WO2002064373A1 - Procede de fabrication d'une tete d'impression, et procede de fabrication d'un actionneur electrostatique - Google Patents
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- the present invention can be applied to, for example, a printer head of a printer using an ink jet system, or an electrostatic actuator applicable to the printer head.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a printer head using an electrostatic actuator.
- the printer head 1 concave portions are formed at a predetermined pitch on the surface of a predetermined substrate 2, and electrodes 3 are arranged on the bottom surface of the M portion.
- a bottom plate 6 of the ink liquid chamber 4 and a member 5 constituting a partition are arranged on the substrate 2.
- this member 5 is formed of a conductive material, and the electrodes 3 arranged on the substrate 2 and the bottom plate 6 of the ink chamber face each other with a gap formed by the concave portion of the substrate 2 interposed therebetween. It is placed insulated from electrode 3.
- the member 5 is formed with a predetermined thickness so that the bottom plate 6 functions as a diaphragm, and a member 8 formed with a nozzle 7 is disposed on the member 5.
- the present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and has a method of manufacturing a printer head which can be easily and reliably manufactured, and in which a drive circuit and the like can be easily integrated, and an electrostatic actuator. It is intended to propose a method of creating.
- the present invention is applied to a method of manufacturing a printer head, and a fixed electrode forming step of forming a fixed electrode on a predetermined substrate; Forming a sacrificial layer for forming a layer, forming a movable electrode on the sacrificial layer, removing the sacrificial layer, and forming a gap between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. And a step of removing a sacrifice layer.
- the sacrifice layer is removed by a sacrifice layer removing step, and a gap is created between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode.
- a gap is created between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode.
- the method is applied to a method for manufacturing an electrostatic actuator, and a fixed electrode forming step of forming a fixed electrode on a predetermined substrate, a sacrificial layer forming step of forming a sacrificial layer on the fixed electrode, On the sacrifice layer, there is provided a step of forming a movable electrode, and a step of removing the sacrifice layer to remove the sacrifice layer to form a gap between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode.
- the sacrifice layer is removed by a sacrifice layer removing step, and a gap is created between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode.
- a gap is created between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a conventional printer head.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a printer head according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- 3 (A) to 3 (C) are cross-sectional views of the printer head of FIG. 2 cut along line AA.
- FIGS. 4 (A) to 4 (D) are cross-sectional views showing a procedure for producing an electrostatic actuator for the printer head of FIG.
- FIGS. 5 (E) to 5 (H) are cross-sectional views showing a continuation of FIG. 4 (D).
- 6 (I) to 6 (K) are cross-sectional views showing a continuation of FIG. 5 (5).
- FIGS. 7 (L) and 7 ( ⁇ ) are cross-sectional views showing a continuation of FIG. 6 ( ⁇ ).
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the printer head according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- One of the nozzles continuously arranged is cut by a virtual line passing through the center of the nozzle 12. It is shown.
- FIGS. 3 (3) to 3 (D) are cross-sectional views of FIG. 2 cut along line ⁇ - ⁇ .
- the printer head 11 is a line head used in a line printer, and is entirely formed in an elongated shape so that the nozzles 12 are continuous with the width of a sheet to be printed.
- the printer head 11 changes the pressure in the ink liquid chamber 13 by an electrostatic actuator, which is an actuator driven by electrostatic force, to eject ink droplets from the nozzles 12 and to move the ink droplets from an ink flow path (not shown). Pull ink into ink liquid chamber 13.
- the printer head 11 is formed by sequentially arranging constituent members on a substrate 15 by a semiconductor manufacturing process.
- FIGS. 4A to 7M are cross-sectional views for explaining the manufacturing process of the printer head 11 in comparison with FIG.
- a drive circuit 14 is formed on a silicon substrate 15, and as shown in FIG. 4A, an insulating film 16 is formed by CVD, heat treatment, or the like.
- the insulating film 16 is composed of, for example, a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, or the like.
- the printer head 11 forms a fixed electrode 1 constituting an electrostatic actuator by a fixed electrode forming process as shown in FIG. 4 (B). 7 is created.
- a conductive film having a predetermined shape is formed on the printer head 11 by a process such as sputtering or vapor deposition, and thereby the fixed electrode 17 is formed.
- the conductive film is made of, for example, a metal film of aluminum, gold, platinum, or the like. Fixed electrode created in this way 17 are connected to corresponding portions of the drive circuit 14 by wiring patterns simultaneously created in this step.
- an insulating film 18 having a predetermined thickness is formed on the printer head 11.
- the insulating film 18 is made of, for example, a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, or the like.
- a sacrificial layer 19 is formed in a sacrificial layer forming step.
- the sacrificial layer 19 is a so-called dummy layer, and is removed after the movable electrode, which is the electrode facing the fixed electrode 17, is created. This is a member used to form a void due to the thickness of the sacrificial layer 19.
- the sacrificial layer 19 is formed by depositing, for example, polysilicon, a metal material, an insulating material, or the like to a predetermined thickness, and then removing an excess portion by, for example, a photolithography process.
- the printer head 11 has an insulating film 20 made of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, or the like, as shown in FIG. 5 (E).
- the movable electrode 21 is formed by the step of forming the movable electrode.
- a conductive film made of a metal film such as aluminum-Um, gold, or platinum is formed in a predetermined shape by a process such as sputtering or vapor deposition. It is formed.
- the movable electrode 21 thus created is connected to a corresponding portion of the drive circuit 14 by a wiring pattern created at the same time in this step.
- a diaphragm 22 is formed on the movable electrode 21 by a diaphragm forming step.
- a material having high toughness and high Young's modulus and being hard and not brittle is used for the diaphragm 22.
- the vibrating plate 22 is made of a metal material, it can be used also as the movable electrode 21.
- the sacrificial layer 19 is removed by the subsequent sacrificial layer removing step, and the sacrificial layer 1 is placed between the fixed electrode 17 and the movable electrode 21.
- a gap 23 with a thickness of 9 is created.
- various etching processes such as dry etching and wet etching can be applied according to the constituent material of the sacrificial layer 19.
- the printer head 11 forms an electrostatic actuator on the semiconductor substrate 15 with the fixed electrode 17 and the movable electrode 21 facing each other with a predetermined gap 23 interposed therebetween. Is done.
- the printer head 11 changes the pattern of the ink flow path and the ink liquid chamber as shown in FIG. 6 (I).
- a sacrificial layer 31 is created.
- the sacrifice layer 31 is a member that creates a space for the ink liquid chamber and the ink flow path by arranging and removing a wall material and the like constituting the ink liquid chamber and the ink flow path.
- the sacrificial layer 31 has a thickness smaller than the heights of the ink flow path and the ink liquid chamber, and is formed with a thickness that can be sufficiently uniformly formed by the semiconductor manufacturing process.
- the sacrificial layer 31 is formed of a material whose volume is increased by a predetermined reaction step and whose film thickness becomes the height of the ink flow path and the ink liquid chamber in a state after the increase in the volume of the bracket.
- this reaction step was a heating step
- a sacrificial layer 31 was formed using a material that expands in volume due to the heating step (hereinafter referred to as a foamable resist). That is, a mixture of a material for bubbles generating gas in this reaction process and a predetermined base material forming a film between bubbles was applied to the sacrificial layer 31.
- azobisisobutyronitrile (trade name: Vinyl Hall AZ, decomposition temperature: 114 degrees, manufactured by Eiwa Chemical Co., Ltd.) is applied to the material for the foam, and the base material is used.
- a positive resist (PFR-9500G, manufactured by JSR).
- 1 part of a material for air bubbles was added to 49 parts of the substrate, and the mixture was thoroughly stirred and completely dissolved to prepare a foamable resist so as to satisfy the above-described conditions.
- the printer head 11 is cured at 80 degrees, and a sacrifice layer 31 is formed by exposure and development.
- the photosensitive head is supplied by spin coating, and then cured under predetermined conditions, thereby forming a coating layer formed by gelling the photosensitive epoxy.
- 32 is formed with a predetermined film thickness so as to entirely cover the sacrificial layer 31 side.
- the coating layer 32 is a material layer for forming the ink flow path, the ink liquid chamber, and the nozzle.
- the curing temperature is lower than the foaming temperature of the sacrificial layer 31 and the curing temperature is lower. Materials that are higher than the foaming temperature are selected.
- the shape of the nozzle 12 of the printer head 11 is exposed by the subsequent exposure processing.
- the entire printer head 11 is heated at a temperature of 130 ° C. for 10 minutes, and as a result, as shown in FIG. 7 (L), the temperature rises in this reaction step.
- the material constituting the sacrificial layer 31 foams, and the thickness of the sacrificial layer 31 increases to the thickness of the ink liquid chamber 13.
- the curing of the coating layer 32 is completed.
- the shape of the ink flow path and the ink liquid chamber is formed by the sacrifice layer 31 having a large number of bubbles, and the entire state is covered with the cured coating layer 32.
- the printer head 11 removes the sacrificial layer 31 through the ink supply holes and the nozzles 12 in a cleaning step using methanol as a solvent, and 13. Ink flow path is formed.
- the semiconductor substrate 15 is divided into chips by a dicing machine, the chips are held by a predetermined member, the ink supply holes are connected to the ink cartridge, and the printer head 11 is connected by wire bonding.
- Each pad of the drive circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate 15 is connected to a predetermined portion to complete the product.
- the volume of the ink liquid chamber 13 returns to the original volume due to the restoring force of the diaphragm 22 and the movable electrode 21.
- the pressure in the ink liquid chamber 13 increases, and the ink pressure jumps out of the nozzle 12 due to the increase in the pressure (FIG. 3C).
- an electrostatic actuator is constituted by the fixed electrode 17 and the movable electrode 21 which are arranged to face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween, and the nozzle is driven by driving the electrostatic actuator. 1 2 Force the ink droplet to fly out. In the printer head 11 operating in this manner (FIGS.
- a fixed electrode 17 is formed.
- an insulating film 18, a sacrificial layer 19, a movable electrode 21, and a diaphragm 22 are sequentially formed. Further, the sacrificial layer 19 is removed, and thereby a gap 23 necessary for the operation of the movable electrode 21 is created between the fixed electrode 17 and the movable electrode 21.
- an electrostatic actuator can be created using the semiconductor manufacturing process. Therefore, in the printer head 11, the components such as the fixed electrode and the diaphragm can be formed with the positioning accuracy in the semiconductor manufacturing process, and the electrostatic actuator can be easily and reliably formed.
- the drive circuit 14 can be formed on the semiconductor substrate 15 in advance, the drive circuit 14 can be formed on the semiconductor substrate 15 in advance, whereby the manufacturing process can be simplified.
- the manufacturing process of the drive circuit 14 may be affected by impurities such as contamination. A simple manufacturing process without giving any art More electrostatic actuators can be created.
- the sacrificial layer 19 is removed to form a gap 23 between the movable electrode 21 and the fixed electrode 17.
- the thickness of 23 can be set to a desired thickness with high accuracy.
- the diaphragm 22 can also be formed by film formation, the film thickness can be controlled with high accuracy, and this can also reduce variations.
- the printer head 11 forms a sacrificial layer 31 and a coating layer 32 by processing using a similar semiconductor manufacturing process. 2 is exposed by the nozzle shape (Fig. 6 (K)). Further, when the thickness of the ink liquid chamber 13 is ensured by foaming the sacrificial layer 31, the sacrificial layer 31 is removed after the coating layer 32 is cured.
- the printer head 11 can be manufactured using the semiconductor manufacturing process even after the electrostatic actuator has been manufactured, and accordingly, the nozzles 12 and the like can be positioned with high precision.
- the coating layer 32 which is a constituent member of the ink liquid chamber, is cured, and then the foamed sacrificial layer 31 is removed to remove the ink liquid.
- the sacrificial layer 31 can be removed in a short time, and the ink liquid chamber 13 can be created with high accuracy.
- a sacrificial layer is formed on the fixed electrode to form a movable electrode, and then the sacrificial layer is removed to create a gap between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode, thereby making it easy and reliable.
- a printer head can be obtained in which the drive circuit and the like can be easily integrated.
- the ink liquid chamber and the ink flow path are covered so as to cover the mold.
- the substrate is a silicon substrate, a semiconductor manufacturing process can be easily applied, and a driving circuit and the like can be easily integrated.
- the printer head is formed on the semiconductor substrate which is a silicon substrate.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the case where a glass substrate is used instead of the silicon substrate is used.
- substrates made of various materials can be widely applied as needed.
- a driving circuit can be created by a TFT transistor and the horse driving circuit can be integrated.
- a plurality of printer heads can be created on a rectangular glass substrate and then separated into individual printer heads. Applying to the creation of long printer heads, it is possible to create more printer heads than one substrate with less waste compared to using a silicon substrate due to its circular shape. .
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the resin material processed according to the shape of the chamber and the ink flow path may be adhered and held.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the drive circuit may be configured separately.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and various components other than the printer head and electrostatic devices used for devices are used. It can be widely applied to factories.
- a sacrificial layer is formed on a fixed electrode to form a movable electrode, and then the sacrificial layer is removed to form a gap between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. It is possible to obtain a method of manufacturing a printer head that can be easily and reliably manufactured and that can easily integrate a drive circuit and the like, and a method of manufacturing an electrostatic actuator applicable to such a printer head. .
- the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a printer head and a method of manufacturing an electrostatic actuator, and can be applied to, for example, an ink jet printer.
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