Print element substrate, printhead, and printing apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12011922B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-18

    申请号:US17313595

    申请日:2021-05-06

    CPC classification number: B41J2/04563 B41J2/0458 B41J2/14153

    Abstract: A print element substrate, comprising a base, a heater provided on the base and configured to generate heat used to discharge ink, a flow path member, which forms an ink flow path, configured to form, together with the base, a bubbling chamber in which the ink is bubbled by the heat of the heater provided in a bottom surface of the bubbling chamber, and a temperature sensor capable of detecting a temperature of the bubbling chamber, the temperature sensor being formed of the same material as the heater and provided in the same layer as the heater on the base.

    LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210370669A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17242747

    申请日:2021-04-28

    Abstract: A liquid discharge head, comprising an insulating member arranged on a substrate, a resistive heating element arranged in the insulating member and configured to generate thermal energy used to discharge a liquid, a bubble chamber provided above the insulating member and configured to generate bubbles of the liquid based on the thermal energy, and a temperature detection element capable of detecting a temperature in the bubble chamber, wherein the temperature detection element is arranged between the resistive heating element and the bubble chamber and in a conductive layer closest to the bubble chamber in a plurality of conductive layers provided with respect to the insulating member.

    Liquid ejecting apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12134269B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-05

    申请号:US17935025

    申请日:2022-09-23

    Inventor: Hiroyasu Nomura

    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus with a recording element substrate including an ejection port that ejects liquid, and a heating element that heats the liquid in order to eject the liquid from the ejection port; and at least a first temperature detecting element and a second temperature detecting element. The first temperature detecting element and the second temperature detecting element are formed at target positions centered on the center of the heating element when the recording element substrate is viewed in plan view.

    Print element substrate, printhead, and printing apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11485135B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US17318492

    申请日:2021-05-12

    Inventor: Hiroyasu Nomura

    Abstract: A print element substrate, comprising a plurality of heating elements, a plurality of detection elements, each configured to detect a temperature of a corresponding heating element, a first current generation unit, a second current generation unit, and a signal output unit, wherein one of the first and second current generation units supplies a current to a first detection element, the other supplies a current to a second detection element, and the signal output unit outputs a signal according to a potential difference between one terminal of the first detection element on a side where a potential variation occurs upon supply of the current and one terminal of the second detection element on a side where a potential variation occurs upon supply of the current.

    Printing apparatus and method of determining minimum discharge energy

    公开(公告)号:US11027543B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US16701420

    申请日:2019-12-03

    Abstract: A printing apparatus measures a temperature of an electrothermal transducer by a corresponding temperature detection element, detects, based on the measured temperature, a peak voltage which indicates a point of change, from a state where ink is discharged normally from a printhead to a state where the ink is not discharged from the printhead, and compares the peak voltage with a threshold value. The measurement, detection, and comparison are repeated until the peal voltage becomes equal to or more than the threshold value. Energy supplied to the electrothermal transducer at a time in which the peak voltage is determined to be equal to or more than the threshold is determined to be minimum discharge energy.

    PRINT ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210370670A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17313595

    申请日:2021-05-06

    Abstract: A print element substrate, comprising a base, a heater provided on the base and configured to generate heat used to discharge ink, a flow path member, which forms an ink flow path, configured to form, together with the base, a bubbling chamber in which the ink is bubbled by the heat of the heater provided in a bottom surface of the bubbling chamber, and a temperature sensor capable of detecting a temperature of the bubbling chamber, the temperature sensor being formed of the same material as the heater and provided in the same layer as the heater on the base.

    Element substrate, printhead, and printing apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10960665B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US16361365

    申请日:2019-03-22

    Abstract: An element substrate provided in a printhead includes a heater configured to heat ink and discharge the ink from a nozzle, a temperature sensor provided in correspondence with the heater, an electric current source configured to energize the temperature sensor with an electric current based on an electric current value specified by an externally input first signal, and a determination circuit configured to determine an ink discharge status of the nozzle based on a voltage output from the temperature sensor energized with the electric current and a threshold voltage specified by an externally input second signal, and output a determination result signal.

    PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING MINIMUM DISCHARGE ENERGY

    公开(公告)号:US20200180308A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16701420

    申请日:2019-12-03

    Abstract: A printing apparatus measures a temperature of an electrothermal transducer by a corresponding temperature detection element, detects, based on the measured temperature, a peak voltage which indicates a point of change, from a state where ink is discharged normally from a printhead to a state where the ink is not discharged from the printhead, and compares the peak voltage with a threshold value. The measurement, detection, and comparison are repeated until the peal voltage becomes equal to or more than the threshold value. Energy supplied to the electrothermal transducer at a time in which the peak voltage is determined to be equal to or more than the threshold is determined to be minimum discharge energy.

    Print element substrate, printhead, and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10308021B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US15822729

    申请日:2017-11-27

    Abstract: A print element substrate that includes a plurality of heaters and a plurality of temperature sensors provided in correspondence with a plurality of nozzles, comprises: a selecting unit that selects one temperature sensor from the plurality of temperature sensors and output a temperature signal; a determining unit that determines a discharge state of the nozzle based on the temperature signal output by the selecting unit; an outputting unit that, based on a determination result output from the determining unit, externally outputs a signal indicating the discharge state of the nozzle corresponding to the selected temperature sensor; and a masking unit that, in accordance with a change in selection of the temperature sensor by the selecting unit, masks the determination result output from the determining unit to the outputting unit during a predetermined time from a timing of the change.

    LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230101931A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17935025

    申请日:2022-09-23

    Inventor: Hiroyasu Nomura

    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus with a recording element substrate including an ejection port that ejects liquid, and a heating element that heats the liquid in order to eject the liquid from the ejection port; and at least a first temperature detecting element and a second temperature detecting element. The first temperature detecting element and the second temperature detecting element are formed at target positions centered on the center of the heating element when the recording element substrate is viewed in plan view.

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