公开(公告)号：US06543884B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-08

申请号：US09384814

申请日：1999-08-27

申请人： Naoto A. Kawamura ,  Colin C. Davis ,  Timothy L. Weber ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  John Paul Harmon ,  David R. Thomas

发明人： Naoto A. Kawamura ,  Colin C. Davis ,  Timothy L. Weber ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  John Paul Harmon ,  David R. Thomas

IPC分类号： B41J205

CPC分类号： B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/1408 ,  B41J2/14129 ,  B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1626 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1629 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/1635 ,  B41J2/1639 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2/1646 ,  B41J2002/14387 ,  B41J2002/14467 ,  B41J2202/03

摘要： Described herein is a monolithic printhead formed using integrated circuit techniques. Thin film layers, including ink ejection elements, are formed on a top surface of a silicon substrate. The various layers are etched to provide conductive leads to the ink ejection elements. At least one ink feed hole is formed through the thin film layers for each ink ejection chamber. A trench is etched in the bottom surface of the substrate so that ink can flow into the trench and into each ink ejection chamber through the ink feed holes formed in the thin film layers. An orifice layer is formed on the top surface of the thin film layers to define the nozzles and ink ejection chambers. A phosphosilicate glass (PSG) layer, providing an insulation layer beneath the resistive layers, is etched back from the ink feed holes and is protected by a passivation layer to prevent the ink from interacting with the PSG layer. Other layers may also be protected from the ink by being etched back.

摘要翻译： 这里描述的是使用集成电路技术形成的单片打印头。 在硅衬底的顶表面上形成包括喷墨元件的薄膜层。 蚀刻各层以向墨喷射元件提供导电引线。 通过每个喷墨室的薄膜层形成至少一个供墨孔。 在衬底的底表面中蚀刻沟槽，使得油墨可以通过形成在薄膜层中的供墨孔流入沟槽并进入每个喷墨室。 在薄膜层的顶表面上形成孔层以限定喷嘴和喷墨室。 在电阻层下面提供绝缘层的磷硅酸盐玻璃（PSG）层从供墨孔中回蚀刻并被钝化层保护，以防止墨水与PSG层相互作用。 其他层也可以通过被回蚀而被保护而不被墨水保护。

公开(公告)号：US06517735B2

公开(公告)日：2003-02-11

申请号：US09811052

申请日：2001-03-15

申请人： Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Charles C. Haluzak ,  David R. Thomas ,  Colby Van Vooren

发明人： Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Charles C. Haluzak ,  David R. Thomas ,  Colby Van Vooren

IPC分类号： H01L2100

CPC分类号： B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1629 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1635 ,  B41J2/1639 ,  Y10T29/49346

摘要： A monolithic inkjet printhead formed using integrated circuit techniques is described. A silicon substrate has formed on its top surface a thin polysilicon layer in the area in which a trench is to be later formed in the substrate. The edges of the polysilicon layer align with the intended placement of ink feed holes leading into ink ejection chambers. Thin film layers, including a resistive layer, are formed on the top surface of the silicon substrate and over the polysilicon layer. An orifice layer is formed on the top surface of the thin film layers to define the nozzles and ink ejection chambers. A trench mask is formed on the bottom surface of the substrate. A trench is etched (using, for example, TMAH) through the exposed bottom surface of the substrate and to the polysilicon layer. The etching of the polysilicon layer exposes fast etch planes of the silicon. The TMAH then rapidly etches the silicon substrate along the etch planes, thus aligning the edges of the trench with the polysilicon. A wet etch is then performed using a buffered oxide etch (BOE) solution. The BOE will completely etch through the exposed thin film layers on the topside and underside of the substrate, forming ink feed holes through the thin film layers. The trench is now aligned with the ink feed holes due to the polysilicon layer.

公开(公告)号：US6017117A

公开(公告)日：2000-01-25

申请号：US550698

申请日：1995-10-31

申请人： Paul H. McClelland ,  Kenneth E. Trueba

发明人： Paul H. McClelland ,  Kenneth E. Trueba

IPC分类号： B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/18

CPC分类号： B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/14145 ,  B41J2/17596

摘要： A printhead for an inkjet printer employs an integral pump disposed in an ink feed channel, input well, or output well to circulate ink to the ink expulsion chambers in the printhead.

摘要翻译： 用于喷墨打印机的打印头使用设置在供墨通道，输入井或输出井中的整体泵，以将墨水循环到打印头中的墨水排出室。

公开(公告)号：US5988786A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-23

申请号：US885217

申请日：1997-06-30

申请人： David J. Waller ,  Timothy L. Weber ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Hai Q. Tran

发明人： David J. Waller ,  Timothy L. Weber ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Hai Q. Tran

IPC分类号： B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/16 ,  B41J2/015

CPC分类号： B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/14016 ,  B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1634

摘要： An orifice membrane is provided an articulation parallel to the rows of orifices and between the area of the orifice membrane secured to the cartridge body and the area of the orifice membrane secured to the barrier layer of the heater resistor substrate. The reduced stress at the orifices reduces the distortion of the bore axis of the orifices.

摘要翻译： 孔口隔膜提供有平行于孔排的关节以及固定到药筒体的孔膜的区域和固定到加热电阻基底的阻挡层的孔膜的区域。 孔口处的减小的应力减小了孔的孔轴线的变形。

公开(公告)号：US5648805A

公开(公告)日：1997-07-15

申请号：US319896

申请日：1994-10-06

申请人： Brian J. Keefe ,  May Fong Ho ,  Kenneth J. Courian ,  Steven W. Steinfield ,  Winthrop D. Childers ,  Ellen R. Tappon ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Terri I. Chapman ,  William R. Knight ,  Jules G. Moritz

发明人： Brian J. Keefe ,  May Fong Ho ,  Kenneth J. Courian ,  Steven W. Steinfield ,  Winthrop D. Childers ,  Ellen R. Tappon ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Terri I. Chapman ,  William R. Knight ,  Jules G. Moritz

IPC分类号： B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/05 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/16 ,  G01D15/18

CPC分类号： B41J2/04511 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/04546 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/14024 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/14129 ,  B41J2/14145 ,  B41J2/14201 ,  B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1626 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/1635 ,  B41J2/1643 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17526 ,  B41J2/1753 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2002/14387 ,  B41J2202/13

摘要： An improved ink flow path between an ink reservoir and ink ejection chambers in an inkjet printhead is disclosed along with a preferred printhead architecture. In the preferred embodiment, a barrier layer containing ink channels and firing chambers is located between a rectangular substrate and a nozzle member containing an array of orifices. The substrate contains two spaced apart arrays of ink ejection elements, and each orifice in the nozzle member is associated with a firing chamber and ink ejection element. The ink channels in the barrier layer have ink entrances generally running along two opposite edges of the substrate so that ink flowing around the edges of the substrate gain access to the ink channels and to the firing chambers. High speed printing capability with a firing frequency up to 12 KHz is accomplished by offsetting neighboring ink ejection elements from each other in each primitive grouping in the linear array, combining short shelf length with damped ink inlet channels, and then firing only one ink ejection element at a time in each primitive grouping thereby minimizing undesirable interference such as fluidic crosstalk between closely adjacent ink firing chambers. High resolution printing capability for at least 600 dots-per-inch by the printhead as a whole is accomplished by densely positioning the ink ejection elements in each linear array of ink ejection elements.

摘要翻译： 公开了喷墨打印头中的墨水储存器和墨水喷射室之间改进的油墨流动路径以及优选的打印头结构。 在优选实施例中，包含油墨通道和燃烧室的阻挡层位于矩形基板和包含孔阵列的喷嘴构件之间。 衬底包含两个间隔开的喷墨元件的阵列，并且喷嘴构件中的每个孔与烧制室和喷墨元件相关联。 阻挡层中的墨水通道具有通常沿着基底的两个相对边缘延伸的墨入口，使得围绕基底的边缘流动的墨水进入墨水通道和喷射室。 具有高达12KHz的发射频率的高速打印能力通过在线性阵列中的每个基元组中相邻的墨水喷射元件相互抵消来实现，将短搁架长度与阻尼墨水入口通道组合，然后仅仅喷射一个墨水喷射元件 在每个原始分组中的时间，从而最小化不期望的干扰，例如在紧密相邻的油墨喷射室之间的流体串扰。 通过打印头作为整体，每英寸至少600点的高分辨率打印能力通过将喷墨元件密集地定位在喷墨元件的每个线性阵列中来实现。

公开(公告)号：US5648804A

公开(公告)日：1997-07-15

申请号：US319405

申请日：1994-10-06

申请人： Brian J. Keefe ,  Steven W. Steinfield ,  Winthrop D. Childers ,  Paul H. McClelland ,  Kenneth E. Trueba

发明人： Brian J. Keefe ,  Steven W. Steinfield ,  Winthrop D. Childers ,  Paul H. McClelland ,  Kenneth E. Trueba

IPC分类号： B41J2/05 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/16 ,  B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/04546 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/14024 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/14129 ,  B41J2/14145 ,  B41J2/14201 ,  B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1626 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/1635 ,  B41J2/1643 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17526 ,  B41J2/1753 ,  B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2002/14387 ,  B41J2202/13

摘要： An inkjet printhead includes a compact substrate having a pair of elongated edge portions for ink channel architecture, a central interior for substrate circuitry, and a pair of truncated end portions for mounting and for electrical interconnects. The ink channel architecture includes a plurality of ink vaporization chambers each having a firing resistor therein, as well as ink feed channels communicating through an ink passage from an underside of the substrate around both edges of the substrate to the vaporization chambers. The central interior portion excludes any ink channel architecture thereby enhancing the structural stability

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印头包括具有用于油墨通道结构的一对细长边缘部分，用于基板电路的中心内部和用于安装和用于电互连的一对截头端部的紧凑基板。 油墨通道结构包括多个油墨蒸发室，每个油墨室均具有一个焙烧电阻，以及通过油墨通道连通的油墨供给通道，该油墨通道沿着基板的两个边缘周围的底部朝向蒸发室。 中央内部部分不包括任何墨水通道结构，从而提高结构稳定性

公开(公告)号：US5619236A

公开(公告)日：1997-04-08

申请号：US648471

申请日：1996-05-15

申请人： Brian J. Keefe ,  May F. Ho ,  Kenneth J. Courian ,  Steven W. Steinfield ,  Winthrop D. Childers ,  Ellen R. Tappon ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Terri I. Chapman ,  William R. Knight ,  Jules G. Moritz, III

发明人： Brian J. Keefe ,  May F. Ho ,  Kenneth J. Courian ,  Steven W. Steinfield ,  Winthrop D. Childers ,  Ellen R. Tappon ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Terri I. Chapman ,  William R. Knight ,  Jules G. Moritz, III

IPC分类号： B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/05 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/16 ,  G01D15/18

CPC分类号： B41J2/14024 ,  B41J2/04511 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/04546 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/14129 ,  B41J2/14145 ,  B41J2/14201 ,  B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1625 ,  B41J2/1626 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/1635 ,  B41J2/1643 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17526 ,  B41J2/1753 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2002/14387 ,  B41J2202/13

摘要： Disclosed is an inkjet print cartridge having an ink reservoir; a substrate having a plurality of individual ink firing chambers with an ink firing element in each chamber along a top surface of the substrate and having a first outer edge along a periphery of substrate; the first outer edge being in close proximity to the ink firing chambers. The ink firing chambers are arranged in a first chamber array and a second chamber array and with the firing chambers spaced so as to provide 600 dots per inch printing. An ink channel connects the reservoir with the ink firing chambers, the channel including a primary channel connected at a first end with the reservoir and at a second end to a secondary channel; the primary channel allowing ink to flow from the ink reservoir, around the first outer edge of the substrate to the secondary channel along the top surface of the substrate so as to be proximate to the ink firing chambers. A separate inlet passage for each firing chamber connecting the secondary channel with the firing chamber for allowing high frequency refill of the firing chamber. A group of the firing chambers in adjacent relationship forming a primitive in which only one firing chamber in the primitive is activated at a time. A first circuit on the substrate connects to the firing elements and a second circuit on the cartridge connects to the first circuit for transmitting firing signals to the ink firing elements at a frequency greater than 9 kHz. When operating the print cartridge, the substrate is able to dissipate more heat, since the ink flowing across the back of the substrate and around the edges of the substrate acts to draw heat away from the back of the substrate.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有墨水储存器的喷墨打印墨盒; 基板，具有多个单独的油墨喷射室，沿着所述基板的顶表面在每个室中具有油墨点火元件，并且沿着基板的周边具有第一外边缘; 第一外边缘靠近墨喷射室。 喷墨室布置在第一室阵列和第二室阵列中，并且喷射室间隔开以提供每英寸打印600点。 墨水通道将储存器连接到喷墨室，该通道包括在第一端与储存器连接的第一通道，在第二端连接到次级通道; 主要通道允许墨水从墨水储存器沿着基板的顶表面围绕基板的第一外边缘流动到第二通道，以便靠近墨水喷射室。 用于每个发射室的独立的入口通道，其将次级通道与燃烧室连接，用于允许高频率再充填燃烧室。 一组相邻关系中的发射室形成一个原子，其中原始中仅有一个发射室一次被激活。 基板上的第一电路连接到击发元件，并且盒上的第二电路连接到第一电路，用于以大于9kHz的频率将发射信号传送到喷墨元件。 当操作打印碳粉盒时，由于流经衬底背面和围绕衬底边缘的油墨用于将热量从衬底的背面吸走，所以衬底能够消散更多的热量。

公开(公告)号：US5560837A

公开(公告)日：1996-10-01

申请号：US336405

申请日：1994-11-08

申请人： Kenneth E. Trueba

发明人： Kenneth E. Trueba

IPC分类号： B41J2/16

CPC分类号： B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/162 ,  B41J2/1625 ,  B41J2/1626 ,  B41J2/1632 ,  B41J2/1642 ,  B41J2/1646 ,  Y10T29/49401

摘要： A process for fabricating a thin-film structure using a transparent substrate is disclosed. A first structure, such as a ring having a central pillar, is formed of a conductive material on a surface of the substrate. A photoresist material pillar is formed on top of the conductive material central pillar by exposure through the transparent material. Such structures are useful as mandrel structures in the forming of precision thin-film components such as nozzle plates, mesh filter screens, and the like, for ink-jet pens.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种使用透明基板制造薄膜结构的方法。 诸如具有中心柱的环的第一结构在基板的表面上由导电材料形成。 光致抗蚀剂材料柱通过透明材料的曝光形成在导电材料中心柱的顶部上。 这种结构在形成用于喷墨笔的喷嘴板，筛网筛等的精密薄膜部件的芯棒结构中是有用的。

公开(公告)号：US5417897A

公开(公告)日：1995-05-23

申请号：US308329

申请日：1994-03-19

申请人： Stuart D. Asakawa ,  Paul H. McClelland ,  Ellen R. Tappon ,  Richard R. Vandepoll ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Chien-Hua Chen

发明人： Stuart D. Asakawa ,  Paul H. McClelland ,  Ellen R. Tappon ,  Richard R. Vandepoll ,  Kenneth E. Trueba ,  Chien-Hua Chen

IPC分类号： B41J2/135 ,  B41J2/16 ,  B29C35/08 ,  B29B13/08

CPC分类号： B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/162 ,  B41J2/1631

摘要： A single mask is used to form a tapered nozzle in a polymer nozzle member using laser ablation. In one embodiment of the mask, clear portions of the mask, corresponding to the nozzle pattern to be formed, each incorporate a variable-density dot pattern, where the opaque dots act to partially shield the underlying polymer nozzle member from the laser energy. This partial shielding of the nozzle member under the dot pattern results in the nozzle member being ablated to less of a depth than where there is no shielding. By selecting the proper density of opaque dots around the peripheral portions of the mask openings, the central portion of each nozzle formed in the polymer nozzle member will be completely ablated through, and the peripheral portions of the nozzle will be only partially ablated through. By increasing the density of dots toward the periphery of each mask opening, the resulting nozzle may be formed to have any tapered shape. Other mask patterns are also described.

摘要翻译： 使用单个掩模在使用激光烧蚀的聚合物喷嘴构件中形成锥形喷嘴。 在掩模的一个实施例中，对应于要形成的喷嘴图案的掩模的透明部分各自包含可变密度点图案，其中不透明点用于部分地屏蔽下面的聚合物喷嘴构件与激光能量。 喷嘴构件在点图案下的部分屏蔽导致喷嘴构件被烧蚀到比没有屏蔽的那个深度更小的深度。 通过在掩模开口的周边部分周围选择适当的不透明点密度，形成在聚合物喷嘴构件中的每个喷嘴的中心部分将被完全烧蚀穿过，并且喷嘴的周边部分将仅被部分地烧蚀通过。 通过向每个掩模开口的周边增加点的密度，所得到的喷嘴可以形成为具有任何锥形形状。 还描述了其他掩模图案。

公开(公告)号：US5369428A

公开(公告)日：1994-11-29

申请号：US898872

申请日：1992-06-15

申请人： Robert C. Maze ,  Kenneth E. Trueba

发明人： Robert C. Maze ,  Kenneth E. Trueba

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J2/485 ,  B41J2/505 ,  B41J19/14 ,  B41J19/18 ,  B41M5/00 ,  G06K15/10 ,  B41J2/07

CPC分类号： B41J2/5056 ,  B41J19/142 ,  G06K15/107

摘要： Ink jet print quality is improved and higher pen speed permitted by a bidirectional printing protocol. According to the new protocol, each individual character to be printed is first partitioned into a leading portion and a trailing portion. The trailing portion includes all trailing edge bits. Only the leading portion is printed on a forward pass of the ink jet pen. The trailing portion is printed on a reverse pass of the pen, so that trailing edge ink drops are instead printed as leading edge ink drops. As a result, satellite ink drops are directed toward the center of the character, where they are covered by primary ink drops, thereby minimizing character edge roughness associated with exposed satellite ink drops.

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印质量得到提高，并且双向打印协议允许更高的笔速度。 根据新协议，要打印的每个单独的字符首先被划分为前导部分和后端部分。 尾部包括所有后缘位。 只有前置部分印刷在喷墨笔的正向通行上。 尾部打印在笔的反向通道上，使得后缘墨滴被打印为前缘墨滴。 结果，卫星墨滴指向字符的中心，在那里它们被初级墨滴覆盖，从而最小化与暴露的卫星墨滴相关联的字符边缘粗糙度。