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JP4385656B2 - Liquid ejecting head and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents
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JP4385656B2
JP4385656B2 JP2003166324A JP2003166324A JP4385656B2 JP 4385656 B2 JP4385656 B2 JP 4385656B2 JP 2003166324 A JP2003166324 A JP 2003166324A JP 2003166324 A JP2003166324 A JP 2003166324A JP 4385656 B2 JP4385656 B2 JP 4385656B2
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JP2003166324A
JP2005001211A (en
2003-06-11 Application filed by セイコーエプソン株式会社 filed Critical セイコーエプソン株式会社
2003-06-11 Priority to JP2003166324A priority Critical patent/JP4385656B2/en
2005-01-06 Publication of JP2005001211A publication Critical patent/JP2005001211A/en
2009-12-16 Publication of JP4385656B2 publication Critical patent/JP4385656B2/en
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[Si] XUIMIQQOPSSXEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 19
The present invention relates to a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid droplets from nozzle openings by causing pressure fluctuations in a liquid in a pressure chamber, and a manufacturing method thereof.
For example, a recording head for an image recording apparatus and an ejection head for a manufacturing apparatus are provided as liquid ejecting heads that discharge liquid droplets from nozzle openings by causing pressure fluctuations in the liquid in the pressure chamber. As an image recording apparatus having a recording head, an ink jet printer, an ink jet plotter, and a facsimile apparatus are provided. In addition, as a manufacturing apparatus having an ejection head, a display manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a color filter such as a liquid crystal display, an electrode manufacturing apparatus for forming electrodes such as an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display and FED (surface emitting display), and a biochip Chip manufacturing apparatuses and the like for manufacturing (biochemical elements) are provided. In the image recording apparatus, liquid ink is ejected from the recording head, and in the display manufacturing apparatus, a solution of each color material of R (Red), G (Green), and B (Blue) is ejected from the color material ejecting head. The electrode manufacturing apparatus discharges a liquid electrode material from the electrode material ejecting head, and the chip manufacturing apparatus discharges a bioorganic solution from the bioorganic ejecting head.
Since such a liquid ejecting head ejects liquid droplets by utilizing the pressure fluctuation of the liquid accompanying the operation of the pressure generating element, it is required to efficiently transmit the state change of the pressure generating element to the liquid. For this reason, as a pressure chamber of a conventional liquid ejecting head, for example, a shallow groove portion whose one end communicates with the reservoir through the liquid supply port, and a front end of the shallow groove portion far from the liquid supply port to the nozzle opening penetrate in the plate thickness direction. The thing of the cross-sectional fall L-shape which consists of a through-hole part which does is proposed (for example, patent document 1).
In this liquid ejecting head, pressure fluctuation is generated in the liquid in the shallow groove portion by the operation of the pressure generating element, and droplets are ejected from the nozzle opening using this pressure fluctuation. For example, the L-shaped pressure chambers were formed at intervals of 141 μm (that is, equivalent to 180 dpi at the nozzle openings). Along with this, the width of the pressure chamber was set to 110 μm, the width of the channel partition wall separating adjacent pressure chambers was set to 31 μm, and the height of the channel partition wall (depth of the shallow groove portion) was set to 50 to 100 μm. .
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-327909 (FIG. 5)
In this type of liquid ejecting apparatus, it is required to increase the density of the nozzle openings. Here, if the pitch is simply halved (for example, if nozzle openings are provided corresponding to 360 dpi), the width of the pressure chamber and the width of the flow path partition will be halved. Then, when the thickness of the flow path partition is halved, the rigidity is greatly reduced, so that there is a high possibility that the flow path partition is deformed by the liquid pressure in the pressure chamber. If the flow path partition wall is deformed, pressure fluctuations occur in the liquid in the adjacent pressure chamber, and there is a possibility that the ejection characteristics of the ink droplets are shifted. That is, a phenomenon (so-called adjacent crosstalk) in which the discharge characteristics of the nozzle opening of interest differ according to the discharge state of the adjacent nozzle openings can occur. If this adjacent crosstalk phenomenon appears prominently, a so-called misfire phenomenon occurs in which ink droplets are ejected due to the influence of the adjacent pressure chambers in spite of the non-ejection nozzle openings.
In order to prevent the above problem, it is conceivable to increase the rigidity by lowering the height of the flow path partition wall than in the past, but in this case, the inertance of the pressure chamber and the flow path resistance increase. Thereby, the pressure transmission efficiency with respect to the liquid is impaired, or the filling of the liquid into the pressure chamber after the liquid droplet is discharged is delayed, and the discharge frequency is lowered. Although it is conceivable to increase the width of the flow path partition wall, the area of the elastic plate that divides a part of the pressure chamber is insufficient, and in order to obtain the required pressure, the drive voltage for the pressure chamber is increased. Setting such as setting is necessary.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. The purpose of the present invention is to ensure the rigidity of the flow path partition wall and increase the flow rate of the pressure chamber even when the nozzle opening formation pitch is made higher than before. An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid ejecting head capable of reducing road resistance and a method for manufacturing the same.
The present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above-described object, and includes a flow path substrate formed by arranging a plurality of pressure chamber cavities serving as pressure chambers across a partition wall, and
A sealing plate that is bonded to one surface of the flow path substrate and closes one side opening in the pressure chamber cavity;
A nozzle opening provided on the surface opposite to the sealing plate corresponding to each pressure chamber cavity, and formed in a state facing the pressure chamber cavity;
A pressure generating element that causes a pressure fluctuation in the liquid in the pressure chamber;
In a liquid ejecting head configured to be able to discharge liquid droplets from the nozzle openings by utilizing pressure fluctuations generated in the liquid in the pressure chamber,
The pressure chamber empty portion is formed over the entire length of the pressure chamber, one end of which is communicated with the reservoir through the liquid supply port, and the shallow groove portion and the nozzle opening through the flow path substrate. A through-hole portion communicating with the
The through-hole portion includes a first through-hole portion that communicates between the front end side of the shallow groove portion on the side opposite to the liquid supply port and the nozzle opening, a proximal end side of the shallow groove portion on the liquid supply port side, and the nozzle. A second through hole communicating with the opening;
The second through-hole portion is an oblique through-hole portion extending obliquely with respect to the thickness direction of the flow path substrate.
In this invention, the first through-hole portion may be a vertical through-hole portion extending in the thickness direction of the flow path substrate, and is opposite to the second through-hole portion and has a thickness of the flow path substrate. It is good also as a diagonal through-hole part extended diagonally with respect to a direction. The pressure generating element is preferably a piezoelectric vibrator, and the flow path substrate is preferably a silicon single crystal plate.
According to these inventions, since the second through-hole portion communicates between the shallow groove portion proximal end side and the nozzle opening, even if the shallow groove portion has a lower depth than the conventional one to increase rigidity, inertance and flow The road resistance can be set to an appropriate range. As a result, even if the nozzle openings and pressure chambers are increased in density, adjacent crosstalk due to deformation of the flow path partition walls can be prevented, and desired ejection characteristics can be obtained. For example, the droplet discharge frequency can be made higher than the conventional level. Furthermore, since the second through-hole portion is an oblique through-hole portion that extends obliquely with respect to the thickness direction of the flow path substrate, the flow path length of the second through-hole portion can be minimized. However, inertance and flow path resistance can be reduced.
In the above invention, it is preferable that the flow path substrate is composed of a plurality of substrates including a shallow groove portion substrate that forms the shallow groove portion and a through hole substrate that forms the through hole portion.
According to this invention, since the shallow groove part substrate and the through hole substrate can be separately manufactured, it is possible to increase the degree of manufacturing freedom. In addition, the shallow groove substrate and the through hole substrate can be made of different materials. And if it produces with a different material, an optimal material can also be selected according to workability and a use. For example, a metal plate with good workability can be used for the shallow groove substrate, and a silicon single crystal plate with good dimensional accuracy can be used for the through hole substrate.
In the above invention, it is preferable that the width of the through hole is set narrower than the width of the shallow groove.
According to the present invention, the thickness of the wall portion sandwiched between adjacent through-hole portions can be ensured sufficiently and sufficiently. Thereby, the rigidity of the wall portion can be ensured, and the droplet discharge characteristics can be stabilized.
In the above invention, a configuration in which the height of the through hole is set higher than the height of the shallow groove is preferable.
According to this invention, the ratio of the through-hole part in the thickness direction of the flow path substrate is larger than the ratio of the shallow groove part, and the rigidity of the flow path substrate can be increased.
The said invention WHEREIN: The structure which sets the flow-path resistance of a said 1st through-hole part smaller than the flow-path resistance of a said 2nd through-hole part is preferable. In this case, it is preferable that the width of the second through hole is set narrower than the width of the first through hole.
According to these inventions, the flow rate of the first through-hole portion is higher than the flow rate of the second through-hole portion with respect to the flow rate of the liquid flowing in the pressure chamber at the time of sucking the liquid. Thereby, even if bubbles are mixed in the pressure chamber, the bubbles can be reliably removed. That is, since the flow rate of the first through-hole portion communicating with the tip of the shallow groove portion where the liquid tends to stagnate is larger than the flow rate of the second through-hole portion, the stagnation of the liquid can be reduced as viewed from the whole pressure chamber, and the bubble Can be reliably discharged.
The said invention WHEREIN: It is good also as a structure which aligns the inertance of a said 1st through-hole part, and the inertance of a said 2nd through-hole part.
According to this aspect of the invention, the flow rate of the liquid flowing through the first through-hole portion and the flow rate of the liquid flowing through the second through-hole portion are equal when the droplet is discharged. For this reason, the flow of the liquid becomes smooth and the discharge efficiency of the liquid can be improved.
In addition, the manufacturing method according to the present invention irradiates a silicon single crystal plate serving as a flow path substrate with laser beams from two different directions, so that the first leading hole corresponding to the first through-hole portion, and the first A leading hole forming step of forming a second leading hole corresponding to the two through holes;
A through hole portion forming step of forming the first through hole portion and the second through hole portion by etching the silicon single crystal plate in which the first leading hole and the second leading hole are formed is performed. Features.
Thus, by etching after the leading hole is formed, a hole penetrating obliquely in the thickness direction can be reliably formed even for a silicon single crystal plate.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, an ink jet recording head which is a kind of liquid ejecting head (that is, a liquid ink which is a kind of liquid in the present invention is ejected as ink droplets; hereinafter referred to as a recording head) is taken as an example. To do.
First, the overall configuration of the recording head 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the internal structure of the recording head 1, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a part of the flow path unit 2 as viewed from the island portion 3, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. is there. The illustrated recording head 1 is generally configured by a case 4, a vibrator unit 5 housed and fixed in the case 4, and a flow path unit 2 joined to the front end surface of the case 4. The case 4 has a block shape in which an accommodation space 6 capable of accommodating the vibrator unit 5 is formed. The case 4 is made of a resin having good moldability such as an epoxy resin. The housing empty portion 6 is a flat empty portion that penetrates the inside of the case 4 from the case front end surface (the lower surface in FIG. 1) and opens to the opposite mounting surface (the same upper surface). A stepped portion with which the fixed plate 7 of the vibrator unit 5 is brought into contact is formed in the housing empty portion 6 and in the middle of the height direction.
The vibrator unit 5 includes a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators 8 and a fixed plate 7 to which these piezoelectric vibrators 8 are joined. The piezoelectric vibrator 8 has a comb-teeth shape formed by splitting a single piezoelectric plate, and is formed in a row. The piezoelectric vibrator 8 is a kind of pressure generating element in the present invention, and is an element (piezoelectric element) that deforms in accordance with the voltage of a supplied drive signal. That is, the illustrated piezoelectric vibrator 8 is a laminated type in which piezoelectric layers and electrode layers are alternately arranged, and expands and contracts in the element longitudinal direction (direction perpendicular to the lamination direction) by charging, and the element longitudinal direction by discharging. It is a longitudinal vibration mode that extends in the direction. The piezoelectric vibrators 8 are cut into extremely narrow widths, for example, about 90 to 180 are provided. In this embodiment, it is cut into a width of around 35 μm. This is because the formation pitch of the nozzle openings for ejecting ink droplets is 70 μm intervals (equivalent to 360 dpi), which is half of the conventional pitch.
Each piezoelectric vibrator 8 has a fixed end portion bonded to the surface of the fixed plate 7 so that the free end portion protrudes outside the edge of the fixed plate 7. That is, each piezoelectric vibrator 8 is supported on the fixed plate 7 in a so-called cantilever state. In addition, the fixed plate 7 that supports each piezoelectric vibrator 8 is a plate-like member having rigidity capable of receiving a reaction force from the piezoelectric vibrator 8, and in the present embodiment, is constituted by a stainless steel plate having a thickness of about 1 mm. ing.
The flow path unit 2 includes therein a reservoir 11 as a common ink chamber, a pressure chamber 12 that applies pressure to ink (liquid ink), and an ink supply that communicates the reservoir 11 and the pressure chamber 12. A nozzle 13 (a kind of liquid supply port of the present invention) and a nozzle opening 14 for discharging ink droplets are provided. A plurality of ink flow paths corresponding to the pressure chamber 12 are provided from the ink supply port 13 through the pressure chamber 12 to the nozzle opening 14. In the present embodiment, the flow path unit 2 is joined to a flow path substrate 17 having a pressure chamber empty portion 15 to be the pressure chamber 12 and a reservoir empty portion 16 to be the reservoir 11, and one surface of the flow path substrate 17. The elastic plate 18 (a kind of the sealing plate of the present invention) that closes the opening on one side in the pressure chamber empty portion 15 and the reservoir empty portion 16 and the other of the flow path substrate 17 on the opposite side of the elastic plate 18. The nozzle plate 19 is joined to the surface and formed with a plurality of nozzle openings 14.
The flow path substrate 17 is produced, for example, by etching a silicon wafer (silicon single crystal plate). That is, the pressure chamber empty portion 15, the ink supply port 13, the reservoir empty portion 16 and the like are produced by etching. The pressure chamber empty portion 15 includes a shallow groove portion 20 and a through hole portion 21. The shallow groove portion 20 is a flat back portion that is elongated in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the row of nozzle openings 14 (nozzle row) is formed, and one end of which is communicated with the reservoir empty portion 16 via the ink supply port 13. The through-hole portion 21 is a portion that penetrates the flow path substrate 17 and communicates between the shallow groove portion 20 and the nozzle opening 14, and includes a first through-hole portion 22 and a second through-hole portion 23. The flow path substrate 17 will be described later in detail.
The elastic plate 18 is a member that seals the opening on the shallow groove portion side of the pressure chamber space 15 and one opening of the reservoir space 16. In this embodiment, the composite is obtained by laminating the resin film 24 on the stainless steel plate. Board material is used. In detail, the elastic part (thin part) only of the resin film 24 and the island part 3 (thick part) are provided by selectively removing the part of the pressure chamber empty part 15 in the stainless steel plate. The tip surface of the piezoelectric vibrator 8 is joined to the surface of the island portion 3. For this reason, when the piezoelectric vibrator 8 expands and contracts, the island portion 3 moves into the pressure chamber 12 (on the nozzle plate 19 side), and the pressure chamber 12 contracts. On the other hand, when the piezoelectric vibrator 8 contracts, the island portion 3 moves in a direction away from the pressure chamber 12, and the pressure chamber 12 expands.
The nozzle plate 19 is a thin plate material in which a plurality of nozzle openings 14 are formed in a row. In this embodiment, the nozzle plate 19 is made of a stainless steel plate. The nozzle plate 19 is bonded to the surface of the flow path substrate opposite to the elastic plate 18, and in this bonded state, the pressure chamber empty portion 15 (specifically, the through hole portion 21) corresponding to each nozzle opening 14. To face. Further, the other opening of the reservoir empty portion 16 is sealed by the nozzle plate 19.
In the recording head 1 configured as described above, the ink supplied from an ink supply source such as an ink cartridge is temporarily stored in the reservoir 11 and then introduced into the pressure chamber 12 through the ink supply port 13. The ink introduced into the pressure chamber 12 is ejected as ink droplets from the nozzle opening 14 by the operation of the piezoelectric vibrator 8. In other words, the recording head 1 ejects ink droplets by utilizing the pressure fluctuation of the ink generated as the pressure chamber 12 expands and contracts.
By the way, as in this embodiment, when the resolution is about 360 dpi, it is necessary to form the pressure chamber cavities 15 at intervals of 70 μm. In this case, the flow path partition 25 which partitions adjacent shallow groove parts 20 will become very thin with 15 micrometers-16 micrometers. In order to prevent deformation at the time of pressure generation (when the pressure chamber 12 expands or contracts) with this thin thickness, even if it is a silicon single crystal plate, it is necessary to set its height to 50 μm or less. . Since the height of the flow path partition 25 is the same as the depth of the shallow groove portion 20, if it is set to 50 μm or less, the inertance and flow path resistance in the shallow groove portion become excessively large in the conventional L-shaped pressure chamber, and ink droplets It will interfere with the discharge of water. Of course, this problem can occur in the same way even when the resolution is higher than 360 dpi.
In view of this point, in the recording head 1, the first through hole portion that communicates between the front end side of the shallow groove portion 20 and the nozzle opening 14 with respect to the through hole portion 21 that communicates between the shallow groove portion 20 and the nozzle opening 14. 22, and a second through-hole portion 23 that communicates between the supply-side end portion (shallow groove portion base end side) of the shallow groove portion 20 and the nozzle opening 14. In the present embodiment, the first through hole portion 22 is configured as a vertical through hole portion formed in the plate thickness direction of the flow path substrate 17, while the second through hole portion 23 extends obliquely with respect to the plate thickness direction. It is configured as an existing oblique through hole. Hereinafter, the flow path substrate 17 will be described in detail focusing on this point.
Here, FIG. 4 is a plan view of a part of the flow path substrate 17 as seen from the shallow groove portion 20 side, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. is there. As shown in these drawings, the shallow groove portion 20 is configured by a parallelogram-shaped recess that is elongated horizontally when viewed from the plane, and is formed over the entire length of the pressure chamber 12. As described above, the reason for the empty space of the parallelogram is that the flow path substrate 17 is manufactured by anisotropically etching a silicon single crystal plate (for example, a silicon wafer having a thickness of 330 μm). . That is, in this etching process, each surface of the recess is partitioned by the crystal plane of silicon, and the shape is determined by the angle of the crystal plane. For this reason, in the example of FIG. 4, the long side portion is formed in parallel with the Y direction (pressure chamber longitudinal direction) and the short side portion is in the X direction (pressure chamber length) with respect to the parallelogram-shaped wall portion defining the shallow groove portion 20. It is formed with an inclination of 35 degrees in the clockwise direction with respect to the direction perpendicular to the hand direction Y (the nozzle row direction). Further, the shallow groove portion 20 has a total length L20 (length in the Y direction) of 500 μm and a width W20 of 55 μm. Here, the reason why the width W20 is set to 55 μm is due to the balance with the deformation amount of the elastic plate 18. That is, the minimum required width for ejecting a required amount of ink droplets is set to 55 μm.
In the present embodiment, the width (thickness) W25 of the flow path partition 25 that partitions the shallow groove portions 20 is set to 15.5 μm. The width W25 of the flow path partition 25 is defined by the formation pitch of the pressure chambers 12 (nozzle openings 14) and the width of the shallow groove portion 20. That is, in this embodiment, the pressure chambers 12 are produced at intervals of about 70 μm, but the width W20 of the shallow groove portion 20 is set to 55 μm as described above. For this reason, the width W25 of the flow path partition 25 is set to 15.5 μm. Further, the height H25 of the flow path partition 25 (the depth of the shallow groove portion 20) is set to 30 μm. The height H25 of the flow path partition 25 is set as high as possible within a range where excessive deformation does not occur due to the ink pressure in the pressure chamber 12, but should be set lower than the height H21 of the through-hole portion 21. Is preferred. This is because, in the thickness direction of the flow path substrate 17, the ratio of the through hole portion 21 is larger than the ratio of the shallow groove portion 20, and the rigidity of the entire flow path substrate can be increased. .
Further, in this flow path partition 25, a part of the portion closer to the reservoir empty portion 16 than the shallow groove portion 20 protrudes in a trapezoidal shape toward the adjacent flow path partition 25, and this trapezoidal protrusion 26 As a result, the ink supply port 13 is partitioned. The ink supply port 13 includes a narrowed portion 27 defined by a trapezoidal upper bottom portion, and a shallow groove supply portion 28 located closer to the reservoir empty portion 16 than the narrowed portion 27. In the present embodiment, the length L27 of the narrowed portion 27 is set to 100 μm and the width W27 is set to 20 μm. The narrowed portion 27 and the shallow groove supply portion 28 are manufactured to the same depth as the shallow groove portion 20 described above. That is, these depths are the same as the height H25 of the flow path partition wall 25.
As described above, the through-hole portion 21 includes the first through-hole portion 22 and the second through-hole portion 23. The first through-hole portion 22 is configured as a vertical through-hole portion formed in the plate thickness direction, and is formed at a tip portion of the shallow groove portion 20, that is, a place farthest from the reservoir empty portion 16 in the shallow groove portion 20. The opening shape of the first through hole portion 22 is also a parallelogram shape. This is because the silicon single crystal plate is manufactured by etching as described above. Accordingly, the angle of each side constituting the opening of the first through-hole portion 22 is the same as that of the shallow groove portion 20. And the opening width W22 of this 1st through-hole part 22 is formed smaller than the width W20 of the shallow groove part 20, and is 40 micrometers in this embodiment. Here, the opening width W22 of the first through-hole portion 22 is made narrower than the width W20 of the shallow groove portion 20 because the wall thickness of the portion (through-hole partition wall portion 29) sandwiched between the first through-hole portions 22 is reduced. This is to secure the length W29 as much as possible. In the above example, the thickness W29 of the through-hole partition wall 29 is 30.5 μm, and necessary and sufficient rigidity is obtained. In other words, in order to obtain the necessary and sufficient rigidity for the through-hole partition wall 29, it can be said that the opening width W22 of the first through-hole portion 22 may be set to 60% or less of the formation pitch of the pressure chamber empty portions 15. .
Further, the opening of the first through-hole portion 22 is elongated in the pressure chamber longitudinal direction (Y direction). The reason for elongating in the longitudinal direction of the pressure chamber is to reduce the inertance and flow path resistance in the first through-hole portion 22. As described above, the opening width W22 of the first through-hole portion 22 is restricted from the viewpoint of securing the rigidity of the through-hole partition wall portion 29 that partitions the first through-hole portions 22, and the formation pitch of the pressure chamber empty portions 15 Of 60% or less. In this case, if the opening length L22 of the first through-hole portion 22 is too short, the inertance and flow path resistance in the first through-hole portion 22 become excessively large, which hinders ink droplet ejection. Therefore, by expanding the first through-hole portion 22 in the longitudinal direction of the pressure chamber, the cross-sectional area of the first through-hole portion 22 is expanded, and the inertance and flow path resistance are optimized.
Here, if the 1st through-hole part 22 is expanded in a pressure chamber longitudinal direction, the area of the through-hole partition part 29 between 1st through-hole parts 22 will also become large in connection with this. If the through-hole partition wall 29 becomes excessively large, the required rigidity cannot be obtained even with the above thickness (30.5 μm), causing adjacent crosstalk. For this reason, the opening length of the 1st through-hole part 22 cannot be enlarged unnecessarily. Considering this point, in the present embodiment, the opening length L22 of the first through-hole portion 22 is set to 120 μm. In other words, the ratio of the opening width W22 and the opening length L22 in the first through-hole portion 22 is set to 1: 3. By setting this ratio, the rigidity of the through-hole partition wall 29 can be secured while the inertance and flow path resistance of the first through-hole 22 are appropriately reduced.
From this point of view, the optimum value of the opening length L22 when the opening width W22 of the first through-hole portion 22 is 40 μm is 80 μm to 160 μm (the ratio of the opening width W22 to the opening length L22 is 1: 2 to 1: 4).
Said 2nd through-hole part 23 is comprised as an oblique through-hole part extended diagonally with respect to the plate | board thickness direction. One end of the second through-hole portion 23 opens near the supply-side end portion of the shallow groove portion 20, and the other end opens at the arrangement position of the nozzle opening 14 and the nozzle-side end portion of the first through-hole portion 22. Is formed. The formation direction of the second through-hole portion 23 (inclination angle with respect to the substrate surface) is restricted to a certain angle. That is, since the second through hole 23 is also partitioned by the crystal plane of silicon, the formation direction is inevitably determined. As shown in FIG. 5, the formation direction of the second through-hole portion 23 is 35 degrees when the pressure chamber longitudinal direction (Y direction) is 0 degrees and the plate thickness direction (Z direction) is 90 degrees. Become. The reason why the second through-hole portion 23 is an oblique through-hole portion is that the flow path length of the second through-hole portion 23 can be minimized, and the flow-path resistance and inertance in the second through-hole portion 23 are reduced. Because it can. In consideration of the fact that the shallow groove portion 20 is a flat flow path and the flow resistance is larger than that of the second through hole portion 23, the shallow groove portion side opening of the second through hole portion 23 is allowed to the ink supply port 13. A configuration where they are as close as possible is preferable.
The opening shape of the second through-hole portion 23 is also a parallelogram like the opening of the first through-hole portion 22. And the opening width W23 of this 2nd through-hole part 23 is formed smaller than the opening width W22 of the 1st through-hole part 22, and is 25 micrometers in this embodiment. Further, the opening length L23 of the second through-hole portion 23 is 150 μm. In the present embodiment, since the second through-hole portion 23 is inclined downward at an oblique angle of 35 degrees, even if the opening length L23 is 150 μm, the cross-sectional area of the second through-hole portion 23 (ink flow). The cross section perpendicular to the direction is 20 μm × 86 μm. On the other hand, the cross-sectional area of the first through-hole portion 22 is 40 μm × 120 μm as described above. Thus, since the cross-sectional area of the first through-hole portion 22 is larger than that of the second through-hole portion 23, the flow path resistance is reduced.
The opening shape of the second through-hole portion 23 is set in this way because the flow resistance of the first through-hole portion 22 is set smaller than that of the second through-hole portion 23 and adjacent crosstalk is set. It is for preventing.
The reason why the flow resistance of the first through-hole portion 22 is set to be smaller than the flow resistance of the second through-hole portion 23 is to easily and reliably remove bubbles that have entered the pressure chamber 12. In this type of recording head 1, bubbles may enter the pressure chamber 12. For example, air dissolved in the ink gathers to form bubbles, which may enter. In addition, when the ink cartridge or the ink pack is replaced, bubbles generated in the connection portion may enter. The bubbles that have entered the pressure chamber 12 are removed by, for example, sucking ink from the nozzle opening 14 side. In this case, the flow resistance of the second through-hole portion 23 is reduced to that of the first through-hole portion 22. If it is smaller than the flow path resistance, the amount of ink flowing through the second through-hole portion 23 becomes larger than the amount of ink flowing through the first through-hole portion 22. As a result, it becomes difficult to remove bubbles in the shallow groove portion 20, particularly bubbles remaining at the tip portion of the shallow groove portion 20.
When the flow resistance of the first through-hole portion 22 is made smaller than the flow resistance of the second through-hole portion 23, the ink flow rate of the first through-hole portion 22 is larger than the ink flow rate of the second through-hole portion 23. Therefore, it is possible to reduce ink stagnation when viewed from the whole pressure chamber 12. As a result, the necessary flow rate can be ensured even at the front end of the shallow groove portion where ink is likely to stagnate, and bubbles can be reliably discharged. From the viewpoint of surely eliminating bubbles, the ratio of the ink flow rate of the first through-hole portion 22 to the ink flow rate of the second through-hole portion 23 is 1: 1 or more, preferably about 2: 1 or more. It has been confirmed experimentally.
The reason why the opening width W23 of the second through-hole portion 23 is narrower than the opening width W22 of the first through-hole portion 22 is to prevent the occurrence of adjacent crosstalk. That is, by making the opening width W23 of the second through-hole portion 23 smaller than the opening width W22 of the first through-hole portion 22, the thickness of the partition wall portion located between the adjacent second through-hole portions 23 is It becomes thicker than the thickness of the through-hole partition wall 29 described above. As a result, sufficient rigidity can be secured in the partition between the second through-hole portions 23, and the occurrence of adjacent crosstalk can be prevented.
The through-hole portion 21 is composed of the first through-hole portion 22 and the second through-hole portion 23 so that the second through-hole portion 23 is located between the supply-side end portion of the shallow groove portion 20 and the nozzle opening 14. Since it communicates, even if the depth of the shallow groove part 20 is made lower than before and the rigidity is increased, the flow resistance can be prevented from becoming excessively high. As a result, even if the nozzle openings 14 and the pressure chambers 12 have a higher density than before, adjacent crosstalk due to the deformation of the flow path partition wall 25 can be prevented. Also, the frequency response characteristics can be maintained as high as before. In addition, since the second through-hole portion 23 is an oblique through-hole portion extending obliquely with respect to the thickness direction of the flow path substrate 17, the flow path length of the second through-hole portion 23 can be minimized. In addition, the flow path resistance and inertance can be reduced.
Regarding the prevention of adjacent crosstalk, as shown in FIG. 5, a triangular beam portion 31 is formed in a region surrounded by the shallow groove portion 20, the first through-hole portion 22, and the second through-hole portion 23. Has been. And since this beam part 31 is formed in series over a plurality of pressure chambers 12 (pressure chamber empty part 15), it is considered that the deformation of the pressure chamber empty part 15 is prevented by this beam part 31. You can also
Next, a method for manufacturing the recording head 1 will be described. In addition, regarding this manufacturing method, each member excluding the flow path substrate 17, that is, the case 4, the vibrator unit 5, the vibration plate, and the nozzle plate 19 are manufactured in the same process as the conventional one. For this reason, in the following description, the flow path substrate manufacturing process for manufacturing the flow path substrate 17 will be described.
In this flow path substrate manufacturing step, first, a tip hole forming step is performed. In this leading hole forming step, for example, as shown in FIG. 7A, a first leading hole 32 corresponding to the first through hole portion 22 and a second leading hole 33 corresponding to the second through hole portion 23. Are formed on a silicon single crystal plate (element substrate 34). These leading holes 32 and 33 are formed by laser beam processing. Here, the first through-hole portion 22 is a vertical through-hole portion formed in the plate thickness direction, whereas the second through-hole portion 23 is an oblique through-hole extending obliquely with respect to the plate thickness direction. Part. In order to form two flow paths having different directions at the same time, in laser beam processing, a beam irradiation direction when forming the first leading hole 32 and a beam when forming the second leading hole 33 are used. The irradiation direction is different. Specifically, the beam irradiation direction when forming the first leading hole 32 is a direction perpendicular to the surface of the silicon single crystal plate 34. Further, the beam irradiation direction when forming the second tip hole 33 is set to a direction of 35 degrees with respect to the surface of the base substrate 34.
If the leading hole forming step has been performed, then a through hole portion forming step is performed. In this through hole forming step, etching is performed on the silicon single crystal plate in which the tip hole is formed. That is, a mask corresponding to the opening shape of the first through-hole portion 22 and the opening shape of the second through-hole portion 23 is formed on the surface of the base substrate 34 in which the leading holes 32 and 33 are formed, and then etching is performed. By this etching process, the leading holes 32 and 33 are gradually eroded and expanded, and the first through hole portion 22 and the second through hole portion 23 are formed.
If the through hole portion forming step is performed, the shallow groove portion (ink supply port) forming step is performed. In this shallow groove portion forming step, the shallow groove portion 20 and the ink supply port 13 (the narrowed portion 27 and the shallow groove supply portion 28) are formed on the surface of the base substrate 34 on which the first through hole portion 22 and the second through hole portion 23 are formed. A mask corresponding to the shape is manufactured, and then etching is performed until a desired depth is obtained.
If the shallow groove formation process is performed, a separation process is performed. In this separation step, the base substrate 34 is broken along the break pattern produced in the leading hole forming step and the through hole portion forming step to obtain a plurality of flow path substrates 17.
This completes the flow path substrate manufacturing process. In this process, the etching process is performed in the leading hole forming process and the through hole forming process. However, this etching process can be managed on one side of the shallow groove 20 side. For example, it is sufficient to make a mask pattern on one side. Therefore, workability is improved and the flow path substrate 17 can be efficiently manufactured.
By the way, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible. Hereinafter, modified examples will be described.
Although the flow path substrate 17 is configured by one silicon single crystal plate in the above-described embodiment, a plurality of plate materials may be bonded. In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, it is preferable that the shallow groove substrate 41 for forming the shallow groove portion 20 and the ink supply port 13 and the through hole substrate 42 for forming the through hole portion 21 are divided. This is because by dividing in this way, the degree of freedom of the manufacturing process can be increased, and the manufacturing can be facilitated. That is, when the substrate is divided into the shallow groove substrate 41 and the through-hole substrate 42, the shallow groove substrate 41 and the through-hole substrate 42 can be configured by only the through-holes, so that each substrate can be easily manufactured.
In this configuration, both the shallow groove substrate 41 and the through-hole substrate 42 may be made of a silicon single crystal plate, or the substrates 41 and 42 may be made of different materials. When manufacturing with different materials, for example, the shallow groove substrate 41 is manufactured by pressing a metal such as stainless steel, which is easy to process and handle, and the through-hole substrate 42 is manufactured with a silicon substrate. In addition, since the shallow groove part substrate 41 is a very thin plate material, handling may be difficult. In this case, the shallow groove part substrate 41 is made thick and bonded to the through hole substrate 42 and then polished. Etc., it may be thinned.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, the first through hole portion 22 has an oblique through hole portion that is opposite to the second through hole portion 23 and extends obliquely with respect to the thickness direction of the flow path substrate 17. It is good. In this case, a configuration in which inertances of the first through-hole portion 22 and the second through-hole portion 23 are aligned is preferable. Specifically, the cross-sectional shapes and flow path lengths of the first through hole portion 22 and the second through hole portion 23 are made uniform to form a V-shaped flow path toward the nozzle opening 14. If comprised in this way, the flow volume of the ink which flows through the 1st through-hole part 22 and the flow volume of the ink which flows through the 2nd through-hole part 23 will be equal, the flow of ink becomes smooth, and it can improve discharge efficiency.
In this configuration, the longitudinal center of the island portion 3 is positioned directly above the nozzle opening 14. If comprised in this way, since the division (dividing water field) of the ink flow at the time of pressing the island part 3 is also located just above the nozzle opening 14, an ink flow can be made more equal. As a result, the ink flow can be made smoother.
Although the above description has been given by exemplifying the recording head 1 using the piezoelectric vibrator 8 in the longitudinal vibration mode as the pressure generating element, the present invention is not limited to this recording head 1. In addition to this, a piezoelectric vibrator in a flexural vibration mode, an electrostatic actuator, a piezoelectric thin film actuator, a heating element, a magnetostrictive element, or the like can be used as the pressure generating element.
The present invention can also be applied to liquid jet heads other than the recording head 1. For example, the present invention can be applied to a color material ejecting head for a display manufacturing apparatus, an electrode material ejecting head for an electrode manufacturing apparatus, and a bioorganic matter ejecting head for a chip manufacturing apparatus. Furthermore, it can be applied to a micropipette.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an internal structure of a recording head.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a part of a flow path unit as viewed from the island side.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a part of a flow path substrate as viewed from the shallow groove side.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG.
6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG.
7A to 7C are diagrams illustrating a flow path substrate manufacturing process. FIG.
FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating an example in which a flow path substrate is made of a plurality of substrates.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the first through hole is an oblique through hole.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Inkjet recording head, 2 ... Channel unit, 3 ... Island part, 4 ... Case, 5 ... Vibrator unit, 6 ... Storage empty part, 7 ... Fixed plate, 8 ... Piezoelectric vibrator, 11 ... Reservoir, 12 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Pressure chamber, 13 ... Ink supply port, 14 ... Nozzle opening, 15 ... Pressure chamber empty part, 16 ... Reservoir empty part, 17 ... Flow path substrate, 18 ... Elastic plate, 19 ... Nozzle plate, 20 ... Shallow groove part, 21 ... through-hole portion, 22 ... first through-hole portion, 23 ... second through-hole portion, 24 ... resin film, 25 ... channel partition, 26 ... projection of channel partition, 27 ... constriction, 28 ... shallow groove Supply part, 29 ... Through-hole partition wall part, 31 ... Beam part, 32 ... First tip hole, 33 ... Second tip hole, 34 ... Element substrate, 41 ... Shallow groove part substrate, 42 ... Through-hole substrate
The pressure chamber empty portion serving as a pressure chamber, a flow path substrate comprising a plurality arrayed across the partition wall is joined to one surface of the channel substrate, provided corresponding to each of the pressure chambers empty portion A nozzle plate having a nozzle opening formed so as to face the pressure chamber cavity,
On the surface of the flow path substrate opposite to the nozzle plate, an elastic plate that closes the opening in the pressure chamber cavity ,
A pressure generating element connected to the elastic plate via an island corresponding to each of the pressure chambers, and causing pressure fluctuations in the liquid in each of the pressure chambers;
The pressure chamber empty portion is formed over the entire length of the pressure chamber, one end of which is communicated with the reservoir through the liquid supply port, the shallow groove portion and the nozzle passing through the flow path substrate. A through hole communicating with the opening,
And the first through-hole and the second through hole portion, extend obliquely with respect to the thickness direction of the flow path substrate so as to form a V-toward the nozzle opening,
Further, when viewed from above the pressure generating element, the center position of the island portion coincides with the position of the nozzle opening .
2. The liquid according to claim 1, wherein the flow path substrate includes a plurality of substrates including a shallow groove portion substrate that forms the shallow groove portion and a through hole substrate that forms the through hole portion. Jet head.
3. The liquid jet head according to claim 1, wherein a width of the through-hole portion is set narrower than a width of the shallow groove portion.
4. The liquid jet head according to claim 1, wherein a height of the through-hole portion is set higher than a height of the shallow groove portion.
2. The liquid jet head according to claim 1, wherein an inertance of the first through-hole portion and an inertance of the second through-hole portion are aligned.
The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1, wherein the pressure generating element is a piezoelectric vibrator.
The liquid jet head according to claim 1, wherein the flow path substrate is made of a silicon single crystal plate.
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