Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080259130 | SUBSTRATE FOR INKJET PRINTING HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SUBSTRATE - There is provided a substrate for an inkjet printing head and a method for manufacturing the same, in which the substrate has a structure that different kinds of metals do not come into contact with ink or moisture. For this purpose, the structure is constituted such that a diffusion preventing layer for mainly protecting a lower layer among power wiring metals is covered by a metal layer for mainly supplying power, in connection with its upper surface and at least part of a side surface. Herewith, since a single metal appears on a surface of the power wiring including up to its side surface, even circumstance occurs of coming into contact with the ink or the moisture, a battery reaction accompanied by difference of ionization tendency is not generated, and thus corrosion or short-circuit of the power wiring is suppressed. | 10-23-2008 |
20090065472 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE - To provide a manufacturing method, for a liquid discharge head substrate that includes a silicon substrate in which a liquid supply port is formed, includes the steps of: preparing the silicon substrate, on one face of which a mask layer, in which an opening has been formed, is deposited; forming a first recessed portion in the silicon substrate, so that the recessed portion is extended through the opening from the one face of the silicon substrate to the other, reverse face of the silicon substrate; forming a second recessed portion by performing wet etching for the substrate, via the first recessed portion, using the mask layer; and performing dry etching for the silicon substrate in a direction from the second recessed portion to the other face. | 03-12-2009 |
20090065473 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE - To provide a manufacturing method, for a liquid discharge head that includes a silicon substrate in which a supply port is formed for supplying a liquid, includes the steps of: providing the silicon substrate, a mask layer provided with an opening that corresponds to the supply port being provided on one face of the silicon substrate; forming a groove in the silicon substrate along the shape of the opening in the mask layer; removing, using sandblasting, silicon of the silicon substrate from the inner wall of the groove in the silicon substrate; and performing, from the one face, anisotropic etching of the silicon substrate that has been sandblasted, and forming the supply port. | 03-12-2009 |
20090065476 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A method for manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head having a silicon substrate provided with a supply port of a liquid comprises steps of preparing a substrate which is provided with a passive film on one side face thereof, has a first recess and a second recess provided therein so as to penetrate from the one side face into the inner part through the passive film, wherein the recesses satisfy a relation of a×tan 54.7 degrees≦d, when a is defined as a distance between the first recess and the second recess, and d is defined as a depth of the second recess, and forming the supply port by anisotropically etching the crystal from the one side face. | 03-12-2009 |
20090065481 | METHOD OF PROCESSING SILICON SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A method of manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head having a silicon substrate in which a liquid supply port is provided includes providing the silicon substrate, an etching mask layer having an opening being formed on a one surface of the silicon substrate, forming a region comprising an amorphous silicon in the interior of the silicon substrate by irradiating the silicon substrate with laser light, forming a recess, which has an opening at a part of a portion exposed from said opening on said one surface, from said one surface of the silicon substrate toward the region, and forming the supply port by performing etching on the silicon substrate in which the recess and the region have been formed from said one surface through the opening of the etching mask layer. | 03-12-2009 |
20090065482 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - Provided is a method of manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head, the substrate including a silicon substrate with a liquid supply opening formed therein, the method including: forming one processed portion by laser processing on the substrate from one surface of the substrate; expanding the one processed portion to form a recess portion by performing laser processing at a position which overlaps a part of the one processed portion and does not overlap another part of the one processed portion; and etching from the one surface the substrate with the recess portion formed therein to form the liquid supply opening. | 03-12-2009 |
20090314742 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A method for processing a substrate includes preparing a substrate having a first layer on a first surface side thereof, the first layer having a material capable of suppressing transmission of laser light, processing the substrate with laser light from a second surface that is opposite the first surface of the substrate toward the first surface of the substrate, and allowing the laser light to reach the first layer to form a hole in the substrate, and performing etching of the substrate from the second surface through the hole. | 12-24-2009 |
20090315953 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head having an element which generates energy utilized for ejecting liquid and an electrode layer electrically connected the element. The method includes the steps of: providing an electrode layer on a substrate, a width of one portion of the electrode layer being smaller than that of another portion near the one portion; providing a resist layer on a part of the electrode layer by any one of a screen printing method and a dispense method in such a manner that an end of the resist layer is positioned at the one portion; providing another layer on another part excluding the part of the electrode layer by utilizing the resist layer as a mask; and removing the resist layer. | 12-24-2009 |
20090315955 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - It is an objective of the present invention to provide an ink jet printing head substrate by which a high adhesion can be obtained between an electrode layer and a nozzle formation member and the corrosion or electrolysis for example of a electrode due to the contact between the electrode and ink can be reduced. To realize this, the present invention includes: an electrode layer for supplying power to a heat-generating portion that is provided on a substrate and that generates thermal energy for ejecting ink; and a resin layer provided on the electrode layer via a nickel-containing layer. The electrode layer includes precious metal as a main component. The nickel-containing layer consists of gold-nickel alloy containing nickel. | 12-24-2009 |
20090315958 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - Provided is a liquid ejection head having a structure in which an organic resinous member is formed in contact with a substrate. The substrate includes heat generators for generating heat energy used to eject ink, when being energized, and a metallic line portion for energizing the heat generators. The organic resinous member is provided with ejection openings corresponding to the heat generators. In the liquid ejection head, the substrate and the organic resinous member have an improved adhesion therebetween, and are prevented from being separated from each other. To improve the adhesion, the metallic line portion is cut so that no line portion exists under an end part of the organic resinous member (nozzle formation member). Then, two members of the line portion thus cut are connected to each other through a roundabout line formed under an insulating layer which has a good adhesion to the organic resin. | 12-24-2009 |
20100149280 | SUBSTRATE FOR INK EJECTION HEADS, INK EJECTION HEAD, METHOD OFMANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INK EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head according to the present invention includes a heat-generating resistor layer, a first electrode layer, an insulating layer extending over the heat-generating resistive layers and the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer that has a first portion which extending through the insulating layer and which is electrically connected to the first electrode layer and also has a second portion which is not in contact with the insulating layer. The second portion has a space or a piece of resin disposed between the insulating layer and the second electrode layer. | 06-17-2010 |
20100233630 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head that includes a flow path wall member which forms a wall of a flow path communicating with a discharge port for discharging a liquid and a substrate which forms the flow path in contact with the flow path wall member includes providing a first layer, which is made of a photosensitive resin on the substrate, for forming a pattern having a shape of the flow path, providing a second layer which is capable of absorbing light within a photosensitive wavelength range of the photosensitive resin and has a shape corresponding to the shape of the flow path, on the first layer so as to come into contact with the first layer, performing patterning of the first layer which includes exposure of the first layer with the light using the second layer as a mask, and forming the pattern from the first layer, providing a cover layer which is made of a photosensitive resin and serves as the flow path wall member so as to cover the second layer and the pattern, forming the discharge port on the cover layer by performing patterning of the cover layer which includes exposure of the cover layer with the light, and forming the flow path by removing the second layer and the pattern. | 09-16-2010 |
20110056079 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INK JET RECORDING HEAD - An ink jet recording head includes a substrate provided with an energy generating element to generate energy used for discharging ink, a discharge port through which the ink is discharged, a supply port for supplying the ink, and an ink path formed on the substrate for making the discharge port and the supply port communicate with each other, wherein wall members forming the ink path are made of an inorganic material, and a space between adjacent ink paths is filled up by a metal layer. | 03-10-2011 |
20110141193 | INK DISCHARGE HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An ink discharge head includes a coating resin layer having a plurality of discharge ports for discharging ink, and ink flow passages which communicate with the plurality of discharge ports, respectively; and a substrate having energy generation elements which generate the energy for discharging ink and provided with the coating resin layer. A crack inducing portion for relieving the stress produced at the interface between the coating resin layer and the substrate is formed at lateral faces of the outer peripheral edge of the coating resin layer. | 06-16-2011 |
20110141197 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID-EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID-EJECTION HEAD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - When an insulating layer is provided in order to protect an energy generating element, there arises a possibility that the layer dissolves in a contacting liquid. Therefore, in order to eject liquid, a first protection layer containing metal is provided on the insulating layer facing a substrate for a liquid-ejection head and a second protection layer containing metal is provided on the surface of a liquid supply port to which a base containing silicon is exposed. | 06-16-2011 |
20110148960 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS HAVING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - The opening area and shape of ejection orifices provided in an ejection orifice member influence the amount of liquid droplet. Therefore, it is necessary to check the opening area and shape of the ejection orifices in detail. For this purpose, in a liquid ejection head having ejection orifices used for ejecting liquid using energy generated by energy generating elements and a dummy ejection orifice having the same shape as the ejection orifices and not used for ejection of liquid, an examination member is provided at a position facing the dummy ejection orifice. | 06-23-2011 |
20110167636 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - There is disclosed a manufacturing method of a liquid discharge head including a substrate in which a first energy generating element and a second energy generating element that generate energy used for discharging liquid are provided, a discharge port member in which a first discharge port discharging the liquid is provided corresponding to the first energy generating element and a second discharge port discharging the liquid is provided corresponding to the second energy generating element, and a flow path wall member having a portion of the liquid flow path wall that communicates with the first discharge port and the second discharge port, in which a distance between the second energy generating element and the second discharge port is larger than that between the first energy generating element and the first discharge port. | 07-14-2011 |
20110195192 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - Provided is a method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head, the liquid discharge head includes a substrate provided on a surface with a first energy generating part and a second energy generating part for generating energy utilized for discharging a liquid; a first discharge port provided corresponding to the first energy generating part so as to face the surface; a second discharge port provided corresponding to the second energy generating part so as to face the surface; a first wall member which has a wall of a first liquid flow path which communicates with the first discharge port; and a second wall member which has a wall of a second liquid flow path which communicates the second discharge port, wherein a distance between the second energy generating part and the second discharge port is greater than a distance between the first energy generating part and the first discharge port. | 08-11-2011 |
20120013682 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a liquid ejection head, including: a flow path forming member including: an ejection orifice for ejecting liquid therefrom; and a liquid flow path communicated with the ejection orifice; a silicon substrate including a supply port for supplying the liquid to the liquid flow path; and a protective film which is formed on a wall surface of the supply port and which is formed of an organic resin which is the same as a material of a member forming the flow path forming member. | 01-19-2012 |
20120044294 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD THAT PERFORMS RECORDING BY EJECTING LIQUID AND METHOD OF INSPECTING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a member having ejection ports and dummy ejection ports. The ejection ports are provided in correspondence with energy-generating elements used in ejecting liquid. The dummy ejection ports are provided in correspondence with a light-receiving element outputting current whose level changes in accordance with the intensity of light applied thereto. By detecting the level of current that is output from the light-receiving element, the shapes of the ejection ports are estimated. | 02-23-2012 |
20120075386 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A liquid discharge head comprises: a liquid discharge head substrate including an element row in which a plurality of energy generating elements for generating thermal energy for use in discharging liquid are arranged; and a discharge port member corresponding to each of the plurality of energy generating elements, the discharge port members including a plurality of walls in contact with the liquid discharge head substrate to form a plurality of liquid chambers for storing liquid and a plurality of discharge ports which communicate with each of the plurality of the liquid chambers to discharge liquid with the thermal energy generated by the energy generating element; and a plurality of heat dissipating members corresponding to each of the plurality of the liquid chambers and having a first portion exposed to the liquid chamber and a second portion exposed to the atmosphere. | 03-29-2012 |
20120242747 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a liquid ejection head, including: an ejection orifice forming member having an ejection orifice for ejecting liquid; a substrate having a supply port for supplying the liquid to the ejection orifice; and a filter disposed at a position upstream of the ejection orifice when the liquid is supplied to the ejection orifice, in which the filter includes an opening having a diameter smaller than or equal to a diameter of the ejection orifice, and a tapered shape structure disposed at a position upstream of the opening when the liquid is supplied to the ejection orifice, the tapered shape structure having a distal end directed toward an upstream side. | 09-27-2012 |
20130288405 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - The method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes: forming a first protective layer on one surface of the substrate; forming the wiring layer on another surface of the substrate; forming the insulating layer on the wiring layer, and then partially removing the insulating layer to partially expose the wiring layer; forming the electrode pad on an exposed portion of the wiring layer; forming a flow path member on the another surface of the substrate; forming a second protective layer on the one surface of the substrate after the formation of the flow path member; and partially removing at least one of the first protective layer and the second protective layer, and then forming the supply port leading from the one surface of the substrate to the another surface of the substrate. | 10-31-2013 |
20140028757 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a silicon substrate and an orifice plate disposed on or above the silicon substrate. The silicon substrate has a concave portion formed therein, and the orifice plate is disposed in the concave portion. | 01-30-2014 |
20140035999 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a print element board and an electric wiring board electrically connected to a bump of the print element board using an interconnecting wire. The bump has a first surface and a second surface. The height of the second surface from a surface of a base plate is higher than that of the first surface. The first surface has a protrusion formed therein, and the bump is connected to the interconnecting wire in the second surface. | 02-06-2014 |
20140061152 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes the steps of: disposing an etching mask layer on a substrate having a first face and a second face that is on an opposite side of the first face, the etching mask layer being disposed on the second face; forming a concave line pattern at a region of the etching mask layer other than a region where an opening for the support port is to be formed; providing an etching opening at the etching mask layer; performing anisotropic etching from a side of the second face using the etching mask layer provided with the etching opening as a mask, thus forming the supply port at the substrate; comparing the line pattern with a recess generated at the substrate, thus selecting a device chip for liquid ejection; and connecting the selected device chip to a liquid supply part. | 03-06-2014 |
20140340451 | DEVICE SUBSTRATE, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A device substrate includes a substrate body having an energy generating device provided thereon, where the energy generating device generates energy for ejecting liquid, an ejection port forming member disposed on the substrate body, where the ejection port forming member has a pressure chamber that surrounds the energy generating device and an ejection port that communicates with the pressure chamber, and a supply port configured to supply the liquid to the pressure chamber. The ejection port forming member has a first surface that is in contact with the substrate body and a second surface other than the first surface, and the supply port is formed in the second surface. | 11-20-2014 |
20150062260 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - There are provided a liquid ejection head and a printing apparatus capable of performing high-quality printing by suppressing the shrinkage stress of an adhesive joining a substrate and a flow path forming member and the deformation and peeling of the flow path forming member. A stress dispersing section | 03-05-2015 |