Ink-jet recording head, manufacturing method of the same and ink-jet recording apparatus
First Claim
1. An ink-jet recording head comprising:
- a passage-forming substrate having a pressure generating chamber formed thereon, which communicates with a nozzle orifice; and
a piezoelectric element formed of a thin film and by a lithography method in a region corresponding to said pressure generating chamber via a vibration plate constituting a portion of said pressure generating chamber, wherein a space portion communicating with said pressure generating chamber and having at least one surface constituted of said vibration plate is provided in a region opposite said pressure generating chamber, which is between said passage-forming substrate and said vibration plate, and at least a width of said pressure generating chamber, which is close to said space portion, is equal to the width of the space portion or less.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an ink-jet recording head improving relative positional accuracy between a piezoelectric element and a pressure generating chamber to improve ink ejection characteristics and stability thereof, capable of arraying pressure generating chambers in high density, and reducing cross talk between the pressure generating chambers. Moreover, disclosed are a manufacturing method of the same and an ink-jet recording apparatus having the ink-jet recording head built therein.
The ink-jet recording head comprises: a passage-forming substrate 10 having a pressure generating chamber 11 formed therein, which communicates with a nozzle orifice; and a piezoelectric element 300 formed of a thin film and by a lithography method in a region corresponding to the pressure generating chamber 11 via a vibration plate constituting a portion of the pressure generating chamber 11. The ink-jet recording head is characterized in that a space portion 41 communicating with the pressure generating chamber 11 and having at least one surface constituted of the vibration plate is provided in the region between the passage-forming substrate 10 and the vibrating plate, the region being opposite the pressure generating chamber 11, and at least a width of the pressure generating chamber 11 close to the space portion 41, is set to be equal to a width of the space portion 41 or less, thus relative positional accuracy between the pressure generating chamber 11 and the piezoelectric element 300 is improved.
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22 Claims
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1. An ink-jet recording head comprising:
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a passage-forming substrate having a pressure generating chamber formed thereon, which communicates with a nozzle orifice; and
a piezoelectric element formed of a thin film and by a lithography method in a region corresponding to said pressure generating chamber via a vibration plate constituting a portion of said pressure generating chamber, wherein a space portion communicating with said pressure generating chamber and having at least one surface constituted of said vibration plate is provided in a region opposite said pressure generating chamber, which is between said passage-forming substrate and said vibration plate, and at least a width of said pressure generating chamber, which is close to said space portion, is equal to the width of the space portion or less. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A manufacturing method for an ink-jet recording head, which comprises:
- a passage-forming substrate having a pressure generating chamber formed thereon, which communicates with a nozzle orifice; and
a piezoelectric element formed of a thin film and by a lithography method in a region corresponding to said pressure generating chamber via a vibration plate constituting a portion of said pressure generating chamber, in which a passage-forming layer is provided between said passage-forming substrate and said vibration plate, and the passage-forming layer has a space portion formed in a region opposite to said pressure generating chamber, the manufacturing method of an ink-jet recording head comprising the steps of;
forming said passage-forming layer on said passage-forming substrate and imparting etching selectivity to a region that will be said space portion of the passage-forming layer;
forming said vibration plate on said passage-forming layer and forming a piezoelectric element on the vibration plate; and
performing anisotropic etching for said passage-forming substrate from a surface opposite that having said passage-forming layer to form a penetrated portion at least to a region that will be said space portion of said passage-forming layer, etching said passage-forming layer to form said space portion, and forming a pressure generating chamber opposite the space portion. - View Dependent Claims (20)
- a passage-forming substrate having a pressure generating chamber formed thereon, which communicates with a nozzle orifice; and
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21. A manufacturing method of an ink-jet recording head, which comprises:
- a passage-forming substrate having a pressure generating chamber formed thereon, which communicates with a nozzle orifice; and
a piezoelectric element formed of a thin film and by a lithography method in a region corresponding to said pressure generating chamber via a vibration plate constituting a portion of said pressure generating chamber, in which a passage-forming layer that comprises of boron-doped polysilicon is provided between said passage-forming substrate and said vibration plate, and the passage-forming layer has a space portion formed in a region opposite said pressure generating chamber, the manufacturing method of an ink-jet recording head comprising the steps of;
forming a polysilicon layer on said passage-forming substrate;
doping boron onto a region other than a region in which said space portion of the polysilicon layer is formed to make said passage-forming layer;
forming said vibration plate on said passage-forming layer and forming a piezoelectric element on the vibration plate;
etching said passage-forming substrate from a surface opposite that having said passage-forming substrate to form said pressure generating chamber; and
etching entirely the region of said polysilicon layer other than the region having boron doped thereon from said pressure generating chamber to form said space portion. - View Dependent Claims (22)
- a passage-forming substrate having a pressure generating chamber formed thereon, which communicates with a nozzle orifice; and
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