Method of manufacture of a tapered magnetic pole electromagnetic ink jet printer
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1. A method of manufacturing an ink jet printhead which includes:
- providing a substrate, etching the substrate to form a nozzle chamber;
depositing a sacrificial layer in the nozzle chamber;
depositing a first permanent layer to form a magnetic field generating means;
depositing a second permanent layer to form a magnetically responsive plunger arranged displaceably arranged relative to the nozzle chamber and the magnetic field generating means;
etching the substrate to form a nozzle opening, wherein the plunger is displaced, when activated by the magnetic field generating means, towards a nozzle opening to effect ink ejection from the nozzle opening; and
removing the sacrificial layer, thereby forming said printhead.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an ink jet printhead includes providing a substrate. A doped layer is deposited on the substrate and is etched to create an array of nozzles on the substrate with a nozzle chamber in communication with each nozzle. Planar monolithic deposition, lithographic and etching processes are used to form a magnetically responsive plunger displaceably arranged relative to the nozzle chamber and an electromagnet which, when activated, causes displacement of the plunger towards a nozzle opening of the nozzle to effect ink ejection from the nozzle opening.
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1. A method of manufacturing an ink jet printhead which includes:
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providing a substrate, etching the substrate to form a nozzle chamber;
depositing a sacrificial layer in the nozzle chamber;
depositing a first permanent layer to form a magnetic field generating means;
depositing a second permanent layer to form a magnetically responsive plunger arranged displaceably arranged relative to the nozzle chamber and the magnetic field generating means;
etching the substrate to form a nozzle opening, wherein the plunger is displaced, when activated by the magnetic field generating means, towards a nozzle opening to effect ink ejection from the nozzle opening; and
removing the sacrificial layer, thereby forming said printhead. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16, 17)
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7. A method of manufacture of an ink jet printhead arrangement including a series of nozzle chambers, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing an initial semiconductor wafer having an electrical circuitry layer and a buried epitaxial layer formed thereon;
(b) etching a nozzle chamber cavity in said wafer, said etching stopping substantially at said epitaxial layer;
(c) filling said nozzle chamber cavity with a first sacrificial material layer;
(d) depositing and etching a first layer having a high saturation flux density on said electrical circuitry layer to define a first magnetic plate;
(e) depositing and etching an insulating layer on said first layer and said electrical circuitry layer, said etching including etching vias for a subsequent conductive layer;
(f) depositing and etching a conductive layer on said insulating layer in the form of a conductive coil conductively interconnected with said first layer;
(g) depositing and etching a sacrificial material layer in the region of said first magnetic plate and said coil;
(h) depositing and etching a second layer having a high saturation flux density so as to form a second magnetic plate over said nozzle chamber surrounded by an annulus;
(i) depositing and etching an inert material layer interconnecting said second magnetic plate and said annulus in a resilient manner;
(j) etching the back of said wafer to said epitaxial layer;
(k) etching an ink ejection nozzle through said epitaxial layer interconnected with said nozzle chamber cavity; and
(l) etching away any remaining sacrificial layers. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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