LIQUID EJECTION HEAD DRIVING SYSTEM

• US 20160089879A1
• Filed: 10/01/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: TANAKA, Hisayuki
• Application Number:
  US14/873,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20160089879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/04541 Specific driving circuit
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/04581 controlling heads based on piezoelectric elements
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/04586 controlling heads of a type not covered by groups B41J2/04575 - B41J2/04585, or of an undefined type
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14233 of film type, deformed by bending and disposed on a diaphragm
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/155 for line printing
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/18 Ink recirculation systems
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14241 having a cover around the piezoelectric thin film element
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14266 Sheet-like thin film type piezoelectric element
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14459 Matrix arrangement of the pressure chambers
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14491 Electrical connection
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2202/12 with ink circulating through the whole print head
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2202/20 Modules

Abstract

A liquid ejection head driving system includes an ink jet head, a driving circuit substrate provided with a driving circuit in which a driving signal is generated, a driving signal wiring that branches an output of the driving circuit into two or more systems, and a plurality of connectors that extract the driving signal wiring for each system, and a flexible flat substrate (FFC) in which a connector connected to a connector of the driving circuit substrate is installed, a driving signal pattern for transmitting the driving signal for each system is formed on a first layer, and a reference potential pattern is formed on a second layer. The driving circuit substrate is configured such that the same number of connectors as the number of wiring substrates are mounted at a position where a direction of insertion and extraction of the connector of the FFC is released.

Claims

1. A liquid ejection head driving system comprising:

a liquid ejection head including a plurality of nozzles that eject a liquid and a plurality of pressurizing elements that pressurize the liquid ejected from the nozzles;

a driving circuit substrate including a driving signal generation unit in which a driving signal supplied to the plurality of pressurizing elements is generated, a driving signal wiring that branches an output of the driving signal generation unit into two or more systems, and a plurality of circuit-side connectors that extract the driving signal wiring for each of the systems;

a support member that supports the driving circuit substrate; and

the same number of wiring substrates as that of the system in which a wiring-side connector connected to the circuit-side connector is installed, a driving signal pattern for transmitting the driving signal for each of the systems is formed on a first surface, and a reference potential pattern of the driving signal is formed on a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, wherein;

the plurality of wiring substrates are disposed in parallel so as to be brought close to each other by causing the first surfaces to face each other, and

the driving circuit substrate is configured such that the same number of circuit-side connectors as the number of wiring substrates are mounted at a position where a direction of insertion and extraction of the wiring-side connector of the wiring substrate is released.

2. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, wherein the driving circuit substrate is supported by the support member from a support surface side on a rear side of a release surface, and the plurality of circuit-side connectors include a straight angle-type connector or a right angle-type connector which is mounted on the release surface, and a right angle-type connector which is mounted on the support surface.

3. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, wherein the driving circuit substrate is supported by the support member from a support surface side on a rear side of a release surface, and the plurality of circuit-side connectors include a straight angle-type connector or a right angle-type connector which is mounted on the release surface, and a straight angle-type connector which is mounted on an end surface.

4. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, wherein the driving circuit substrate is supported by the support member from a support surface side on a rear side of a release surface, and the plurality of circuit-side connectors are a straight angle-type connector or a right angle-type connector which is mounted on the release surface.

5. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, wherein some or all of the plurality of wiring substrates have an asymmetrically bent structure in which an angle exceeding 0°

and equal to or less than 90°

with respect to another wiring substrate is formed in a the vicinity of the position at which the wiring-side connector is installed.

6. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 5, wherein the plurality of wiring substrates include a plurality of the bent wiring substrates, and lengths from bending positions of the bent wiring substrates to the wiring-side connector are equal to each other.

7. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 5, wherein the plurality of wiring substrates include the bent wiring substrate and a wiring substrate which is not bent, and a length from a bending position of the bent wiring substrate to the wiring-side connector is equal to a length from a position corresponding to the bending position of the wiring substrate which is not bent to the wiring-side connector.

8. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a relative movement device configured to relatively move the liquid ejection head and a medium for attaching the liquid ejected from the liquid ejection head with respect to each other, wherein:

the liquid ejection head is divided into a plurality of blocks in a movement direction of the relative movement device,

the driving circuit substrate is configured such that a driving signal wiring that branches the output of the driving signal generation unit into a system for each of the blocks is formed thereon, and

each of the wiring substrates different from each other is connected to each block.

9. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a relative movement device configured to relatively move the liquid ejection head and a medium for attaching the liquid ejected from the liquid ejection head with respect to each other, wherein:

the liquid ejection head has a structure in which a plurality of head modules are linked together in a direction perpendicular to a movement direction of the relative movement device,

the head module includes two blocks divided in the movement direction,

the driving circuit substrate includes a plurality of the driving signal generation units for each head module, and is configured such that a driving signal wiring that branches the output of the driving signal generation unit for each head module into a system for each of the blocks is formed for each head module,

the wiring substrate is provided for each of the head modules, and

each of the wiring substrates different from each other is connected to each of the head modules.

10. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, wherein the liquid ejection head has a driving signal transmission wiring for transmitting a driving signal to the pressurizing element formed therein, and the driving signal transmission wiring is bonded directly to a wiring pattern of the wiring substrate.

11. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, wherein the driving signal generation unit includes a power driving signal generation unit that generates a power driving signal having a waveform corresponding to a driving waveform common to the plurality of pressurizing elements, and a data control signal generation unit that generates a data control signal for selectively switching between application and non-application of the power driving signal for each of the pressurizing elements.

12. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, wherein:

the support member is disposed above the liquid ejection head, and

the driving circuit substrate is erected above the liquid ejection head, or is disposed so as to be laid down.

13. The liquid ejection head driving system as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of wiring substrates are configured such that the driving signal patterns thereof are equal to each other, and that lengths of the reference potential patterns thereof are equal to each other.