EP0914957A3 - Thermal head and method for manufacturing same - Google Patents

Thermal head and method for manufacturing same Download PDF

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EP0914957A3
EP0914957A3 EP98204412A EP98204412A EP0914957A3 EP 0914957 A3 EP0914957 A3 EP 0914957A3 EP 98204412 A EP98204412 A EP 98204412A EP 98204412 A EP98204412 A EP 98204412A EP 0914957 A3 EP0914957 A3 EP 0914957A3
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wiring electrode
forming
heat generating
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thermal head
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EP0914957A2 (en
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Yuji c/o Seiko Instruments Inc. Nakamura
Yoshinori C/O Seiko Instruments Inc. Sato
Yoshiaki C/O Seiko Instruments Inc. Saita
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Seiko Instruments Inc
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Priority claimed from EP95935562A external-priority patent/EP0737588B1/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/335—Structure of thermal heads
    • B41J2/33505—Constructional details
    • B41J2/3351—Electrode layers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/335—Structure of thermal heads
    • B41J2/33555—Structure of thermal heads characterised by type
    • B41J2/3357—Surface type resistors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/335—Structure of thermal heads
    • B41J2/3359—Manufacturing processes

Abstract

The invention provides a method for manufacturing a thermal head, the method comprising a step of forming a heat generating resistor (3), a step of forming a wiring electrode (4, 4a, 12) that is electrically connected to the heat generating resistor, and a step of forming a protective film (9) for clothing the heat generating resistor and the wiring electrode in the vicinity thereof, characterised in that
  • the wiring electrode forming step includes at least one sub-step wherein the contour of a resist pattern is made smaller midway during a wiring electrode etching process than in an earlier sub-step, whereby
  • the section configuration of the peripheral edge portion of the wiring electrode is formed into a tapered or stepped configuration through execution of each sub-step.
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    EP98204412A 1994-10-31 1995-10-25 Thermal head and method for manufacturing same Withdrawn EP0914957A3 (en)

    Applications Claiming Priority (4)

    Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
    JP26747494A JP3376128B2 (en) 1994-10-31 1994-10-31 Operation test equipment for fire detector
    JP267474/94 1994-10-31
    JP26747494 1994-10-31
    EP95935562A EP0737588B1 (en) 1994-10-31 1995-10-25 Thermal head and method of manufacturing same

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    EP0914957A2 EP0914957A2 (en) 1999-05-12
    EP0914957A3 true EP0914957A3 (en) 1999-10-20

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    Families Citing this family (2)

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    JP2002036614A (en) * 2000-07-25 2002-02-06 Seiko Instruments Inc Thin film thermal head
    JP2012183701A (en) * 2011-03-04 2012-09-27 Seiko Instruments Inc Thermal head, and method of manufacturing the same

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    US4096510A (en) * 1974-08-19 1978-06-20 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Thermal printing head
    US4719477A (en) * 1986-01-17 1988-01-12 Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated thermal ink jet printhead and method of manufacture
    EP0518467A2 (en) * 1991-04-20 1992-12-16 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Substrate for recording head, recording head and method for producing same
    US5252182A (en) * 1990-11-20 1993-10-12 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Method for manufacturing thermal recording device
    US5439554A (en) * 1992-06-10 1995-08-08 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Liquid jet recording head fabrication method

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    JPS5530468A (en) 1978-08-28 1980-03-04 Teijin Ltd Production of high denier false twisted yarn
    JPS56129184A (en) 1980-03-17 1981-10-09 Toshiba Corp Thermal head
    JPS63135261A (en) 1986-11-28 1988-06-07 Tdk Corp Production of thermal head

    Patent Citations (5)

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    Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
    US4096510A (en) * 1974-08-19 1978-06-20 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Thermal printing head
    US4719477A (en) * 1986-01-17 1988-01-12 Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated thermal ink jet printhead and method of manufacture
    US5252182A (en) * 1990-11-20 1993-10-12 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Method for manufacturing thermal recording device
    EP0518467A2 (en) * 1991-04-20 1992-12-16 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Substrate for recording head, recording head and method for producing same
    US5439554A (en) * 1992-06-10 1995-08-08 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Liquid jet recording head fabrication method

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    JPH08129685A (en) 1996-05-21
    JP3376128B2 (en) 2003-02-10
    EP0914957A2 (en) 1999-05-12

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