公开(公告)号：US08197030B1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-12

申请号：US12357723

申请日：2009-01-22

申请人： Chien-Hua Chen ,  Timothy L. Weber ,  Sam G. Angelos, Jr.

发明人： Chien-Hua Chen ,  Timothy L. Weber ,  Sam G. Angelos, Jr.

IPC分类号： B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/15

CPC分类号： B41J2/1626 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1632 ,  B41J2/1642 ,  B41J2002/14387 ,  B41J2202/18

摘要： In one embodiment, a fluid ejector structure includes an array of fluid ejector elements; an array of fluid ejection orifices, each orifice in the array positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the fluid ejector elements; and a three dimensional array of interconnected conductors within the orifice and ejector element arrays. In another embodiment an orifice sub-structure for a fluid ejector structure includes: a substrate; an array of orifices in the substrate arranged in rows in an x direction and in columns in a y direction; and a first thin film structure that includes first conductive elements within the orifice array extending in the x direction and in the y direction.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施例中，流体喷射器结构包括流体喷射器元件阵列; 阵列的流体喷射孔，阵列中的每个孔邻近相应的一个流体喷射器元件定位; 以及在孔口和喷射器元件阵列内的互连导体的三维阵列。 在另一个实施例中，用于流体喷射器结构的孔口子结构包括：基底; 所述基板中的孔的阵列沿x方向排成行，并且在y方向上列成列; 以及第一薄膜结构，其包括在所述孔阵列内沿x方向和y方向延伸的第一导电元件。

公开(公告)号：US07204933B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-17

申请号：US11350998

申请日：2006-02-08

申请人： Naoto Kawamura ,  David R Thomas ,  David J Waller ,  Timothy L Weber

发明人： Naoto Kawamura ,  David R Thomas ,  David J Waller ,  Timothy L Weber

IPC分类号： B41J2/04

CPC分类号： B41J2/164 ,  B41J2/14145 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1626 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  Y10T29/49083 ,  Y10T29/49401

摘要： Pillars are formed in a fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead to prevent particles from entering into a nozzle chamber along an ink refill channel. The pillars are formed after a step of applying a thin film structure to a substrate. At one step, pits are etched through the thin film structure. At another step, material for an orifice layer is deposited into the pits. At another step, a firing chamber is etched into the orifice layer. At another step, a trench is etched into the backside of the wafer in the vicinity of the filled pits. The material filling each pit is not removed and remains in place to define the respective pillars. Two or more pillars are formed within the trench for each inkjet nozzle chamber. Alternatively pillars are formed by depositing material into the underside trench and performing photoimaging processes.

摘要翻译： 支柱形成在完全集成的热喷墨打印头中，以防止颗粒沿着墨水填充通道进入喷嘴室。 在将薄膜结构施加到基板上的步骤之后形成柱。 在一个步骤中，通过薄膜结构蚀刻凹坑。 在另一步骤中，用于孔层的材料沉积到凹坑中。 在另一步骤中，将烧制室蚀刻到孔口层中。 在另一步骤中，在填充的凹坑附近，在晶片的背面蚀刻沟槽。 填充每个坑的材料不被去除并保持在适当位置以限定相应的柱。 在每个喷墨喷嘴室的沟槽内形成两个或更多个柱。 或者，通过将材料沉积到下侧沟槽中并进行光成像工艺来形成柱。

公开(公告)号：US06679596B2

公开(公告)日：2004-01-20

申请号：US10194843

申请日：2002-07-11

申请人： Melissa D Boyd ,  Timothy E Beerling ,  Timothy L Weber

发明人： Melissa D Boyd ,  Timothy E Beerling ,  Timothy L Weber

IPC分类号： B41J218

CPC分类号： B41J2/14129 ,  B41J2/14024 ,  B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/14145 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1629 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1632 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/1637 ,  B41J2/1643 ,  B41J2002/14387 ,  B41J2202/18 ,  B41J2202/19 ,  B41J2202/20 ,  B41J2202/21 ,  H01L2224/48091 ,  H01L2224/48472 ,  H01L2224/8592 ,  H01L2924/0102 ,  H01L2924/01078 ,  H01L2924/01079 ,  H01L2924/01322 ,  H01L2924/09701 ,  H01L2924/10253 ,  H01L2924/19041 ,  Y10T29/49401 ,  H01L2924/00014 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A fluid ejection assembly includes a platform having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a plurality of fluid feed slots, and a fluid manifold defined therein, and a plurality of fluid ejection devices each mounted on the platform and including an array of drop ejecting elements and a fluid refill slot communicating with the array of drop ejecting elements. The fluid refill slot of each of the fluid ejection devices communicates with at least one of the fluid feed slots of the platform, and the fluid manifold of the platform fluidically couples each of the fluid feed slots with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet of the platform.

摘要翻译： 流体喷射组件包括具有流体入口，流体出口，多个流体供给槽和限定在其中的流体歧管的平台，以及多个流体喷射装置，每个流体喷射装置安装在平台上并且包括液滴喷射元件阵列 以及与液滴喷射元件阵列连通的流体再充填槽。 每个流体喷射装置的流体填充槽与平台的至少一个流体供给槽连通，并且平台的流体歧管将每个流体供给槽与流体进口和流体进口的流体出口流体耦合 平台。

公开(公告)号：US06660175B2

公开(公告)日：2003-12-09

申请号：US10235347

申请日：2002-09-04

申请人： Naoto Kawamura ,  David R Thomas ,  David J Waller ,  Timothy L Weber

发明人： Naoto Kawamura ,  David R Thomas ,  David J Waller ,  Timothy L Weber

IPC分类号： B41J204

CPC分类号： B41J2/164 ,  B41J2/14145 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1626 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  Y10T29/49083 ,  Y10T29/49401

摘要： Pillars are formed in a fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead to prevent particles from entering into a nozzle chamber along an ink refill channel. The pillars are formed after a step of applying a thin film structure to a substrate. At one step, pits are etched through the thin film structure. At another step, material for an orifice layer is deposited into the pits. At another step, a firing chamber is etched into the orifice layer. At another step, a trench is etched into the backside of the wafer in the vicinity of the filled pits. The material filling each pit is not removed and remains in place to define the respective pillars. Two or more pillars are formed within the trench for each inkjet nozzle chamber. Alternatively pillars are formed by depositing material into the underside trench and performing photoimaging processes.

公开(公告)号：US06557974B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-06

申请号：US08547885

申请日：1995-10-25

申请人： Timothy L. Weber

发明人： Timothy L. Weber

IPC分类号： B41J214

CPC分类号： B41J2/1625 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/14016 ,  B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/162 ,  B41J2002/14475 ,  B41J2202/11

摘要： A printhead for an inkjet printer employs non-circular orifices, such as oval or parallelogram, at the surface of the orifice plate to increase the restoring force of the ink meniscus. The reduced tail and diminished spray of an ink droplet expelled from the non-circular orifice results in improved edge roughness and improved quality of print.

摘要翻译： 用于喷墨打印机的打印头在孔板的表面处采用非圆形孔，例如椭圆形或平行四边形，以增加墨水弯月面的恢复力。 从非圆形孔排出的墨滴的减少的尾巴和减少的喷雾导致改善的边缘粗糙度和改善的印刷质量。

公开(公告)号：US06371596B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-16

申请号：US09386580

申请日：1999-08-30

申请人： Robert C. Maze ,  Timothy L Weber ,  Arun K Agarwal

发明人： Robert C. Maze ,  Timothy L Weber ,  Arun K Agarwal

IPC分类号： B41J214

CPC分类号： B41J2/1625 ,  B41J2/14016 ,  B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/162 ,  B41J2002/14475 ,  B41J2202/11

摘要： A printhead having reduced spray includes orifi from which ink is expelled by an ink ejector. The orifi employ an aperture at the outer surface of the orifice plate having an asymmetrical hourglass shape to cause the expelled ink drop to break off at the narrow end of the orifice aperture.

摘要翻译： 具有减少的喷雾的打印头包括墨水从墨喷射器排出的墨粉。 orifi在孔板的外表面具有不对称沙漏形状的孔，以使排出的墨滴在孔口的窄端处断裂。

公开(公告)号：US06354694B1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-12

申请号：US09252737

申请日：1999-02-19

申请人： Timothy L. Weber ,  John P. Harmon ,  S. Dana Seccombe ,  Colin C. Davis ,  Paul J. McClellan ,  David J. Waller

发明人： Timothy L. Weber ,  John P. Harmon ,  S. Dana Seccombe ,  Colin C. Davis ,  Paul J. McClellan ,  David J. Waller

IPC分类号： B41J214

CPC分类号： B41J2/2121 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2002/14387 ,  B41J2002/14475

摘要： A method and apparatus for improving ink-jet print quality uses a print head having an array using a plurality of nozzles in sets in each drop generator mechanism. Where a conventional ink-jet pen fires a single droplet of ink at a pixel per firing cycle, the present invention fires a plurality of droplets at different subdivisions of pixels. The particular array design may vary from ink-to-ink or pen-to-pen. Each drop generator of a print head array includes a plurality of nozzles wherein each of the nozzles has an exit orifice with an areal dimension, and produces an ink droplet that produces a dot on adjacent print media wherein the dot has an areal dimension, less than the areal dimension of a pixel to be printed. Dots are printed in a pattern for each pixel wherein print quality is achieved that approximates a higher resolution print made by conventional ink-jet methodologies.

摘要翻译： 用于提高喷墨打印质量的方法和设备使用具有阵列的打印头，该打印头使用每个墨滴发生器机构中的多个喷嘴。 在常规喷墨笔在每个烧制周期的像素处触发单个墨滴的情况下，本发明在像素的不同细分处触发多个液滴。 特定的阵列设计可能因墨水到笔墨或笔笔而异。 打印头阵列的每个液滴发生器包括多个喷嘴，其中每个喷嘴具有具有面尺寸的出口孔，并且产生在相邻印刷介质上产生点的墨滴，其中点具有面积尺寸，小于 要打印的像素的面积尺寸。 以每个像素的图案打印点，其中实现了接近通过常规喷墨方法制造的更高分辨率的打印质量的打印质量。

公开(公告)号：US06310639B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-30

申请号：US09300785

申请日：1999-04-27

申请人： Naoto A. Kawamura ,  Timothy L. Weber

发明人： Naoto A. Kawamura ,  Timothy L. Weber

IPC分类号： B41J215

CPC分类号： B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/04546 ,  B41J2/04548 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/15 ,  B41J2/2121 ,  B41J2002/14169 ,  B41J2002/14177 ,  B41J2002/14387 ,  B41J2002/14467 ,  B41J2002/14475

摘要： An inkjet printing device is arranged to employ a first set of multiple nozzle drop generators activated by a first address signal and a second set of multiple nozzle drop generators activated by a second address signal. The multiple nozzles of each drop generator of the first set are arranged in a predetermined geometric pattern, each of which encompasses at least one nozzle of a drop generator of the second set. The ink ejectors of one drop generator of the first drop generator set are arranged in subgroups, one subgroup of which shares a switched power return with one subgroup of ink ejectors of one drop generator of the second drop generator set.

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印装置被布置成采用由第一地址信号激活的第一组多个喷嘴液滴发生器和由第二地址信号激活的第二组多个喷嘴液滴发生器。 第一组的每个液滴发生器的多个喷嘴以预定几何图案布置，每个喷嘴包括第二组的液滴发生器的至少一个喷嘴。 第一液滴发生器组的一个液滴发生器的喷墨器被布置成子组，其一个子组与第二液滴发生器组的一个液滴发生器的一个墨滴喷射器的一个子组共享切换的功率返回。

公开(公告)号：US06305790B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-23

申请号：US09384849

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 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1629 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/1635 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2002/14387 ,  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. In one embodiment, there are more ink feed holes than ink ejection chambers, so that more than one ink feed hole provides ink to 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.

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。 在一个实施例中，存在比墨喷射室更多的墨供给孔，使得多于一个的墨供给孔向每个墨喷射室提供墨。 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。

公开(公告)号：US06260941B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-17

申请号：US09289481

申请日：1999-04-09

申请人： Wen-Li Su ,  Trudy L. Benjamin ,  Steven B. Elgee ,  Thomas F. Uhling ,  Bruce A. Axten ,  Kerry J. Lundsten ,  Xiuting C. Man ,  Tamara L. Hahn ,  Michael T. Dangelo ,  Bryan D. Woll ,  Timothy L. Weber ,  James W Pearson ,  Iue-Shuenn Chen

发明人： Wen-Li Su ,  Trudy L. Benjamin ,  Steven B. Elgee ,  Thomas F. Uhling ,  Bruce A. Axten ,  Kerry J. Lundsten ,  Xiuting C. Man ,  Tamara L. Hahn ,  Michael T. Dangelo ,  Bryan D. Woll ,  Timothy L. Weber ,  James W Pearson ,  Iue-Shuenn Chen

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/04505 ,  B41J2/0451 ,  B41J2/04515 ,  B41J2/0456 ,  B41J2/04561 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04581 ,  B41J2/14153 ,  B41J29/393

摘要： A monitoring system monitors a pressure wave developed in the surrounding ambient environment during inkjet droplet formation. The monitoring system uses either acoustic, ultrasonic, or other pressure wave monitoring mechanisms, such as a laser vibrometer, an ultrasonic transducer, or an accelerometer sensor, for instance, a microphone to detect droplet formation. One sensor is incorporated in the printhead itself, while others may be located externally. The monitoring system generates information used to determine current levels of printhead performance, to which the printer may respond by adjusting print modes, servicing the printhead, adjusting droplet formation, or by providing an early warning before an inkjet cartridge is completely empty. During printhead manufacturing, an array of such sensors may be used in quality assurance to determine printhead performance. An inkjet printing mechanism is also equipped for using this monitoring system, and a monitoring method is also provided.

摘要翻译： 监测系统监测在喷墨液滴形成期间在周围环境环境中发展的压力波。 监测系统使用声学，超声波或其他压力波监测机构，例如激光振动计，超声波换能器或加速度计传感器，例如麦克风来检测液滴形成。 一个传感器被并入打印头本身，而另一个传感器可以位于外部。 监控系统生成用于确定打印机性能的当前水平的信息，打印机可以通过调整打印模式，维修打印头，调整液滴形成或在喷墨墨盒完全清空之前提供早期警告来响应打印头性能。 在打印头制造期间，可以使用这样的传感器阵列进行质量保证来确定打印头性能。 还配备有用于使用该监视系统的喷墨打印机构，并且还提供监视方法。