摘要:
An ink-jet printing head and an ink-jet printing apparatus using the same, the ink-jet head comprising a piezoelectric element, a vibrating plate constituting a part of a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle aperture, a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode, wherein said vibrating plate in an area opposite to the vicinity of at least one end in the longitudinal direction of a piezoelectric active part which is an area in which said piezoelectric layer substantially drives said vibrating plate is convex on the reverse side to said piezoelectric element.
摘要:
A liquid ejecting head that includes a fluid channel formation substrate and pressure generation units. The fluid channel formation substrate is made of a silicon single crystal substrate having a crystal face orientation of. The fluid channel formation substrate has a plurality of separate flow channels that include at least pressure generation chambers demarcated by partition walls, each of the pressure generation chambers being in communication with a nozzle opening that ejects liquid drops. The fluid channel formation substrate further has a communication portion that is in communication with each of the separate flow channels. The pressure generation units are provided so as to correspond to the pressure generation chambers and generate a pressure change in the pressure generation chambers so as to cause ejection of liquid drops.
摘要:
An ink jet recording head comprising: a nozzle orifice for jetting ink; an ink chamber communicating with the nozzle; a diaphragm for pressurizing ink in the ink chamber; a piezoelectric thin film on the diaphragm; and an electrode for the piezoelectric thin film wherein the piezoelectric thin film and the electrode are patterned to the same shape.
摘要:
An ink jet recording head comprising: a nozzle orifice for jetting ink; an ink chamber communicating with the nozzle; a diaphragm for pressurizing ink in the ink chamber; a piezoelectric thin film on the diaphragm; and an electrode for the piezoelectric thin film wherein the piezoelectric thin film and the electrode are patterned to the same shape.
摘要:
A manufacturing method of an ink-jet recording head for improving relative positional accuracy between a piezoelectric element and a pressure generating chamber to improve ink ejection characteristics and stability thereof. The manufacturing method includes the steps of: forming a passage-forming layer on a passage-forming substrate and imparting etching selectivity to a region that will be a space portion of the passage-forming layer; forming a vibration plate on the passage-forming layer and a piezoelectric element; performing anisotropic etching on the passage-forming substrate to form a penetrated portion at least to a region that will be the space portion, etching the passage-forming layer to form the space portion, and forming a pressure generating chamber opposite the space portion; and joining a nozzle plate to the passage-forming substrate.
摘要:
A method of forming an ink jet recording head having a passage forming substrate made of a silicon monocrystalline substrate, having pressure generating chambers communicating with nozzle orifices, and having piezoelectric elements. Grooves, extending in the longitudinal direction, are formed on both sides of a region where the pressure generating chamber is to be formed in a surface of the passage forming substrate. Etching stop layers are provided to restrict the etching of the passage forming substrate. Pressure generating chambers are formed by etching out at least a vibration plate side of the passage forming substrate by an etching process so that the etching stop layers are exposed. Piezoelectric elements are formed by successively laminating a lower electrode, piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode on the passage forming substrate.
摘要:
Provided is an ink-jet recording head that prevents a vibration plate thereof from damage attributed to drive of a piezoelectric element, and an ink-jet recording apparatus. There are provided within a region facing the pressure generating chamber, a piezoelectric active portion, and a piezoelectric non-active portions, the piezoelectric non-active portions being provided on both end portions of the piezoelectric active portion in a longitudinal direction thereof. An electrode wiring is drawn out of an upper electrode which is provided on one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the pressure generating chamber. There is also provided a protection layer on the other end portion in the longitudinal direction of the pressure generating chamber for protecting the vibration plate. Rigidity of the vibration plate is thereby increased.
摘要:
Disclosed is an ink-jet recording head improving relative positional accuracy between a piezoelectric element and a pressure generating chamber to improve ink ejection characteristics and stability thereof, capable of arraying pressure generating chambers in high density, and reducing cross talk between the pressure generating chambers. Moreover, disclosed are a manufacturing method of the same and an ink-jet recording apparatus having the ink-jet recording head built therein. The ink-jet recording head comprises: a passage-forming substrate 10 having a pressure generating chamber 11 formed therein, which communicates with a nozzle orifice; and a piezoelectric element 300 formed of a thin film and by a lithography method in a region corresponding to the pressure generating chamber 11 via a vibration plate constituting a portion of the pressure generating chamber 11. The ink-jet recording head is characterized in that a space portion 41 communicating with the pressure generating chamber 11 and having at least one surface constituted of the vibration plate is provided in the region between the passage-forming substrate 10 and the vibrating plate, the region being opposite the pressure generating chamber 11, and at least a width of the pressure generating chamber 11 close to the space portion 41, is set to be equal to a width of the space portion 41 or less, thus relative positional accuracy between the pressure generating chamber 11 and the piezoelectric element 300 is improved.
摘要:
The present invention provides a thin piezoelectric film having a high piezoelectric strain constant and a good adhesion with a lower electrode which can be produced without being cracked. The present invention also provides an ink jet recording head comprising this thin piezoelectric film as a vibrator. The thin piezoelectric film element of the present invention comprises a PZT film 14 made of a polycrystalline substance, and an upper electrode 16 and a lower electrode 12 arranged with the PZT film interposed therebetween. The grain boundary of the crystalline constituting the PZT film is present almost perpendicular to the surface of the electrode. Further, the orientation of the crystalline constituting the PZT film is controlled to a desired range.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an ink-jet recording head and an ink-jet recording device wherein peeling, a crack etc. at the end of a piezoelectric active part can be prevented. In an ink-jet recording head provided with a diaphragm constituting a part of a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle aperture and a piezoelectric element formed on the diaphragm and provided with the piezoelectric active part of the piezoelectric element in an area opposite to the pressure generating chamber, a vibration regulating part for partially regulating vibration at least in a part of the diaphragm in the vicinity of a boundary with the peripheral wall of the pressure generating chamber is provided.