Drive board, liquid jet head, and liquid jet recording device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12023927-B2
Application number	US-202217859607-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2022
Priority date	Jul 19, 2021
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

There is provided a drive board a manufacturing cost of which can be reduced while enhancing a liquid ejection performance. The drive board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a drive board which is applied to a liquid jet head, and outputs a drive signal to a jet section, and includes a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer opposed to each other along a direction perpendicular to a board surface, at least one drive device which is mounted on the first wiring layer, and is configured to generate the drive signal, a first power supply wiring line which is arranged in the first wiring layer, and is a wiring line configured to supply drive power toward the drive device, a differential line which is arranged in the first wiring layer, and is a line configured to transmit a differential signal toward the drive device, and a second power supply wiring line which is arranged in the second wiring layer, which is electrically coupled to the first power supply wiring line via a first through hole, and is opposed to a first area in the differential line. A wiring width in the second power supply wiring line is larger than a line width of the first area in the differential line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drive board which is applied to a liquid jet head having a jet section configured to jet liquid, and which is configured to output a drive signal for jetting the liquid to the jet section, the drive board comprising:
a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer opposed to each other along a direction perpendicular to a board surface;
at least one drive device which is mounted on the first wiring layer, and which is configured to generate the drive signal;
a first power supply wiring line which is arranged in the first wiring layer, and which is a wiring line configured to supply drive power toward the drive device;
a differential line which is arranged in the first wiring layer, and which is a line configured to transmit a differential signal toward the drive device;
a second power supply wiring line which is arranged in the second wiring layer, which is electrically coupled to the first power supply wiring line via a first through hole, and which is opposed to a first area in the differential line, wherein a wiring width in the second power supply wiring line is larger than a line width of the first area in the differential line;
a driving capacitor which is arranged in the second wiring layer, one end of which is coupled to the second power supply wiring line, and another end of which is coupled to the second ground wiring line;
a wiring area which is arranged in the first wiring layer, and which includes a signal wiring line configured to transmit the drive signal output from the drive device; and
a return wiring line which has a wiring-opposed area opposed to the wiring area, and which is arranged to be coupled to the second ground wiring line in the second wiring layer.

2. The drive board according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first ground wiring line which is arranged in the first wiring layer, and which is a wiring line configured to supply ground with respect to the drive power toward the drive device; and
a second ground wiring line which is arranged in the second wiring layer, which is electrically coupled to the first ground wiring line via a second through hole, and which is opposed to a second area in the differential line, wherein
a wiring width in the second ground wiring line is larger than a line width of the second area in the differential line.

3. The drive board according to claim 1 , wherein
the return wiring line includes
a first return path which reaches the driving capacitor from the wiring-opposed area via one end side of the drive device, and
a second return path which reaches the driving capacitor from the wiring-opposed area via another end side of the drive device.

4. The drive board according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pair of first digital ground wiring lines respectively arranged at both sides along a width direction of the differential line in the first wiring layer; and
a second digital ground wiring line which is arranged in the second wiring layer, which is electrically coupled to the pair of first digital ground wiring lines via third through holes, and which is opposed to a third area in the differential line.

5. The drive board according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a gap area disposed in the second wiring layer between an opposed area to the first area of the differential line in the second power supply wiring line and an opposed area to the second area of the differential line in the second ground wiring line; and
a projecting part which projects from at least one of the pair of first digital ground wiring lines, and which is disposed in an area opposed to the gap area in the first wiring layer.

6. The drive board according to claim 1 , further comprising a first input terminal and a second input terminal to which the differential signal is input from an outside of the liquid jet head, wherein
a plurality of the drive devices is arranged in series to each other in the first wiring layer via a plurality of the differential lines arranged between the first input terminal and the second input terminal.

7. The drive board according to claim 1 , wherein
the drive board is formed of a flexible board.

8. A liquid jet head comprising:
at one of the drive board according to claim 1 ; and
the jet section.

9. A liquid jet recording device comprising:
the liquid jet head according to claim 8 .

Assignees

• Sii Printek Inc

Inventors

• Yoshida Kensuke

Classifications

• B41J2/14201

  Structure of print heads with piezoelectric elements · CPC title

• B41J2202/18

  Electrical connection established using vias · CPC title

• B41J2002/14491

  Electrical connection · CPC title

• B41J2/04581

  controlling heads based on piezoelectric elements · CPC title

• B41J2202/08

  dealing with thermal variations, e.g. cooling · CPC title