摘要:
There is provided a liquid ejecting head in which a surface layer of a vibration plate at the side of a flow path formation substrate is formed by an insulating film made of zirconium oxide and a protection film made of a material which is resistant to liquid is provided on a surface of the flow path formation substrate so as to cover wall surfaces of liquid flow paths.
摘要:
A liquid-ejecting apparatus according to which targeted good characteristics can be obtained, and moreover the scope for material selection can be broadened is provided. The liquid-ejecting apparatus contracts a pressure chamber and thus ejects liquid through application of voltage to a piezoelectric body, and is such that the driving waveform applied to the piezoelectric body during the liquid ejecting operation comprises a high potential period (a2) in which a voltage exhibiting an electric field strength exceeding the coercive electric field of the piezoelectric body is applied, and a reverse potential period (a6) in which a voltage such that the potential becomes of the opposite polarity to the polarity in the high potential period or the potential becomes zero is applied.
摘要:
There are provided a liquid-jet head which can reliably prevent breakage of piezoelectric elements over a long period of time, and a method for manufacturing the liquid-jet head, as well as a liquid-jet apparatus. Further, there are provided a liquid-jet head which can effectively prevent a drop in the amount of displacement of a vibration plate caused through drive of a piezoelectric element, and a method for manufacturing the liquid-jet head, as well as a liquid-jet apparatus. A liquid-jet head includes a channel substrate 10 which has pressure generation chambers 12 formed therein and communicating nozzle orifices for discharging liquid droplets, and piezoelectric elements 300 each of which is composed of a lower electrode 60, a piezoelectric layer 70, and an upper electrode 80 and which are disposed on one surface of the channel substrate 10 via a vibration plate, wherein at least pattern regions of the respective layers which constitute the piezoelectric elements 300 are covered with an insulating film 100 formed of an inorganic insulating material.
摘要:
To provide an ink jet recording head with a decreased initial deflection amount of a diaphragm and an ink jet recorder comprising the ink jet recording head. An ink jet recording head which has a flow passage formation substrate 10 where pressure generation chambers 12 communicating with nozzle openings are defined and a piezoelectric element being placed on one side of the flow passage formation substrate 10 via a diaphragm and having at least a lower electrode 60, a piezoelectric layer 70, and an upper electrode 80, characterized in that at least one of layers deposited together with the piezoelectric layer 70 is a compression film 50 having a compressive stress and the compression film 50 has at least a part in a thickness direction removed in at least a part of an area opposed to the pressure generation chamber, whereby the stress of the whole film is decreased.
摘要:
An ink jet recording head includes at least a row of nozzle aperture; a passage formed substrate having partitions forming at least a row of pressure generating chambers, each communicating the respective nozzle aperture; a diaphragm forming a part of the pressure generating chambers and at least an upper surface of which serves as a lower electrode; a piezoelectric vibrator including, a piezoelectric active part having a piezoelectric layer formed on the surface of the diaphragm, and an upper electrode formed on the surface of said piezoelectric layer and formed in an area opposite to said pressure generating chamber; and a backing member joined to the side of the piezoelectric layer and having partitioning walls forming a concave portion being space to extent that a movement of the piezoelectric active part is not prevented, and fixed to the passage formed substrate such that each partitioning wall is opposite to the partition of the passage formed substrate.
摘要:
An ink jet recording head is provided with a piezoelectric vibrator. The piezoelectric vibrator includes a diaphragm and a piezoelectric active part. The diaphragm includes a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle aperture, at least the upper surface of which acts as a lower electrode. The piezoelectric active part includes a piezoelectric film formed on the surface of the diaphragm and an upper electrode formed on the surface of the piezoelectric film, formed in an area opposite to the pressure generating chamber. A cap member is bonded on one side of the piezoelectric film for sealing a space with a holder to the extent that the motion is secured. The piezoelectric active part is cut off from the outside of the head by sealing dry fluid in the space of the cap member.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes depositing a lower electrode film on a passage forming substrate and patterning the lower electrode film into a predetermined pattern, forming a piezoelectric layer on the passage forming substrate, forming an intermediate film made of a conductive material on the piezoelectric layer, forming a protective film on the intermediate film and, using the protective film as a mask, patterning by etching the piezoelectric layer together with the intermediate film into a predetermined pattern, peeling off the protective film, and depositing an upper electrode film on the passage forming substrate and patterning the upper electrode film into a predetermined pattern.
摘要:
A liquid droplet discharging head includes a pressure chamber substrate having a pressure chamber in communication with a nozzle hole. The pressure chamber has compartments adjacent to one another in a first direction. A vibrating plate has a first surface for covering the pressure chamber and a second, opposite, surface. The vibrating plate has a first area surface as a part of the first surface, the first area surface covering the pressure chamber in a view in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and is normal to the first surface. A first conductive layer is formed at a plurality of areas to cover, in a view in the second direction.
摘要:
A lower electrode 60 in a region opposite each of pressure generation chambers 12 is formed to have a width smaller than the width of the corresponding pressure generation chamber 12, and an upper surface and an end surface of the lower electrode 60 in a region corresponding to each of the pressure generation chambers 12 is covered with a piezoelectric material layer 70. An end surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 forms a slope surface sloping downward toward the outside, an upper surface and an end surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 in the region opposite each of the pressure generation chambers 12 are covered with an upper electrode 80, and a distance D1 between the upper surface of the lower electrode 60 and the upper surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 and a distance D2 between the end surface of the lower electrode 60 and the end surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 satisfy the relationship D2≧D1.
摘要:
A liquid ejecting head includes a flow passage substrate having a pressure generation chamber in communication with a nozzle opening. A piezoelectric element includes first and second electrode and a piezoelectric substance layer and is positioned over one surface of the flow passage substrate. The piezoelectric element is deformed to form a convex toward the pressure generation chamber when the piezoelectric element is driven. A protection film formed from an inorganic material covers the piezoelectric element and has an opening through which an upper surface of the second electrode is exposed. An end of the opening in the protection film viewed in a direction of the length of the pressure generation chamber is located closer to the center than is an area at which the center of curvature of a curve of the piezoelectric element that forms near a wall around the pressure generation chamber during deformation operation.