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:
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:
A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes the steps of: forming a piezoelectric element on one plane of a passage-forming substrate with a vibration plate interposed therebetween, and removing the vibration plate in an area where a communicating portion is formed, thus forming a penetrated hole; forming a predetermined metal layer on the one plane of the passage-forming substrate on which the piezoelectric element is formed to seal the penetrated hole with the metal layer, and patterning the metal layer in an area corresponding to the piezoelectric element, thus forming a lead electrode; adhering a reservoir-forming plate, in which a reservoir portion is formed, to the one plane of the passage-forming substrate; wet-etching the passage-forming substrate from the other plane thereof until the vibration plate and the metal layer are exposed, thus forming a pressure generating chamber and the communicating portion; and removing the metal layer by etching to allow the reservoir portion and the communicating portion to communicate with each other.
摘要:
An A method of manufacturing an ink-jet recording head comprising: which includes an elastic sheet providing facing pressure generating chambers; , nozzle orifices, each communicating with the pressure generating chambers; , and piezoelectric vibrators formed on the elastic sheet, each of the piezoelectric vibrators having, a lower electrode formed on the elastic sheet, the method including forming a piezoelectric layer formed on the lower electrode, and forming an upper electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer such that the upper electrode faces the respective pressure generating chamber, wherein the area where the lower electrode, piezoelectric layer and upper electrode overlap is located within an area defined by the pressure generating chamber in the longitudinal direction thereof. The upper electrodes of the piezoelectric vibrators are positioned independently of each other; and an electrical insulator layer having windows, wherein the electrical insulator layer covers is formed to cover the upper electrodes; , and a conductor pattern connecting with is connected to the upper electrodes via the windows of the electrical insulator layer.
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:
A liquid ejection head including: a flow-channel forming substrate having a pressure generating chamber which communicates with a liquid supply channel which communicates with one end of the pressure generating chamber in terms of a first direction so as to have a first length for supplying liquid to the pressure generating chamber; and a pressure generating unit that causes the change in pressure in the pressure generating chamber, wherein the liquid supply channel is formed by narrowing the width of the pressure generating chamber in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction so as to have a second length shorter than the first length, a stepped surface is formed between the side surface of the pressure generating chamber in the second direction and the side surface of the liquid supply channel in the second direction, and wherein a bridge is provided at a corner defined by the stepped surface, the side surface of the pressure generating chamber in the second direction on the stepped surface side, and one of the surfaces of the pressure generating chamber in a third direction which is orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction of the flow-channel forming substrate for bridging the corner.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes the steps of: forming a piezoelectric element on one plane of a passage-forming substrate with a vibration plate interposed therebetween, and removing the vibration plate in an area where a communicating portion is formed, thus forming a penetrated hole; forming a predetermined metal layer on the one plane of the passage-forming substrate on which the piezoelectric element is formed to seal the penetrated hole with the metal layer, and patterning the metal layer in an area corresponding to the piezoelectric element, thus forming a lead electrode; adhering a reservoir-forming plate, in which a reservoir portion is formed, to the one plane of the passage-forming substrate; wet-etching the passage-forming substrate from the other plane thereof until the vibration plate and the metal layer are exposed, thus forming a pressure generating chamber and the communicating portion; and removing the metal layer by etching to allow the reservoir portion and the communicating portion to communicate with each other.
摘要:
An ink-jet recording head comprising: an elastic sheet providing pressure generating chambers; nozzle orifices, each communicating with the pressure generating chamber; piezoelectric vibrators formed on the elastic sheet, each of the piezoelectric vibrators having, a lower electrode formed on the elastic sheet, a piezoelectric layer formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer such that the upper electrode faces the respective pressure generating chamber, wherein the upper electrodes of the piezoelectric vibrators are positioned independently of each other; an electrical insulator layer having windows, wherein the electrical insulator layer covers the upper electrodes; and a conductor pattern connecting with the upper electrodes via the windows of the electrical insulator layer.
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:
Disclosed are an ink-jet recording head, in which the rigidity of the compartment wall is improved, pressure generating chambers can be arranged in a high density, and cross talk between the pressure generating chambers is reduced, and a manufacturing method of the same and an ink-jet recording apparatus. In an ink-jet recording head including a passage-forming substrate (10) having a silicon layer consisting of single crystal silicon, in which a pressure generating chamber (15) communicating with a nozzle orifice is defined; and a piezoelectric element (300) for generating a pressure change in the pressure generating chamber, the piezoelectric element being provided on a region facing the pressure generating chamber (15) via a vibration plate constituting a part of the pressure generating chamber (15), the pressure generating chamber (15) is formed so as to open to one surface of the passage-forming substrate (10) and not to penetrate therethrough, at least a bottom surface of inner surfaces of the pressure generating chamber (15), which is facing to the one surface, is constituted of an etching stop surface as a surface in which anisotropic etching stops, and the piezoelectric element (300) is provided on the one surface side of the passage-forming substrate (10) by a film formed by film deposition technology and a lithography method.