chamber. A power source
provides power to the piezoelectric stack causing it to expand and
contract. The expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric stack causes
fluid to be pumped from the inlet port to the fluid chamber through the
first one-way valve and causes fluid to be pumped from the fluid chamber
to the outlet port through the second one-way valve. In one preferred
embodiment, both one-way valves are disc valves. In another preferred
embodiment both one-way valves are MEMS valves.