Ink jet printhead chip having an actuator mechanisms located about ejection ports
First Claim
1. An inkjet printhead chip that comprisesa substrate that defines a plurality of ink supply channels;
- a drive circuitry layer that is positioned on the substrate; and
a plurality of nozzle arrangements that are positioned on the substrate, each nozzle arrangement including a nozzle chamber defined by the substrate for holding ink from at least one of the ink supply channels;
a roof structure positioned over the nozzle chamber, the roof structure defining an ink ejection port; and
a plurality of actuators positioned in the roof structure about the ink ejection port, each actuator displaceable with respect to the substrate on receipt of an electrical current from the drive circuitry layer to reduce a volume of the nozzle chamber so that ink is ejected from the ink ejection port.
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Abstract
An inkjet printhead chip includes a substrate that defines a plurality of ink supply channels. A drive circuitry layer is positioned on the substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle chamber defined by the substrate. A roof structure is positioned over the nozzle chamber. The roof structure defines an ink ejection port. At least one actuator is positioned in the roof structure and is displaceable with respect to the substrate on receipt of an electrical current from the drive circuitry layer to reduce a volume of the nozzle chamber so that ink is ejected from the ink ejection port.
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1. An inkjet printhead chip that comprises
a substrate that defines a plurality of ink supply channels; -
a drive circuitry layer that is positioned on the substrate; and
a plurality of nozzle arrangements that are positioned on the substrate, each nozzle arrangement including a nozzle chamber defined by the substrate for holding ink from at least one of the ink supply channels;
a roof structure positioned over the nozzle chamber, the roof structure defining an ink ejection port; and
a plurality of actuators positioned in the roof structure about the ink ejection port, each actuator displaceable with respect to the substrate on receipt of an electrical current from the drive circuitry layer to reduce a volume of the nozzle chamber so that ink is ejected from the ink ejection port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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