Abstract: A bubble-jet type ink-jet printhead is provided. The ink-jet printhead includes: a substrate; a nozzle plate including a plurality of nozzles, which is separated a predetermined space from the substrate; walls for closing the space between the substrate and the nozzle plate and then forming a common chamber between the substrate and the nozzle plate; a plurality of resistive layers, formed on the substrate within the common chamber corresponding to the plurality of nozzles, each resistive layer encircling the central axis passing through the center of each nozzle; a plurality of pairs of wiring layers formed on the substrate, each pair of wiring layers being connecting to each resistive layer and extending to the outside of the common chamber; and a plurality of pads which are disposed at the outside of the common chamber on the substrate and electrically connected to the wiring layers.

Abstract: A bubble-jet type ink-jet printhead is provided. The bubble-jet type ink-jet printhead includes a substrate, a plurality of chamber walls arranged parallel to one another on the substrate for dividing a chamber into a plurality unit chambers having a predetermined height, which are ink flow areas, a bubble generating means, provided for each unit chamber, which includes two unit heaters spaced apart by a predetermined distance on the substrate, and a nozzle plate, combined above the substrate, in which a plurality of nozzles are formed, each nozzle corresponding to a region between the two unit heaters of each bubble generating means. In this case, ink is supplied from both sides of the unit chamber. The ink-jet printhead is constructed such that a unit chamber is provided for each nozzle and bubbles are generated chamber on both sides of a nozzle within the unit chamber, thereby effectively preventing a back flow of ink while facilitating adjustment of the size of ink droplet ejected through the nozzle.

Abstract: A bubble-jet type ink jet printhead and manufacturing method thereof are provided. In the printhead, a manifold for supplying ink and a concave ink chamber is integrated with a substrate by being recessed from the same surface of the substrate, and a nozzle palate on the substrate in which a nozzle is formed and a round-shaped heater surrounding the nozzle are integrated without a complex process such as bonding. Thus, this simplifies the manufacturing procedure and facilitates high volume production. Furthermore, the round-shaped heater forms a doughnut-shaped bubble to eject ink, thereby preventing a back flow of ink as well as formation of satellite droplets which may degrade image resolution.

Abstract: A bubble-jet type ink-jet printhead is provided. The ink-jet printhead includes: a substrate; a nozzle plate including a plurality of nozzles, which is separated a predetermined space from the substrate; walls for closing the space between the substrate and the nozzle plate and then forming a common chamber between the substrate and the nozzle plate; a plurality of resistive layers, formed on the substrate within the common chamber corresponding to the plurality of nozzles, each resistive layer encircling the central axis passing through the center of each nozzle; a plurality of pairs of wiring layers formed on the substrate, each pair of wiring layers being connecting to each resistive layer and extending to the outside of the common chamber; and a plurality of pads which are disposed at the outside of the common chamber on the substrate and electrically connected to the wiring layers.

Abstract: An ink jet printer head and fabrication method for an ink jet printer head are provided. The ink jet printer head includes a silicon plate, a thin-film electrode layer, an ink chamber barrier, and a nozzle plate, which are layered in order to form the ink jet printer head. A center portion of the electrode layer is etched a predetermined depth to form a heater portion, thereby increasing electric resistance due to a decreased depth or thickness of the heater portion. Since the heater portion and electrode portions are made of a single material, the process and cost of fabrication is reduced, and productivity is increased.

Abstract: An ink cartridge for an ink jet printer includes an ink storing portion for containing ink and a head for ejecting droplets of the ink stored in the ink storing portion. The ink storing portion includes a chamber filed with ink in a liquid state, a negative pressure maintaining apparatus for maintaining the pressure of the inside of the chamber to be negative, and a uniform supply guide apparatus, installed between the chamber and the head, for guiding the ink in the chamber to be uniformly supplied to the head. Thus, since the ink is used by being stored in a liquid state, most of the amount of the stored ink can be used for printing, so that the efficiency in use can be improved much.

Abstract: A bubble-jet type ink-jet printhead is provided. When forming a doughnut-shaped bubble, the printhead allows bubbles to be first grown around the heater that surrounds the central axis of the nozzle at regular angles followed by the formation of another bubble between the earlier formed bubbles, thereby forming a larger doughnut-shaped bubble. Accordingly, this can prevent the formation of an unbalanced doughnut-shaped bubble due to variations in local resistance of the heater, which may be caused by a process error. Furthermore, the printhead allows the center of the doughnut-shaped bubble to be set on the central axis of the nozzle thus causing a droplet formed within the doughnut-shaped bubble to be ejected in a normal manner, that is, in a direction vertical to the nozzle plate.

Abstract: A bubble-jet type ink-jet printhead is provided. When forming a doughnut-shaped bubble, the printhead allows bubbles to be first grown around the heater that surrounds the central axis of the nozzle at regular angles followed by the formation of another bubble between the earlier formed bubbles, thereby forming a larger doughnut-shaped bubble. Accordingly, this can prevent the formation of an unbalanced doughnut-shaped bubble due to variations in local resistance of the heater, which may be caused by a process error. Furthermore, the printhead allows the center of the doughnut-shaped bubble to be set on the central axis of the nozzle thus causing a droplet formed within the doughnut-shaped bubble to be ejected in a normal manner, that is, in a direction vertical to the nozzle plate.

Abstract: A heater of a bubble-jet type ink jet printhead enabling gray scale and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The heater includes two or more heating elements arranged concentrically around a nozzle. Each of the heating elements is formed in polygonal or annular shape and spaced apart by a different distance from the center of the nozzle. Each heating element is coupled to an electrode for applying heater drive power independently. Thus, the heater drive power is applied to each electrode selectively or in combination, thereby forming bubbles having different volumes.

Abstract: A novel structure for a bubble-jet type ink-jet printhead is provided. A substrate is covered with a nozzle plate perforated by a predetermined number of nozzle holes a predetermined distance from said nozzle plate. The structure is surrounded by walls, within which form a common ink chamber. Each nozzle hole has, on the substrate underneath, a set of resistive elements. One of the resistive elements encircles an edge of a nozzle hole while another lyes directly underneath the perforation. During operation of the printhead, the encircling elements form a doughnut-shaped bubble forming an imaginary or virtual chamber within the doughnut from the rest of the common chamber. After formation of the doughnut-shaped bubble, the resister underneath the perforation forms a big bubble which causes ink to be ejected through the nozzle hole. The structure that allows for the above is easy to manufacture, and produces high quality print.

Abstract: A novel structure for a bubble-jet type ink-jet printhead is provided. A substrate is covered with a nozzle plate perforated by a predetermined number of nozzle holes a predetermined distance from said nozzle plate. The structure is surrounded by walls, within which form a common ink chamber. Each nozzle hole has, on the substrate underneath, a set of resistive elements. One of the resistive elements encircles an edge of a nozzle hole while another lyes directly underneath the perforation. During operation of the printhead, the encircling elements form a doughnut-shaped bubble forming an imaginary or virtual chamber within the doughnut from the rest of the common chamber. After formation of the doughnut-shaped bubble, the resister underneath the perforation forms a big bubble which causes ink to be ejected through the nozzle hole. The structure that allows for the above is easy to manufacture, and produces high quality print.

Abstract: There is provided an inkjet print head including: a substrate; a nozzle plate which forms a space where ink is to be filled between the substrate and the nozzle plate and on which plural orifices for ejecting ink are formed; and heaters which form bubbles to push ink droplets out through the orifices, wherein the heaters are installed on elevation parts elevated from the substrate and inserted into the orifices. According to such a structure, since the orifices for ejecting ink droplets, themselves, act as partition members against adjacent heaters, the structure can be greatly simplified. It becomes possible to control the ejection of ink droplets precisely because there is little possibility that reverse flow occurs when bubbles are expanded.

Abstract: An ink jet printer head and method for discharging ink in an ink chamber through a nozzle hole by a fluid pressure of air. The ink jet printer head having a fluid chamber defined on or in a side of a silicon plate to be charged with a fluid, such as air, and a through-hole which communicates with an ink chamber. The ink jet printer head opens the through-hole by operating a piezo-actuator, pressures ink in the ink chamber, and pushes a tail of the ink during ink discharge. Accordingly, uniform shapes of ink droplets can be obtained resulting in a high resolution print.

Abstract: A manufacturing process of a plurality of fluid jetting apparatuses in a print head adapted to an output unit. The process forms a heat driving part, a membrane and a nozzle part, respectively, and then adheres them sequentially. The fluid jetting apparatuses are completed as a wafer unit by forming the nozzle part using a spinning process. The manufacturing process of the nozzle part includes a first step of forming a nozzle plate on a substrate of a wafer by the spinning process; a second step of forming jetting fluid barriers on the nozzle plate by the spinning process; a third step of forming jetting fluid chambers in the jetting fluid barriers; a fourth step of forming nozzles in the nozzle plate; and a fifth step of separating the substrate from the nozzle plate. The fifth step is accomplished after the nozzle part and the membrane are adhered to each other.

Abstract: An ink flow path of improved structure in an ink jet printer head includes a first ink channel formed at a right angle to an ink supply path in parallel relation with an ink chamber, a second ink channel formed at a right angle to the first ink channel in parallel relation with the ink supply path across the ink chamber, and a third ink channel connecting the second ink channel to a rear side of the ink chamber of which front side faces the ink supply path. Accordingly, a backflow of ink is prevented during the ink discharge through a nozzle hole, thus print quality is improved.

Abstract: An inkjet printhead is disclosed. The inkjet printhead having a base plate provided with a plurality of chambers to be filled with ink, a nozzle plate installed on the base plate and provided with orifices communicating with the respective chambers, a plurality of heaters for generating heat when respective currents are independently applied, and heating the ink in the respective chambers so that ink bubbles can be generated to eject respective ink droplets through the respective orifices, and a plurality of ink inlet passages for supplying ink from an ink reservoir to the respective chambers, wherein a plurality of grooves are formed at the inner wall of each of the ink inlet passages. With the above structure, since an ink refilling speed is enhanced by the grooves formed at the ink inlet passage increasing the surface area of the ink inlet passages, an ink refilling time becomes shorter and the overall printing speed of the printhead is enhanced.

Abstract: An ink jet printer head having nozzles, actuators, a multiplexer, and actuator finding circuits of a matrix method. The multiplexer is capable of single-input and multiple output. The actuator finding circuits of the inkjet printer head include electronic switches arranged in rows and columns. The nozzles have the actuators, and the actuators are controlled by the electronic switches. The multiplexer receives a signal in accordance with the conveyance direction and position of the ink jet printer head, and sequentially outputs the signal to the actuator finding circuits in accordance with the signal it received, thereby sequentially selecting a nozzle group in the rows. In this situation, when an external print data signal is inputted to the actuator finding circuits to select a nozzle group in the columns, the corresponding electronic switch drives the actuator, so that the ink is ejected out of the nozzle.

Abstract: An ink cartridge for an ink jet printer includes an ink storing portion for containing ink and a head for ejecting droplets of the ink stored in the ink storing portion. The ink storing portion includes a chamber filed with ink in a liquid state, a negative pressure maintaining means for maintaining the pressure of the inside of the chamber to be negative, and a uniform supply guide means, installed between the chamber and the head, for guiding the ink in the chamber to be uniformly supplied to the head. Thus, since the ink is used by being stored in a liquid state, most of the amount of the stored ink can be used for printing, so that the efficiency in use can be improved much.

Abstract: An ink jet printer head and fabrication method for an ink jet printer head are provided. The ink jet printer head includes a silicon plate, a thin-film electrode layer, an ink chamber barrier, and a nozzle plate, which are layered in order to form the ink jet printer head. A center portion of the electrode layer is etched a predetermined depth to form a heater portion, thereby increasing electric resistance due to a decreased depth or thickness of the heater portion. Since the heater portion and electrode portions are made of a single material, the process and cost of fabrication is reduced, and productivity is increased.

Abstract: A bubble-jet type ink-jet printing head is provided. The ink-jet printing head includes a nozzle plate in which a plurality of nozzles, through which ink is ejected, are formed, a substrate for supporting the nozzle plate, on which a plurality of heaters having three-dimensionally concave surfaces oppose the plurality of nozzles, respectively, electrodes which are formed on the top surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to each heater so as to apply current to the heater, a plurality of ink chambers which are formed between the bottom of the nozzle plate and the surfaces of the corresponding heaters and filled with ink, and an ink feed channel, formed between the nozzle plate and the substrate so as to connect with the ink chambers, for supplying ink to the ink chambers. Each heater includes a hemispherical member and a flange disposed along the rim of the hemispherical member. The ink feed channel connects with the entire circumference of each ink chamber.