Print element substrate and printing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10150290-B2
Application number	US-201715602671-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2017
Priority date	May 30, 2016
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

A print element substrate and a printing device which can suppress lowering of an image quality are provided. For that purpose, a heater, a sub-heater, and a driver are arranged in each heating area, and a plurality of the heating areas is arrayed on the print element substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A print element substrate which ejects a liquid droplet from an ejection port by foaming the liquid comprising:
a first heating unit row in which a plurality of first heating units used for foaming the liquid is arrayed;
a second heating unit row in which a plurality of second heating units provided in a vicinity of the first heating units and used for heating the print element substrate is arrayed along the first heating unit row; and
a driving unit row in which a plurality of driving units which switch on/off the second heating units is arrayed along the first heating unit row.

2. The print element substrate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first heating units, at least one of the second heating units, and at least one of the driving units are provided in a predetermined region;
the driving unit in the region switches on/off the second heating unit in the region; and
a plurality of the regions is arrayed, and the first heating unit row, the second heating unit row, and the driving unit row are formed therein.

3. The print element substrate according to claim 2 , further comprising a temperature detecting unit detecting a temperature of the print element substrate,
wherein the temperature detecting unit is provided in the region.

4. The print element substrate according to claim 3 , wherein a plurality of the regions each having an equal positional relationship among the first heating unit, the second heating unit, the driving unit, and the temperature detecting unit is arrayed.

5. The print element substrate according to claim 4 , wherein the positional relationship among the first heating unit, the second heating unit, the driving unit, and the temperature detecting unit is equal in all the regions.

6. The print element substrate according to claim 2 , wherein each of the regions is capable of switching on/off the second heating unit.

7. The print element substrate according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of connection terminals is provided on an end portion; and
the numbers of the second heating units and the driving units in the region adjacent to the connection terminal are smaller than the numbers of the second heating units and the driving units in the region not adjacent to the connection terminal.

8. The print element substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the liquid is an ink and a plurality of the first heating units in the region is capable of ejecting the ink in the same color.

9. The print element substrate according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of the driving units and a plurality of the second heating units corresponding to the driving units are provided in the region, and
the driving units switch on/off the second heating units corresponding to the driving units based on a signal common to the plurality of the driving units in the region.

10. The print element substrate according to claim 1 , wherein one of the driving units switches on/off one of the second heating units.

11. The print element substrate according to claim 1 , wherein one of the driving units switches on/off a plurality of the second heating units.

12. The print element substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a supply port extending along the first heating unit row,
wherein a liquid supplied from the supply port is ejected.

13. The print element substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising an opening row in which a plurality of openings through which a liquid passes is arrayed along the first heating unit row.

14. The print element substrate according to claim 13 , wherein the opening rows are provided symmetrically on both sides of the first heating unit row.

15. The print element substrate according to claim 13 , wherein the second heating unit row is provided between the first heating unit row and the opening row.

16. The print element substrate according to claim 13 , wherein the opening row is provided between the first heating unit row and the driving unit row.

17. The print element substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a power supply supplied to the second heating unit is the same power supply as the power supply supplied to the first heating unit.

18. The print element substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the driving units switches on/off the second heating units based on a signal to control the second heating units.

19. The print element substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the driving unit row is provided on one side of the second heating unit row.

20. A printing device comprising:
a print element substrate which ejects a liquid droplet from an ejection port by foaming the liquid, the print element substrate including a first heating unit row in which a plurality of first heating units used for foaming the liquid is arrayed, and a second heating unit row in which a plurality of second heating units provided in a vicinity of the first heating units and used for heating the print element substrate is arrayed along the first heating unit row; and
a driving unit row in which a plurality of driving units which switch on/off the second heating units is arrayed along the first heating unit row, in the print element substrate.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Kasai Ryo
• Umeda Kengo
• Aoki Takatsuna
• Takagi Makoto

Classifications

• B41J2/14072

  Electrical connections, e.g. details on electrodes, connecting the chip to the outside... · CPC title

• B41J2/04563 Primary

  detecting head temperature; Ink temperature · CPC title

• B41J2/04541

  Specific driving circuit · CPC title

• B41J29/393

  Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine {; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns} · CPC title

• B41J2/42

  for heating selectively · CPC title