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Granted Patent B2
US 10,625,503 · App. 16/287,094 · Granted Apr 21, 2020

Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, and electronic device

Inventors: Shingo Tomimatsu (Matsumoto, JP); Daisuke Yamada (Hachioji, JP); Eiju Hirai (Azumino, JP); Motoki Takabe (Shiojiri, JP); Shunsuke Watanabe (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J2/14233B41J2002/14419B41J2002/14491B41J2202/11B41J2202/18
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Patent No.
US 10,625,503
App. No.
16/287,094
Granted
Apr 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a plan view from a perpendicular direction to a surface of a wiring substrate on which a wiring is provided, a buried wiring, a connection wiring, and a terminal portion of an external wiring are formed at an overlapping position, in which a recessed portion is provided at a position corresponding to the buried wiring on a surface of the connection wiring on an opposite side to the wiring substrate, and in which, in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the wiring on the surface of the wiring substrate on which the wiring is provided, a width of the connection wiring is larger than a width of the buried wiring, a width of the terminal portion of the external wiring is larger than a width of the recessed portion, and the terminal portion is provided across the recessed portion of the connection wiring.

Claims (45)

1. A liquid ejection head comprising:

a channel formation substrate that is provided with a pressure generation chamber which communicates with a nozzle ejecting a liquid;

a drive element that is provided on the channel formation substrate and causes a pressure change in the pressure generation chamber; and

a wiring substrate that is provided with a wiring connected to a terminal portion of an external wiring,

wherein the wiring provided on the wiring substrate includes a buried wiring buried in a groove provided in the wiring substrate, and a connection wiring covering a surface of the buried wiring,

wherein, in a plan view from a perpendicular direction to a surface of the wiring substrate on which the wiring is provided, the buried wiring, the connection wiring, and the terminal portion of the external wiring are formed at an overlapping position,

wherein a recessed portion is provided at a position corresponding to the buried wiring on a surface of the connection wiring on an opposite side to the wiring substrate, and

wherein, in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the wiring on the surface of the wiring substrate on which the wiring is provided, a width of the connection wiring is larger than a width of the buried wiring, a width of the terminal portion of the external wiring is larger than a width of the recessed portion, and the terminal portion is provided across the recessed portion of the connection wiring.

2. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the direction intersecting the extension direction of the wiring on the surface of the wiring substrate on which the wiring is provided, the width of the terminal portion is larger than the width of the buried wiring.

3. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising the liquid ejection head according to claim 2 .

4. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring having the buried wiring is a wiring for a drive signal.

5. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising the liquid ejection head according to claim 3 .

6. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring having the buried wiring is a wiring for a power source and a ground.

7. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising the liquid ejection head according to claim 6 .

8. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring substrate is provided with a drive circuit having a switching element for driving the drive element, and

wherein at least a part of the wiring connects the external wiring to the drive circuit.

9. The liquid ejection head according to claim 8 ,

wherein the drive circuit and the wiring substrate are electrically connected to each other via a bump provided in either one of the drive circuit and the wiring substrate.

10. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising the liquid ejection head according to claim 9 .

11. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising the liquid ejection head according to claim 8 .

12. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring and the terminal portion are electrically connected to each other via a nonconductive adhesive which connects the wiring substrate and the external wiring to each other.

13. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising the liquid ejection head according to claim 12 .

14. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring and the terminal portion are electrically connected to each other via an anisotropic conductive adhesive.

15. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising the liquid ejection head according to claim 14 .

16. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring substrate is laminated on the channel formation substrate, and

wherein the wiring is provided on the wiring substrate on an opposite side to the channel formation substrate.

17. The liquid ejection head according to claim 16 ,

wherein a drive element connection wiring connected to the drive element is provided on an opposite surface of the wiring substrate to the surface on which the wiring is provided, and

wherein the drive element connection wiring and the drive element are electrically connected to each other via a bump provided on either one of the channel formation substrate and the wiring substrate.

18. The liquid ejection head according to claim 17 ,

wherein the bump includes an elastic core portion, and a metal film provided on a surface of the core portion.

19. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising the liquid ejection head according to claim 1 .

20. An electronic device comprising:

a wiring substrate that is provided with a wiring connected to a terminal portion of an external wiring,

wherein the wiring provided on the wiring substrate includes a buried wiring buried in a groove provided in the wiring substrate, and a connection wiring covering a surface of the buried wiring,

wherein, in a plan view from a perpendicular direction to a surface of the wiring substrate on which the wiring is provided, the buried wiring, the connection wiring, and the terminal portion of the external wiring are formed at an overlapping position,

wherein a recessed portion is provided at a position corresponding to the buried wiring on a surface of the connection wiring on an opposite side to the wiring substrate, and

wherein, in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the wiring on the surface of the wiring substrate on which the wiring is provided, a width of the connection wiring is larger than a width of the buried wiring, a width of the terminal portion of the external wiring is larger than a width of the recessed portion, and the terminal portion is provided across the recessed portion of the connection wiring.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2019
From: TOMIMATSU, SHINGO; YAMADA, DAISUKE; HIRAI, EIJU; TAKABE, MOTOKI; WATANABE, SHUNSUKE
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048461/0881 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-034411 · Feb 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190263120A1 · Aug 29, 2019