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:
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:
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.
摘要:
Disclosed are an ink-jet recording head, in which nozzles can be arrayed in high density and a manufacturing cost thereof is reduced, and an ink-jet recording apparatus. In an ink-jet recording head, comprising: a pressure generating chamber (12) communicating with a nozzle orifice; and a piezoelectric element (300) having a lower electrode (60), a piezoelectric layer (70) and an upper electrode (80), the piezoelectric element (300) being provided in a region corresponding to the pressure generating chamber (12) with a vibration plate interposed therebetween, the piezoelectric element (300) includes a piezoelectric active portion (320) as a substantial drive portion and a piezoelectric non-active portion (330) having the piezoelectric layer (70) continuous from the piezoelectric active portion (320) but not being substantially driven, and a stress suppression layer (100) for suppressing stress due to drive of the piezoelectric element (300) is provided, straddling a boundary between the piezoelectric active portion (320) and the piezoelectric non-active portion (330).
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:
The method for manufacturing an ink jet recording head includes forming an ink pool for supplying ink to a nozzle for jetting ink on a substrate. The method also includes forming, in sequence on the substrate, a diaphragm for pressurizing ink in the ink chamber, a piezoelectric thin film serving as a pressurization source for the diaphragm, and an electrode for the piezoelectric thin film. Patterning of both the piezoelectric thin film and the electrode is done at the same time.
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:
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.