Abstract: An inkjet head and an inkjet printer having the inkjet head are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the inkjet head includes a chamber housing ink and a nozzle, which discharges the ink housed in the chamber. Here, a plurality of inner wall grooves are formed on an inner wall of the nozzle, in which the plurality of inner wall grooves extends in a lengthwise direction of the nozzle. Thus, the inkjet head can discharge big ink droplets at a high frequency by quickly filling the ink in the nozzle after relatively big ink is discharged.

Abstract: There is provided an inkjet print head. The inkjet print head includes a pressure chamber storing ink drawn from a reservoir in order to be ejected through a nozzle, a restrictor provided as a path between the reservoir and the pressure chamber, and a stepped part provided inside the pressure chamber and creating variations in ink flow inside the pressure chamber.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inkjet head is disclosed. The method for manufacturing an inkjet head can include preparing a head body including a vibrating membrane, which is located in an upper portion of the head body, coating a lower electrode over the vibrating membrane, patterning a resist such that an open area is formed over the vibrating membrane, filling a piezoelectric material in the open area, selectively coating an upper electrode over the piezoelectric material, and removing the resist.

Abstract: There is provided a multi inkjet head package. The multi inkjet head package may include: a plurality of inkjet head assemblies each having a head plate in which an inkjet head discharging ink is housed; a rack in which the head plate is housed so as to expose the inkjet head; and a preliminary fixation portion that is installed on the rack and allows the head plate to be preliminarily fixed to the rack.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nozzle plate, that includes: forming a nozzle by selectively etching one side of a plate substrate; forming a straight portion connecting with the nozzle by selectively etching the other side of the plate substrate; and forming a hydrophobic layer on the one side of the plate substrate, wherein the hydrophobic layer has a window formed therein, the window opening the nozzle by a circumference greater than a circumference of an end of the nozzle.

Abstract: An inkjet head according to an aspect of the invention may include: a flow path plate having a plurality of ink chambers therein; a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles connected to the ink chambers in order to eject ink in the ink chambers to the outside; and air traps provided inside the flow path plate and the nozzle plate to prevent crosstalk in which vibrations for driving the ink chambers affect another adjacent ink chamber.

Abstract: A nozzle plate, inkjet head a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. By using a method of manufacturing a nozzle plate which includes: forming a nozzle by selectively etching one side of a plate substrate, forming a straight portion connecting with the nozzle by selectively etching the other side of the plate substrate, and forming a hydrophobic layer on the one side of the plate substrate, where a window is formed in the hydrophobic layer that opens the nozzle by a circumference greater than a circumference of an end of the nozzle, the meniscus of ink can be formed to a greater size around the nozzle exit, thereby preventing degradations in ink ejection performance due to the vaporization of the solvent, and preventing blockage in the nozzles due to the clogging of particles.

Abstract: There is provided an inkjet head assembly. The inkjet head assembly includes an ink tank including a first storage part receiving ink, and a second storage part communicating with the first storage part through at least one through hole and maintaining a full ink level upon receiving ink from the first storage part, and an inkjet head connected to the second storage part by an ink supply path and ejecting ink upon receiving ink from the second storage part. The inkjet head assembly includes the ink tank supplying ink to the inkjet head and storing ink separately in the first storage part and the second storage part thereof, and the second storage part maintains a full ink level therein. Accordingly, deterioration in print quality can be minimized due to the second storage part attenuating pressure variations caused by ink movement when the inkjet assembly moves.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an inkjet printer head, the method including: forming a nozzle part and a restrictor in a lower board and forming an ink chamber and an ink inlet in an upper board; joining the lower board onto an upper portion of the lower board; and joining a piezoelectric element onto a membrane of the upper board, wherein the membrane is formed, after a portion of the upper board is removed to form the ink chamber, by the remaining portion.

Abstract: An inkjet printer head and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. An inkjet printer head, which includes: a lower board, in which a nozzle part and a restrictor are formed; an upper board attached to an upper portion of the lower board, in which an ink chamber and an ink inlet are formed; and a piezoelectric element joined to a membrane of the upper board, where the membrane is formed by the portions remaining after portions of the upper board are removed to form the ink chamber, is formed by attaching two boards by an attachment method that does not use a separate adhesion material, such as anodic bonding, for a simple and easy attachment, and for a strong head structure in which there are no chemical or physical reactions that may occur in adhesion layers.

Abstract: Disclosed is an inkjet printer. The inkjet printer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a supply channel coupled to a plurality of inkjet heads; a first main reservoir and a second main reservoir being coupled to either side of the supply channel; and a first press and a second press applying pressure to the inside of the first main reservoir and the second main reservoir, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an inkjet head discharging ink. The method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: heating the inkjet head to a temperature over a melting point of a filler; filling the inkjet head with the filler such that a gap inside the inkjet head is filled with the filler; and discharging the filler out of the inkjet head such that the filler in the gap of the inkjet head remains.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a nozzle for an inkjet head. With the nozzle for an inkjet head, including a first board in which a nozzle hole is perforated, a middle layer stacked on the first board and perforated in an area corresponding to the nozzle hole, and a second board stacked on the middle layer and perforated in an area corresponding to the nozzle hole, where a hydrophobic layer is joined onto the inner perimeter of the nozzle hole and onto the first board around the nozzle hole, the uniformity and reproduction quality may be improved of nozzles treated for hydrophobicity, as the depth of the hydrophobic layer may be controlled to be uniform and the deposition of the hydrophobic layer may be prevented at the back surface of the nozzles.

Abstract: An ink-jet head is disclosed. The ink-jet head in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a body, a plurality of chambers, which are formed inside the body such that the plurality of chamber accommodate ink, a plurality of actuators, which are coupled to one side of the body such that pressure is supplied to each of the plurality of chambers, a holding groove, which is formed on one side of the body, and a common electrode, which is interposed between the actuators and the body and in which a part of the common electrode is formed on in the holding groove such that the plurality of actuators are electrically connected to one another. The ink-jet head can prevent defective signal transduction of an actuator and crosstalk between chambers.

Abstract: A method of forming a circuit pattern is disclosed. The method of forming a circuit pattern may include providing a substrate that has a porous layer formed on one side, ejecting a thermosetting metal ink using an inkjet head into the porous layer in correspondence to a circuit pattern, and applying heat to the ink and the porous layer to cure the ink and remove the porous layer. With this method, a fine-line circuit pattern can be implemented, and a desired thickness of the circuit pattern can be obtained, by using a porous layer in printing and by applying heat to cure the ink and remove the coating layer.

Abstract: An inkjet head and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A method of manufacturing an inkjet head, which is configured to eject ink through a nozzle using pressure provided to a pressure chamber, that includes: processing a board to form the pressure chamber and the nozzle; stacking a protective cover on a lower surface of the board, where a recess is formed in the protective cover in a portion corresponding to a position of the nozzle; coupling a piezoelectric component onto an upper surface of the board; and perforating the protective cover by removing the portion where the recess is formed, can be used to efficiently prevent the contamination of the nozzles, to improve the manufacturing yield of the inkjet head.

Abstract: A nozzle plate, inkjet head a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. By using a method of manufacturing a nozzle plate which includes: forming a nozzle by selectively etching one side of a plate substrate, forming a straight portion connecting with the nozzle by selectively etching the other side of the plate substrate, and forming a hydrophobic layer on the one side of the plate substrate, where a window is formed in the hydrophobic layer that opens the nozzle by a circumference greater than a circumference of an end of the nozzle, the meniscus of ink can be formed to a greater size around the nozzle exit, thereby preventing degradations in ink ejection performance due to the vaporization of the solvent, and preventing blockage in the nozzles due to the clogging of particles.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inkjet head that includes: forming in a first board an inlet, which penetrates the first board and through which ink may flow in, and a pressure chamber, which is formed as a recess in a surface of the first board; forming in a second board a manifold, which is to be connected with the inlet, a pressure absorbing space, which is positioned adjacent to the manifold and partitioned by a membrane, and an ink channel, which penetrates the second board and which is to be connected with the pressure chamber; forming in a third board a nozzle, which is to be connected with the ink channel; and stacking in order and attaching the first board, the second board, and the third board. This method can be utilized to simplify the manufacturing process and prevent crosstalk between pressure chambers, thereby providing a higher printing quality.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ink-jet head is disclosed. The method for manufacturing an ink-jet head including a chamber containing an ink, a reservoir connected with the chamber and supplying the ink to the chamber, a restrictor connected with the chamber and the reservoir and controlling a flow of the ink, a nozzle connected with the chamber and jetting the ink, and a channel connecting the nozzle to the chamber, may include: forming the chamber, the reservoir, the restrictor and the channel by etching a portion of a substrate; covering the chamber; and bonding a nozzle plate, in which a nozzle is formed, to the substrate such that the channel is covered. Using this method, the various structures of the ink-jet head may be formed by etching a substrate, whereby the process may be simplified, and the yield and reliability of the products can be improved.

Abstract: An ink-jet head and a method of manufacturing the ink-jet head are disclosed. The ink-jet head may include: an upper substrate, formed by processing a chamber in a silicon substrate; a middle substrate, bonded to the upper substrate and formed by processing an ink channel, which connects with the chamber, in a glass substrate; and a lower substrate, bonded to the middle substrate and formed by processing a nozzle, which connects with the ink channel, in a silicon substrate. With certain embodiments of the invention, a high level of precision may be obtained for the structures formed in the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and the middle substrate may be manufactured in low cost. Also, the substrates may be bonded together in a facilitated manner, so that production yield may be increased.