JP7042224B2 - 液滴堆積装置およびその試験回路 - Google Patents

液滴堆積装置およびその試験回路 Download PDF

Info

Publication number
JP7042224B2
JP7042224B2 JP2018567584A JP2018567584A JP7042224B2 JP 7042224 B2 JP7042224 B2 JP 7042224B2 JP 2018567584 A JP2018567584 A JP 2018567584A JP 2018567584 A JP2018567584 A JP 2018567584A JP 7042224 B2 JP7042224 B2 JP 7042224B2
Authority
JP
Japan
Prior art keywords
test
circuit
actuator element
switch
capacitance
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
JP2018567584A
Other languages
English (en)
Japanese (ja)
Other versions
JP2019521018A (ja
JP2019521018A5 (enExample
Inventor
ニール クリストファー バード
ムジャヒドゥル イスラム
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Xaar Technology Ltd
Original Assignee
Xaar Technology Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Xaar Technology Ltd filed Critical Xaar Technology Ltd
Publication of JP2019521018A publication Critical patent/JP2019521018A/ja
Publication of JP2019521018A5 publication Critical patent/JP2019521018A5/ja
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of JP7042224B2 publication Critical patent/JP7042224B2/ja
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R31/00—Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
    • G01R31/28—Testing of electronic circuits, e.g. by signal tracer
    • G01R31/282—Testing of electronic circuits specially adapted for particular applications not provided for elsewhere
    • G01R31/2829—Testing of circuits in sensor or actuator systems
    • 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
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
    • B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
    • B41J2/0451—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits for detecting failure, e.g. clogging, malfunctioning actuator
    • 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
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
    • B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
    • B41J2/04508—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits aiming at correcting other parameters
    • 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
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
    • B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
    • B41J2/04541—Specific driving circuit
    • 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
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
    • B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
    • B41J2/0455—Details of switching sections of circuit, e.g. transistors
    • 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
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
    • B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
    • B41J2/04581—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits controlling heads based on piezoelectric elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R27/00—Arrangements for measuring resistance, reactance, impedance, or electric characteristics derived therefrom
    • G01R27/02—Measuring real or complex resistance, reactance, impedance, or other two-pole characteristics derived therefrom, e.g. time constant
    • G01R27/26—Measuring inductance or capacitance; Measuring quality factor, e.g. by using the resonance method; Measuring loss factor; Measuring dielectric constants ; Measuring impedance or related variables
    • G01R27/2605—Measuring capacitance

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
  • Ink Jet (AREA)
  • Testing Of Short-Circuits, Discontinuities, Leakage, Or Incorrect Line Connections (AREA)
JP2018567584A 2016-06-30 2017-06-29 液滴堆積装置およびその試験回路 Active JP7042224B2 (ja)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1611464.7A GB2551811B (en) 2016-06-30 2016-06-30 Droplet deposition apparatus and test circuit therefor
GB1611464.7 2016-06-30
PCT/GB2017/051911 WO2018002634A1 (en) 2016-06-30 2017-06-29 Droplet deposition apparatus and test circuit therefor

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
JP2019521018A JP2019521018A (ja) 2019-07-25
JP2019521018A5 JP2019521018A5 (enExample) 2020-08-06
JP7042224B2 true JP7042224B2 (ja) 2022-03-25

Family

ID=56891272

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP2018567584A Active JP7042224B2 (ja) 2016-06-30 2017-06-29 液滴堆積装置およびその試験回路

Country Status (8)

Country Link
US (1) US10843459B2 (enExample)
EP (1) EP3478506B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP7042224B2 (enExample)
CN (1) CN109414931B (enExample)
ES (1) ES2829289T3 (enExample)
GB (1) GB2551811B (enExample)
TW (1) TW201805638A (enExample)
WO (1) WO2018002634A1 (enExample)

Families Citing this family (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2588557B (en) * 2017-03-31 2021-09-15 Cirrus Logic Int Semiconductor Ltd MEMS transducer system and associated methods
US11022650B2 (en) * 2017-10-12 2021-06-01 Rohm Co., Ltd. Capacitive switch controller
GB2570668A (en) * 2018-01-31 2019-08-07 Xaar Technology Ltd Droplet deposition apparatus
JP7246216B2 (ja) * 2019-03-19 2023-03-27 エスアイアイ・プリンテック株式会社 液体噴射ヘッドおよび液体噴射記録装置
US11092654B2 (en) * 2019-06-28 2021-08-17 Teradyne, Inc. Measuring a leakage characteristic of a signal path
JP7468021B2 (ja) * 2020-03-18 2024-04-16 株式会社リコー 液体を吐出する装置、ヘッド駆動制御装置
IT202000016270A1 (it) * 2020-07-06 2022-01-06 Intercos Italiana “processo per la colorazione di prodotti cosmetici solidi in polvere compatta”
EP4480708A1 (en) * 2023-06-21 2024-12-25 Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. Circuit and method for driving a print head

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2001063033A (ja) 1999-08-25 2001-03-13 Oki Data Corp インクジェットプリンタ
JP2007326237A (ja) 2006-06-06 2007-12-20 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd 圧電ヘッドの検査装置及び液滴噴射装置
US20080136859A1 (en) 2006-12-11 2008-06-12 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Method and apparatus to check piezoelectric inkjet head
JP2010076329A (ja) 2008-09-26 2010-04-08 Fujifilm Corp 電流検出センサ基板、容量性負荷駆動装置、液体吐出ヘッド駆動装置及び液体吐出装置

Family Cites Families (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH06242159A (ja) * 1993-02-19 1994-09-02 New Japan Radio Co Ltd 静電容量測定装置
TW539622B (en) 2002-05-16 2003-07-01 Benq Corp Method and related apparatus for performing short and open circuit detecting of ink-jet printer head
JP2006305732A (ja) * 2005-03-30 2006-11-09 Brother Ind Ltd インクジェットプリンタヘッド
JP4765527B2 (ja) * 2005-10-05 2011-09-07 富士ゼロックス株式会社 液滴吐出装置
JP2007301741A (ja) 2006-05-08 2007-11-22 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd 液滴吐出装置
JP2008055830A (ja) * 2006-09-01 2008-03-13 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd 液滴吐出装置、その駆動方法及び駆動プログラム
JP4492693B2 (ja) * 2007-12-19 2010-06-30 富士ゼロックス株式会社 容量性負荷の駆動回路及び液滴噴射装置
JP5407518B2 (ja) * 2009-04-23 2014-02-05 セイコーエプソン株式会社 駆動信号生成回路、及び駆動信号生成方法
KR101153632B1 (ko) * 2010-01-07 2012-07-03 삼성전기주식회사 압전 소자의 폴링 장치 및 이를 이용한 폴링 방법
KR20120005227A (ko) * 2010-07-08 2012-01-16 삼성전기주식회사 잉크젯 헤드 검사 장치
WO2013154586A1 (en) 2012-04-13 2013-10-17 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Printhead with dual switched piezoelectric actuators
CN105426570B (zh) * 2015-10-28 2019-03-26 西安电子科技大学 基于有源补偿子电路的GaN HEMT大信号模型改进方法

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2001063033A (ja) 1999-08-25 2001-03-13 Oki Data Corp インクジェットプリンタ
JP2007326237A (ja) 2006-06-06 2007-12-20 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd 圧電ヘッドの検査装置及び液滴噴射装置
US20080136859A1 (en) 2006-12-11 2008-06-12 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Method and apparatus to check piezoelectric inkjet head
JP2010076329A (ja) 2008-09-26 2010-04-08 Fujifilm Corp 電流検出センサ基板、容量性負荷駆動装置、液体吐出ヘッド駆動装置及び液体吐出装置

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2551811B (en) 2020-01-15
US20190202199A1 (en) 2019-07-04
JP2019521018A (ja) 2019-07-25
EP3478506B1 (en) 2020-08-12
CN109414931B (zh) 2021-04-30
CN109414931A (zh) 2019-03-01
GB2551811A (en) 2018-01-03
WO2018002634A1 (en) 2018-01-04
TW201805638A (zh) 2018-02-16
EP3478506A1 (en) 2019-05-08
ES2829289T3 (es) 2021-05-31
GB201611464D0 (en) 2016-08-17
US10843459B2 (en) 2020-11-24

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
JP7042224B2 (ja) 液滴堆積装置およびその試験回路
US7950765B2 (en) Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus using liquid discharge head
EP3160752B1 (en) Modules to identify nozzle chamber operation
JP6027918B2 (ja) 記録ヘッド用の基板、記録ヘッド及び記録装置
JP2010064309A (ja) 液体吐出装置、及び、吐出検査方法
US9555653B2 (en) Inspection apparatus and method for liquid discharge head and liquid discharge head
US10434772B2 (en) Printhead and printing apparatus
US20210354451A1 (en) Communicating print component
JP2020032622A (ja) 液体噴射装置および液体噴射装置の吐出信号補正方法
JP6976081B2 (ja) 液体吐出ヘッド用デバイス
AU2019428713A1 (en) Communicating print component
US20070236521A1 (en) Droplet ejection head drive apparatus and inkjet recording apparatus
US11712902B2 (en) Machine learning method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing machine learning program, and liquid discharge system
JP2010058454A (ja) 吐出検査の設定方法
AU2019428447A1 (en) Communicating print component
US20250162308A1 (en) Recording element substrate and recording apparatus
JP2021006393A (ja) 液体吐出装置、及び温度検出方法
JP2020023077A (ja) 素子基板、記録ヘッド、及び記録装置
JP2025097037A (ja) 記録装置及び判定方法
JP2014004792A (ja) インクジェットヘッド駆動装置

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20200625

A621 Written request for application examination

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A621

Effective date: 20200625

A977 Report on retrieval

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A971007

Effective date: 20210422

A131 Notification of reasons for refusal

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A131

Effective date: 20210511

A601 Written request for extension of time

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A601

Effective date: 20210802

A601 Written request for extension of time

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A601

Effective date: 20211007

A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20211102

A131 Notification of reasons for refusal

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A131

Effective date: 20220111

A521 Request for written amendment filed

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A523

Effective date: 20220222

TRDD Decision of grant or rejection written
A01 Written decision to grant a patent or to grant a registration (utility model)

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A01

Effective date: 20220308

A61 First payment of annual fees (during grant procedure)

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: A61

Effective date: 20220314

R150 Certificate of patent or registration of utility model

Ref document number: 7042224

Country of ref document: JP

Free format text: JAPANESE INTERMEDIATE CODE: R150