Abstract: Provided is a head including a channel formation substrate that is provided with a pressure generating chamber which communicates with a nozzle for ejecting a liquid; a piezo element that includes a first electrode which is provided on one surface side of a channel formation substrate, a piezoelectric layer which is provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode which is provided on the piezoelectric layer; and a driving circuit board that is bonded to the one surface side of the channel formation substrate via an adhesive layer, and is provided with a driving circuit for driving the piezo element, in which the piezo element and the driving circuit are electrically connected to each other via a bump which is provided on any one of the channel formation substrate and the driving circuit board, and in which the bump and the adhesive layer are provided above the piezoelectric layer of the piezo element.

Abstract: A head includes a channel formation substrate having two piezoelectric actuator rows formed thereon, a driving circuit, and a driving circuit board which is provided with a first bump and a second bump, in which the first bump is provided on the outside of the piezoelectric actuator row, an adhesive layer is provided on both sides of the first bump and the second bump, a first through hole and a second through hole are provided on the driving circuit board, a first connection wiring and a second connection wiring are provided in the first through hole and the second through hole, and a first electrode of the piezoelectric actuator is electrically connected to a first connection wiring via the first bump and a second electrode is electrically connected to a second connection wiring via the second bump.

Abstract: Provided is a head including a channel formation substrate that is provided with a pressure generating chamber which communicates with a nozzle for ejecting a liquid, a piezo element, a driving circuit board that is bonded to the one surface side of the channel formation substrate, and a driving circuit for driving the piezo element. The piezo element and the driving circuit are electrically connected to each other via a bump which is provided on any one of the channel formation substrate and the driving circuit board. A holding portion that holds the piezo element is provided between the driving circuit board and the channel formation substrate. The holding portion is opened to an atmosphere through an atmosphere open passage which is provided to penetrate the driving circuit board in a direction in which the driving circuit board and the channel formation substrate are stacked.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a head which includes a channel formation substrate having two piezoelectric actuator rows formed thereon, a driving circuit, and a driving circuit board which is provided with a first bump and a second bump. In the method, the first bump is provided on the outside of the piezoelectric actuator row, on the driving circuit board, an adhesive layer is provided on both sides of the first bump and the second bump, a first through hole and a second through hole are provided on the driving circuit board, a first connection wiring and a second connection wiring which are connected to the driving circuit are provided, and a first electrode of the piezoelectric actuator is electrically connected to the first connection wiring via the first bump and a second electrode is electrically connected to the second connection wiring via the second bump.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber forming substrate that forms a pressure chamber filled with ink, a nozzle that ejects the ink in a Z direction along the pressure chamber forming substrate, and a communicating flow path that allows the pressure chamber to communicate with the nozzle, in which the communicating flow path includes a first flow path along a Y direction intersecting the Z direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle which ejects a liquid, a pressure chamber, a portion of which is partitioned by a flexible diaphragm and which communicates with the nozzle, a piezoelectric element which is laminated on an opposite side of the diaphragm from the pressure chamber and changes a pressure within the pressure chamber, and a reservoir which communicates with the pressure chamber, in which a valve mechanism is provided in a region which is distanced from a region in which the piezoelectric element of the diaphragm is laminated, and is configured to allow the liquid to flow from the reservoir side into the pressure chamber side while inhibiting the liquid from flowing out from the pressure chamber side to the reservoir side.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a vibration plate that has a first region that is allowed to flexurally deform and a second region that is at an outer side of the first region and that is inhibited from flexurally deforming, a piezoelectric element main body in which a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and an upper electrode layer are stacked in that order on the first region of the vibration plate, and a common metal layer stacked on the upper electrode layer, with a common close adherence layer interposed therebetween. A portion of the piezoelectric element main body extends into the second region.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a vibrating plate which is formed of a first region in which a flexural deformation is allowed, and a second region in which the flexural deformation is inhibited. A piezoelectric element main body includes a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a higher electrode layer on the first region of the vibrating plate. A common metal layer is stacked on the higher electrode layer. A part of the piezoelectric element main body is extended to the second region, and an end portion of the piezoelectric layer is extended to the outside of an end portion of the higher electrode layer on the same side.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate where a plurality of spaces to be a pressure chamber along a Y direction are formed in an X direction, a vibration plate that seals the space by being stacked in the pressure chamber substrate, and a piezoelectric element and a supporting unit that are stacked in the vibration plate on an opposite side to the pressure chamber substrate, in which positions at one end in the Y direction are different from each other in a first space and a second space among the plurality of spaces, and the supporting unit suppresses a vibration of the vibration plate by being formed so as to overlap with at least the one end side portion in the first space in a planar view.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a deformation portion, a non-deformation portion which hinders deformation of the elastic layer, and a piezoelectric element. The deformation portion includes a first area in which the piezoelectric element is disposed, a third area adjacent to the non-deformation portion, and a second area disposed between the first area and the third area. In the first area, the elastic layer, an insulation layer, the lower electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer, and the upper electrode layer are sequentially stacked. In the second area, the elastic layer, the insulation layer, the piezoelectric layer, and the upper electrode layer are sequentially stacked. In the third area, the elastic layer and the upper electrode layer are sequentially stacked. The elastic layer is silicon oxide, and impurities are added to the upper electrode layer in the silicon oxide in the third area.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a vibration plate that has a first region that is allowed to flexurally deform and a second region that is at an outer side of the first region and that is inhibited from flexurally deforming, a piezoelectric element main body in which a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and an upper electrode layer are stacked in that order on the first region of the vibration plate, and a common metal layer stacked on the upper electrode layer, with a common close adherence layer interposed therebetween. A portion of the piezoelectric element main body extends into the second region.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a vibrating plate which is formed of a first region in which a flexural deformation is allowed, and a second region in which the flexural deformation is inhibited. A piezoelectric element main body includes a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a higher electrode layer on the first region of the vibrating plate. A common metal layer is stacked on the higher electrode layer. A part of the piezoelectric element main body is extended to the second region, and an end portion of the piezoelectric layer is extended to the outside of an end portion of the higher electrode layer on the same side.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate where a plurality of spaces to be a pressure chamber along a Y direction are formed in an X direction, a vibration plate that seals the space by being stacked in the pressure chamber substrate, and a piezoelectric element and a supporting unit that are stacked in the vibration plate on an opposite side to the pressure chamber substrate, in which positions at one end in the Y direction are different from each other in a first space and a second space among the plurality of spaces, and the supporting unit suppresses a vibration of the vibration plate by being formed so as to overlap with at least the one end side portion in the first space in a planar view.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle which ejects a liquid, a pressure chamber, a portion of which is partitioned by a flexible diaphragm and which communicates with the nozzle, a piezoelectric element which is laminated on an opposite side of the diaphragm from the pressure chamber and changes a pressure within the pressure chamber, and a reservoir which communicates with the pressure chamber, in which a valve mechanism is provided in a region which is distanced from a region in which the piezoelectric element of the diaphragm is laminated, and is configured to allow the liquid to flow from the reservoir side into the pressure chamber side while inhibiting the liquid from flowing out from the pressure chamber side to the reservoir side.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting head including a pressure chamber forming substrate for forming a pressure chamber which is filled with liquid, a nozzle through which the ink is ejected in a direction along the pressure chamber forming substrate, and a communication flow path which allows the pressure chamber to communicate with the nozzle. The nozzle and the communication flow path are formed in the pressure chamber forming substrate.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber forming substrate that forms a pressure chamber filled with ink, a nozzle that ejects the ink in a Z direction along the pressure chamber forming substrate, and a communicating flow path that allows the pressure chamber to communicate with the nozzle, in which the communicating flow path includes a first flow path along a Y direction intersecting the Z direction.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate formed of silicon where a pressure chamber is formed, and a communication plate penetrated by communication holes in a plate thickness direction, in which the pressure chamber partitioned by partition walls formed of crystal orientation planes being formed in the recording head through etching. Acute angle portions are formed, by the partition walls intersecting with each other at an acute angle, in both end portions of the pressure chamber in a first direction, and a first step is disposed in the middle of each of the acute angle portions in an etching direction. Parts of the communication holes are arranged at positions superimposed on the acute angle portions in a bonding surface and remaining parts of the communication holes are arranged on outer sides in the first direction with respect to the acute angle portions such that a second step is formed in a communication portion between the pressure chamber and the communication holes.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate formed of silicon where a pressure chamber is formed, and a communication plate penetrated by communication holes in a plate thickness direction, in which the pressure chamber partitioned by partition walls formed of crystal orientation planes being formed in the recording head through etching. Acute angle portions are formed, by the partition walls intersecting with each other at an acute angle, in both end portions of the pressure chamber in a first direction, and a first step is disposed in the middle of each of the acute angle portions in an etching direction. Parts of the communication holes are arranged at positions superimposed on the acute angle portions in a bonding surface and remaining parts of the communication holes are arranged on outer sides in the first direction with respect to the acute angle portions such that a second step is formed in a communication portion between the pressure chamber and the communication holes.

Abstract: A method of detecting the level of molten metal existing within a mold comprises the steps of disposing a transmission coil and a receiving coil opposite to each other with the mold interposed therebetween, applying an AC voltage to the transmission coil for producing an alternating magnetic flux such that at least a part of the magnetic flux passes through the mold and the molten metal, if any, and reaches the receiving coil, and determining the level of the molten metal on the basis of at least one of a voltage value and a phase of an AC signal induced in the receiving coil by the alternating magnetic flux, and an apparatus for carrying out the above method.