Element substrate, printhead, and printing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10252523-B2
Application number	US-201715641647-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 5, 2017
Priority date	Jul 29, 2016
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

An element substrate comprises: a plurality of heat elements which include a first heat element and a second heat element configured to supply heat to a liquid for printing; and a plurality of driving circuits which include a first driving circuit configured to drive the first heat element and a second driving circuit configured to drive the second heat element, wherein the plurality of heat elements and the plurality of driving circuits are stacked and arranged on the element substrate, and the first heat element is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the second driving circuit when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the element substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An element substrate comprising:
a plurality of heat elements which include a first heat element and a second heat element configured to supply heat to a liquid for printing; and
a plurality of driving circuits which include a first driving circuit configured to drive the first heat element and a second driving circuit configured to drive the second heat element,
wherein the plurality of heat elements and the plurality of driving circuits are stacked and arranged on a surface of the element substrate, and
wherein the first heat element is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the second driving circuit when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the element substrate.

2. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat element is arranged so as not to overlap the first driving circuit.

3. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the second heat element is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the first driving circuit.

4. The substrate according to claim 3 , wherein the second heat element is arranged so as not to overlap the second driving circuit.

5. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat element and the second heat element are arranged adjacent to each other.

6. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat element and the second heat element are not driven simultaneously.

7. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of driving circuits includes a driver transistor and a control circuit configured to output a driving signal for driving the driver transistor in accordance with a control signal.

8. The substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the first heat element is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the driver transistor included in the second driving circuit, and
the second heat element is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the driver transistor included in the first driving circuit.

9. The substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the first heat element is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the control circuit included in the second driving circuit, and
the second heat element is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the control circuit included in the first driving circuit.

10. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a timing at which the first driving circuit drives the first heat element is controlled so as to avoid a timing at which a temperature of the first driving circuit which is increased by heat generated when the second heat element is driven reaches a peak.

11. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein supply ports of the liquid are provided so as to sandwich each of the plurality of heat elements, and the liquid is supplied, from two directions, to orifices of the liquid which, respectively, correspond to the plurality of heat elements.

12. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of heat elements is arranged to overlap one of parts which form the plurality of driving circuits such that a distance from each supply port of the liquid to the orifice corresponding to each of the plurality of heat elements becomes the shortest.

13. A printhead comprising at least one element substrate,
wherein the element substrate includes
a plurality of heat elements which include a first heat element and a second heat element configured to supply heat to a liquid for printing, and
a plurality of driving circuits which include a first driving circuit configured to drive the first heat element and a second driving circuit configured to drive the second heat element,
the plurality of heat elements and the plurality of driving circuits are stacked and arranged on a surface of the element substrate, and
the first heat element is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the second driving circuit when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the element substrate.

14. A printing apparatus comprising at least one printhead which includes at least one element substrate,
wherein the element substrate includes
a plurality of heat elements which include a first heat element and a second heat element configured to supply heat to a liquid for printing, and
a plurality of driving circuits which include a first driving circuit configured to drive the first heat element and a second driving circuit configured to drive the second heat element,
the plurality of heat elements and the plurality of driving circuits are stacked and arranged on a surface of the element substrate, and
the first heat element is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the second driving circuit when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the element substrate.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Kasai Ryo

Classifications

• B41J2/04543

  Block driving · CPC title

• B41J2/14129

  Layer structure · CPC title

• B41J2/04541 Primary

  Specific driving circuit · CPC title

• B41J2/0455 Primary

  Details of switching sections of circuit, e.g. transistors · CPC title

• B41J2/0458

  controlling heads based on heating elements forming bubbles · CPC title