Recorders – Markers and/or driving means therefor – With ink supply to marker
Patent
1989-12-26
1991-04-23
Fuller, Benjamin R.
Recorders
Markers and/or driving means therefor
With ink supply to marker
346 75, B41J 234, H01L 2100
Patent
active
050103555
ABSTRACT:
An improved ink jet printhead is disclosed of the type having a plurality of parallel ink flow channels which terminate with an ink droplet emitting nozzle, a heating element with a cavitational protective layer thereover located in each channel, and MOS electronic circuitry monolithically integrated within the printhead for applying electrical pulses to the heating elements. The pulsed heating elements produce bubbles momentarily on the protective layer of the heating elements which expel ink droplets from the nozzles. The improvement is obtained by providing multi-layer ionic passivation of the MOS electronic circuitry which is exposable to the ink. This is accomplished through the deposition of a multi-layered, thin film insulative coating thereon consisting of a first layer of doped or undoped silicon dioxide having a thickness of 200 .ANG. to 2 .mu.m followed by a second layer of plasma nitride having a thickness of 1000 .ANG. to 3 .mu.m. The silicon nitride is etched from the protective layers of the heating elements and electrical contact pads for external connection to electrical power so that the first layer of silicon oxide is exposed, followed by etching of the silicon oxide to remove it from the protective layer and contact pads. Thus, the MOS circuitry is protected from mobile ions in the ink while the cost effective fabrication of a printhead is maintained. In an alternate embodiment, the multi-layered ionic passivation comprises three thin film layers comprising polyimide interfacing with the ink, followed by silicon nitride, and doped or undoped silicon dioxide directly interfacing with the metallization.
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Atkinson Diane
Burke Cathie J.
Hartman Pamela J.
Hawkins William G.
Roll Daniel O.
Bobb Alrick
Chittum Robert A.
Fuller Benjamin R.
Xerox Corporation
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