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CN106553453A - Hot bubble type ink jet printhead and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

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CN106553453A
CN106553453A CN201611108856.6A CN201611108856A CN106553453A CN 106553453 A CN106553453 A CN 106553453A CN 201611108856 A CN201611108856 A CN 201611108856A CN 106553453 A CN106553453 A CN 106553453A
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马清杰
王敏锐
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a kind of hot bubble type ink jet printhead and preparation method thereof, it is applied to inkjet printing, the hot bubble type ink jet printhead includes substrate and the cover plate being bonded on substrate, enclose to set between the substrate and cover plate and be formed with the black chamber for storing black liquid, the ink-feed channel with ink chamber UNICOM is formed through on the substrate, the nozzle with ink chamber UNICOM is formed through on the cover plate, it is provided with the substrate to the heating element heater of the black liquid heating in ink chamber, the hot bubble type ink jet printhead also include with the heating element heater be electrically connected with drive circuit and with the heating element heater, the metal electrode that drive circuit is electrically connected with.

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Hot bubble type ink jet printhead and preparation method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of hot bubble type ink jet printhead and preparation method thereof, is applied to inkjet printing.
Background technology
Hot bubble type ink jet printer mainly allows ink by thin nozzle, in the presence of heating pulse, on shower nozzle Temp of heating element accumulation rises so as to which printing ink solvent nearby vaporizes the numerous minute bubbles of generation quantity, within the heat time Bubble volume is continuously increased, and during to certain degree, produced pressure will be such that ink ejects from nozzle, eventually arrive at and hold Print thing surface, reproduces graph text information.
Existing bubble ink-jet printing head mostly using surface sacrificial layer technology making black chamber, i.e.,:In adding thermal resistance One layer of sacrifice layer is first grown using Surface Machining (such as plating, spin coating, thin film deposition etc.) technology, then, is made on sacrifice layer Nozzle and side wall, discharge removal sacrifice layer afterwards again to form black chamber, but, conventionally, as receiving Surface Machining work The restriction of skill, for up to more than ten microns of the thickness of sacrifice layer, and the uniformity of sacrificial layer thickness is also poor, so that on black chamber The surface irregularity of wall, easily causes gathering for ink particles/dirt, and the height in black chamber is also limited by sacrificial layer thickness, difficult To process the black chamber of high depth.Such as, Jae-Duk Lee prepare nickel using electroplating technology to make sacrifice layer (JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, VOL.8, NO.3, SEPTEMBER1999), but, because of the thickness of electroless nickel layer Uniformity is poor, and its surface is relatively rough, the roof out-of-flatness in the black chamber for subsequently being formed, and easily causes ink particles/dirt Gather, or even the blocking of ink channel.And for example, Yan Wang make sacrifice layer using LPCVD 10 microns of thick poly-Ge of deposit (J.Micro/Nanolith. MEMS MOEMS 6_4_, 043009_Oct-Dec 2007_), which is sacrificial in order to eliminate poly-Ge The roughening of domestic animal layer surface, is ground using CMP, obtains smooth sacrificial layer surface.But prepared black chamber Highly (only 10 microns) are limited by sacrificial layer thickness, it is therefore difficult to process the black chamber of high depth.
The content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of hot bubble type ink jet printhead, which is not limited by surface processing technique, Which can adjust deep silicon etching technique according to actual process demand in processing, to obtain the ink of even curface and desired height Chamber.
To reach above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides following technical scheme:A kind of hot bubble type ink jet printhead, including substrate With the cover plate being bonded on substrate, enclose to set between the substrate and cover plate and be formed with the black chamber for storing black liquid, the substrate On be formed through ink-feed channel with ink chamber UNICOM, the spray with ink chamber UNICOM is formed through on the cover plate Mouth, is provided with the substrate to the heating element heater of the black liquid heating in ink chamber, and the hot bubble type ink jet printhead is also The metal electricity being electrically connected with including the drive circuit being electrically connected with the heating element heater and with the heating element heater, drive circuit Pole.
Further:It is provided with heat-conducting layer on the substrate, the heat-conducting layer abuts in the heating element heater periphery, and extremely Less positioned at the side of ink chamber.
Further:The cover plate has the bottom surface and top surface being disposed opposite to each other, and towards substrate, the cover plate is certainly for the bottom surface Its bottom surface is recessed upwards and is formed with upper cavity, and the upper cavity is sealed to form ink chamber by the substrate;Or, the lining Bottom has the first surface and second surface being disposed opposite to each other, and, towards cover plate, the substrate is from its first surface for the first surface Depression is formed with lower chamber downwards, and the lower chamber is sealed to form ink chamber by the cover plate;Or, the cover plate has The bottom surface being disposed opposite to each other and top surface, towards substrate, the cover plate is recessed from its bottom surface upwards and is formed with upper cavity, institute for the bottom surface State substrate and there is the first surface that is disposed opposite to each other and second surface, the first surface towards cover plate, the substrate from its first Depression is formed with lower chamber downwards on surface, and ink chamber is put together by the upper cavity and lower chamber.
Further:The cover plate has the bottom surface that is disposed opposite to each other and top surface, the bottom surface towards substrate, the cover plate Top surface is deposited with hydrophobic layer.
Present invention also offers a kind of preparation method of hot bubble type ink jet printhead, as follows:
S1:Substrate is provided, the substrate has the first surface and second surface being disposed opposite to each other, the first of the substrate Drive circuit, heating element heater and metal electrode are formed on surface, the metal electrode is electrically connected with heating element heater, drive circuit Connect;Ink-feed channel figure is formed in the top of the first surface of the substrate, then deposit forms a layer insulating;
S2:Cover plate is provided, the cover plate has the bottom surface and top surface being disposed opposite to each other, and the cover plate is recessed towards top surface from its bottom surface Fall into and be formed with upper cavity, the top surface of the cover plate is provided with oxygen buried layer;
S3:By the underrun bonding technology and substrate bonding of the cover plate, the first surface of the substrate will be described on Cavity covers to form black chamber to enclose to set, and the ink-feed channel figure is located at the underface in black chamber;
S4:By the use of oxygen buried layer as mask to form nozzle, and form metal electrode passage to expose metal electrode, institute's shape Into nozzle and Mo Qiang UNICOMs;
S5:Ink-feed channel is formed according to ink-feed channel figure;
S6:The insulating barrier positioned at black chamber side is removed so that ink-feed channel and Mo Qiang UNICOMs, remove oxygen buried layer.
Further:Step S1 specifically includes following steps:
S11:Substrate is provided, drive circuit is formed on the first surface of the substrate, the drive circuit has electrode Connecting portion, the deposit on the drive circuit form insulating oxide, remove SI semi-insulation oxide layer to expose drive circuit Electrode connecting portion;
S12:Formation heating element heater and metal electrode on the insulating oxide, the metal electrode and heating element heater, The electrode connecting portion of drive circuit is electrically connected with;
S13:SI semi-insulation oxide layer is removed forming ink-feed channel figure, then is deposited and to be formed insulating barrier, then removal portion Divide insulating barrier to expose metal electrode;
S14:Deposit on the insulating layer forms the first bonding material layer, by being graphically bonded window material to form first With thickening metal electrode.
Further:Include between step S12 and step S13:Deposit on the heating element forms heat-conducting layer; In step S13, when SI semi-insulation oxide layer is removed, while removing part heat-conducting layer to form the ink-feed channel figure Shape, the insulating barrier are formed on the heat-conducting layer.
Further:
S21:Cover plate raw material is provided, the cover plate raw material includes body silicon layer, oxygen buried layer and device layer, institute from top to bottom successively State the lower surface that device layer has the dorsad oxygen buried layer;
S22:Second is formed on the lower surface of the device layer and is bonded window material;
S22:Upper cavity is formed on the lower surface of the device layer;
S23:Body silicon layer on cover plate raw material is removed using reduction process, oxygen buried layer is thinned to.
Further:The preparation method also includes:The outgrowth that oxygen buried layer is removed in the cover plate forms hydrophobic layer.
Further:In step S1, on the substrate, lower chamber is formed with;In step S3, when described When cover plate is with substrate bonding, the lower chamber of the substrate is docked with the upper cavity of cover plate, and ink chamber is by lower chamber and upper cavity Merging is formed.
Present invention also offers a kind of preparation method of hot bubble type ink jet printhead, as follows:
S1:Substrate is provided, the substrate has the first surface and second surface being disposed opposite to each other, the first of the substrate Drive circuit, heating element heater and metal electrode are formed on surface, the metal electrode is electrically connected with heating element heater, drive circuit Connect, lower chamber is formed on the first surface of the substrate;Ink-feed channel figure is formed in the top of the first surface of the substrate Shape, then deposit form a layer insulating, and the ink-feed channel figure is located in lower chamber;
S2:Cover plate is provided, the cover plate has the bottom surface and top surface being disposed opposite to each other, is provided with and buries on the top surface of the cover plate Oxygen layer;
S3:By the underrun bonding technology and substrate bonding of the cover plate, lower chamber is covered by the bottom surface of the cover plate Black chamber to be formed to enclose to set;
S4:By the use of oxygen buried layer as mask to form nozzle, and form metal electrode passage to expose metal electrode, institute's shape Into nozzle and Mo Qiang UNICOMs;
S5:Ink-feed channel is formed according to ink-feed channel figure;
S6:The insulating barrier positioned at black chamber side is removed so that ink-feed channel and Mo Qiang UNICOMs, remove oxygen buried layer.
The beneficial effects of the present invention is:By cover plate is bonded on substrate, nozzle is arranged on cover plate, ink supply is led to Road is arranged on substrate, and the black chamber of storage black liquid is arranged between cover plate and substrate, by this kind of structure design, can be caused When processing forms hot bubble type ink jet printhead so as to do not limited by surface processing technique, its can processing when according to Actual process demand adjusts deep silicon etching technique, to obtain the black chamber of even curface and desired height.And pass through using this The preparation method of bright hot bubble type ink jet printhead can obtain the black chamber of even curface and desired height.
Described above is only the general introduction of technical solution of the present invention, in order to better understand the technological means of the present invention, And can be practiced according to the content of specification, below with presently preferred embodiments of the present invention and coordinate accompanying drawing describe in detail as after.
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Fig. 1 is the longitudinal profile schematic diagram of hot bubble type ink jet printhead in one embodiment of the invention;
Cross-sectional views of the Fig. 2 for the ink-feed channel in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the longitudinal profile schematic diagram of hot bubble type ink jet printhead in another embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 .1~4.14 are the fabrication processing figure of hot bubble type ink jet printhead in one embodiment of the invention.
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With reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, the specific embodiment of the present invention is described in further detail.Hereinafter implement Example is for illustrating the present invention, but is not limited to the scope of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is referred to, a kind of hot bubble type ink jet printhead shown in a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes substrate 1, key Close cover plate 13 on substrate 1 and the heating element heater 4 being arranged on the substrate 1, CMOS drive circuits 2 and metal electrode 5.Institute Substrate 1 is stated by made by insulating materials, silicon is included but are not limited to;The cover plate 13 by made by insulating materials, including but not It is only limitted to silicon.The substrate 1 and cover plate 13 are realized being bonded by bonding technology, and the bonding technology employed in the present embodiment is preferably Aluminium germanium is bonded or golden tin bonding, and substrate 1 and cover plate 13 form bonded layer therebetween by bonding technology, and the bonded layer includes First bonding window material 9 and the second bonding window material 14.Enclose to set between the substrate 1 and cover plate 13 and be formed with to store The black chamber 15 of black liquid (not shown), is formed through the ink-feed channel 18 with 15 UNICOM of ink chamber, the lid on the substrate 1 The nozzle 17 with 15 UNICOM of ink chamber is formed through on piece 13, the black liquid in black chamber 15 is by ink-feed channel 18 from outside stream Enter to black chamber 15.The ink-feed channel 18, black chamber 15 and nozzle 17 form the circulation passage of black liquid.The heating element heater 4 sets Put on the substrate 1, the heating element heater 4 to the black liquid heating in ink chamber 15 so that in black chamber 15 positioned at plus Black liquid vaporization near thermal element 4 produces large number of minute bubbles, and bubble volume is continuously increased within the heat time, so that arriving When to a certain degree, produced pressure makes black liquid eject from nozzle 17.The metal electrode 5 and drive circuit 2, heating Element 4 is electrically connected with.In the present embodiment, the metal electrode 5 and drive circuit 2 are arranged on substrate 1, in other embodiment In, which not only can be provided only on substrate 1, as long as finally realizing that more than 5 drive circuit 2 of metal electrode, heating element heater 4 connect i.e. Can.In the present embodiment, the ink-feed channel 18 is in filter structure, incorporated by reference to Fig. 2.Really, the ink-feed channel 18 can also be Other structures.But using " filter structure " compared with other structures, " filter structure " can play a role in filtering, such that it is able to hinder Only relatively large black liquid " particle " enters black chamber 15, to prevent the circulation passage of plug nozzle 17 and black liquid.In the present embodiment, The depth of ink chamber 15 is preferably 10~100 microns, and width is preferably 50~150 microns;The height of the nozzle 17 is 10 ~50 microns, width is 10~50 microns.As black chamber 15 is used to store black liquid, nozzle 17 will be extruded the ink droplet for producing by bubble Spray, so, if nozzle 17 is wide or depth is excessive, the power of bubble extruding may be not enough to extrude black liquid completely, and if Nozzle 17 is too small, then can reduce ink ejection amount, affects ink-jet effect, therefore the height of nozzle 17 is 10~50 microns, and width is 10~ 50 microns is optimum valuing range;And if 15 depth of black chamber is excessive, the ink amount of its storage is sufficient, but heating element heater 4 and nozzle Distance between 17 is increased, and caused by heat, the extruding force of bubble may be not enough to extrude black liquid, if as black chamber 15 is excessively shallow, which stores Ink amount may be not enough, can also affect ink-jet effect, therefore the depth in black chamber 15 is preferably 10~100 microns, width is preferably 50~150 microns.
In the present embodiment, ink chamber 15 is to be formed by upper cavity is formed on cover plate 13, and which is specially:It is described Cover plate 13 has the bottom surface 131 and top surface 132 being disposed opposite to each other, and towards substrate 1, the cover plate 13 is from its bottom surface for the bottom surface 131 131 are recessed upwards forms upper cavity, and the upper cavity is sealed to form ink chamber 15 by the substrate 1.In other embodiment party In formula, ink chamber 15 can be to be formed by forming lower chamber (not shown) on substrate 1, specially:The substrate 1 has There is the first surface 101 and second surface 102 being disposed opposite to each other, towards cover plate 13, the substrate 1 is from which for the first surface 101 Depression forms lower chamber to first surface 101 downwards, and the lower chamber is sealed to form ink chamber 15 by the cover plate 13;Or Person, by forming lower chamber respectively on substrate 1, forms upper cavity on cover plate 13, and then black chamber 15 is by lower chamber and epicoele Body (not shown) is put together, specially:The cover plate 13 has the bottom surface 131 and top surface 132 being disposed opposite to each other, the bottom surface 131 are recessed from its bottom surface 131 upwards and form upper cavity towards substrate 1, the cover plate 13, and the substrate 1 has what is be disposed opposite to each other First surface 101 and second surface 102, the first surface 101 towards cover plate 13, the substrate 1 from its first surface 101 to Lower recess forms lower chamber, and ink chamber 15 is put together by the upper cavity and lower chamber.
In the present embodiment, the section below of ink chamber 15 is formed with the heating element heater 4, the material of the heating element heater 4 Material is using TaAl alloys or Ti/Pt/Ti or poly-Si or HfB2.The heating element heater 4 is by forming adding thermal resistance in depositing technics Layer and formed, which can also be referred to as adding thermal resistance.The thickness of the heating element heater 4 is 100~300 nanometers, using this kind of thickness Purpose is:It is low needed for the performance (heating effect) and the hot bubble type ink jet printhead of heating element heater 4 by considering Power consumption, the complexity of the preparation technology of heating element heater 4 and cost-effectivenes, therefore the thickness is set, if excessively thin, possible heating effect is not Foot, if blocked up, required power consumption increases, and processing cost can also increase.
In order that the heat of heating element heater 4 is quickly transferred to black liquid, i.e. the heat produced by heating element heater 4 is passed as early as possible Black liquid is delivered to produce bubble, so that bubble volume increases, produced pressure will be such that ink ejects from nozzle 17, In the present embodiment, heat-conducting layer on the substrate 1, is provided with, the heat-conducting layer abuts in 4 periphery of the heating element heater, and at least position In the side of ink chamber 15.In view of MEMS preparation technologies and the compatibility with CMOS technology, the heat-conducting layer includes SiN Film layer 6 and tantalum layer 7, tantalum layer 7 are located at the top of SiN film layers 6, with the black liquid directly contact in black chamber 15.In the present embodiment In, in order to realize electric insulation, between the heating element heater 4 and drive circuit 2, be provided with insulating oxide 3, the bonded layer with Insulating barrier 8 is provided between tantalum layer 7.
Incorporated by reference to Fig. 3, discharge from nozzle 1717 to be beneficial to black liquid, in the deposit of top surface 132 one of the cover plate 13 Hydrophobic layer 19, the hydrophobic layer 19 are preferably Al2O3ALD layers or DLC film, and its thickness is preferably 10~20 nanometers.
Incorporated by reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 .1~4.14, the preparation method of above-mentioned hot bubble type ink jet printhead comprises the steps S1 To S6.
Incorporated by reference to Fig. 4 .1~4.6, S1:Substrate 1 is provided, the substrate 1 for a crystal orientation is<100>Silicon substrate 1, certainly, In other embodiment, the substrate 1 can be other insulating materials.The substrate 1 has 101 He of first surface being disposed opposite to each other Second surface 102, forms drive circuit 2, heating element heater 4 and metal electrode 5 on the first surface 101 of the substrate 1, described Metal electrode 5 is electrically connected with heating element heater 4, drive circuit 2;Ink supply is formed in the top of the first surface 101 of the substrate 1 Passageway pattern, then deposit form a layer insulating 8.The step is specifically included:
S11:Refer to Fig. 4 .1, there is provided a crystal orientation is<100>Silicon substrate 1, on the first surface 101 of the substrate 1 The CMOS drive circuits 2 of control ink-jet are prepared using stand CMOS, there is the drive circuit 2 electrode connecting portion (not mark Number);Refer to Fig. 4 .2, the deposit on the drive circuit 2 and substrate 1 forms insulating oxide 3, and using photoetching, etching or Wet corrosion technique is patterned, to remove SI semi-insulation oxide layer 3 so as to expose the electrode connecting portion of drive circuit 2;
S12:Fig. 4 .3 are referred to, heating resistor layer and connection metal level is deposited on the insulating oxide 3 successively, and Photoetching, etching or wet corrosion technique is respectively adopted to be patterned to connecting metal level, heating resistor layer, to form heating unit Part 4 and the metal electrode 5 being electrically connected with heating element heater 4, meanwhile, the electrode connecting portion of the metal electrode 5 and drive circuit 2 It is electrically connected with;The material of adding thermal resistance 4 is preferably TaAl alloys or Ti/Pt/Ti or poly-Si or HfB2, and thickness is preferably 100 ~300 nanometers, using the purpose of this kind of thickness it is:By the performance (heating effect) and the heat that consider heating element heater 4 Low-power consumption, the complexity of the preparation technology of heating element heater 4 and cost-effectivenes needed for bubble ink-jet printing head, therefore the thickness is set Degree, if excessively thin possible heating effect is not enough, blocked up required power consumption increases, and processing cost can also increase.Metal electrode 55 is excellent Elect Al or Pt or Au or Cu as.
S13:Refer to Fig. 4 .4, deposited on heating element heater 4, metal electrode 5 and insulating oxide 3 successively SiN films and Tantalum films, to form SiN film layers 6 and tantalum layer 7, the SiN film layers 6 and tantalum layer 7 are collectively referred to as heat-conducting layer.Using photoetching, Etching or wet corrosion technique are patterned to SiN film layers 6, tantalum layer 7 and insulating oxide 3, to remove part SiN films Layer 6, tantalum layer 7 and insulating oxide 3, so as to form ink-feed channel figure;Wherein, the ink-feed channel figure is in filter screen shape (as shown in Figure 2);
S14:Fig. 4 .5 are referred to, one layer of SiO2 insulating barrier 8 is deposited on tantalum layer 7, using photoetching, etching or wet etching Technique is graphical to which, to remove partial insulative layer 8 and then expose metal electrode 5;
S15:Fig. 4 .6 are referred to, the deposit on insulating barrier 8 forms the first bonding material layer, using photoetching, etching or wet method Etching process is patterned to which, to form the first bonding window material 9 and thicken metal electrode 5.This layer of bonding material is excellent Elect Al or Au as, thickness is preferably 0.5~1.5 micron, substrate is mutually bonded for 1 with cover plate 13 by the bonding material, is formed The black chamber 15 of storage black liquid, and black liquid should not be from bond area infiltration outflow, this requires that substrate 1 and cover plate 13 will be with reference to jails Gu, bonding material will dissolve each other, and not have larger cavity.If the excessively thin possible bonding of thickness is insecure, if blocked up may affect material That what is expected dissolves each other, and manufacturing cost can also increase.
In other embodiments, heat-conducting layer can not be generated.The purpose of the heat-conducting layer is:In order that heating element heater 4 Heat be quickly transferred to black liquid, i.e. make the heat produced by heating element heater 4 be delivered to black liquid as early as possible to produce bubble, and then So that bubble volume increases, produced pressure will be such that ink ejects from nozzle 17.
Incorporated by reference to Fig. 4 .7~4.10, S2:Cover plate 13 is provided, 13 1 crystal orientation of cover plate is<100>Silicon cover plate 13 or SOI Cover plate 13, certainly, in other embodiments, the substrate 1 can be other insulating materials.The cover plate 13 have be disposed opposite to each other Bottom surface 131 and top surface 132, the cover plate 13 from its bottom surface 131 towards top surface 132 depression be formed with upper cavity, the cover plate 13 Top surface 132 be provided with oxygen buried layer 12.The step is specific as follows:
S21:Refer to Fig. 4 .7, there is provided a crystal orientation is<100>SOI cover plates raw material 10, the cover plate raw material 10 is from up to Under include body silicon layer 11, oxygen buried layer 12 and device layer 13 successively, the device layer 13 has the lower end of the dorsad oxygen buried layer 12 Face;Wherein, can be according to the depth in black chamber 15 come the thickness from device layer 13, the device layer 13 is final cover plate.
S22:Fig. 4 .8 are referred to, using micro- on the lower surface 131 (bottom surface of as final cover plate) of the device layer 13 Processing technology of receiving forms second and is bonded window material 14;
S22:Fig. 4 .9 are referred to, photoetching and deep silicon etching technique is adopted on the lower surface of the device layer 13, is etched For forming upper cavity 151, its depth can be controlled by deep silicon etching process adjustments, preferably 10~100 microns of depth, and width is excellent Elect 50~150 microns as.The upper cavity 151 to be formed used by follow-up ink chamber 15, its depth and width be the depth in black chamber 15 and Width, and as black chamber 15 is used to store black liquid, if 15 depth of black chamber is excessive, the ink amount of its storage is sufficient, but heating element heater 4 Increase with the distance between nozzle 17, caused by heat, the extruding force of bubble may be not enough to extrude black liquid, if such as black chamber 15 is excessively shallow, The ink amount of its storage may be not enough, can also affect ink-jet effect, therefore be preferably 10~100 microns using depth, and width is preferred It is optimal for 50~150 microns.Metal electrode channel groove 16 is formed while upper cavity 151 are formed.
S23:Fig. 4 .10 are referred to, the body silicon layer 11 on cover plate raw material 10 is removed using reduction process, oxygen buried layer is thinned to 12。
Refer to Fig. 4 .11, S3:The bottom surface 131 of the cover plate 13 is bonded with substrate 1 by bonding technology, the substrate The upper cavity is covered to form black chamber 15 to enclose to set by 1 first surface, the ink-feed channel figure be located at black chamber 15 just under Side.
Refer to Fig. 4 .12, S4:By the use of oxygen buried layer 12 as mask to form nozzle 17, and by metal electrode channel groove Insertion forming metal electrode passage to expose metal electrode 5, nozzle 17 and 15 UNICOMs of Mo Qiang for being formed.Specially:Using Photoetching, etching technics, etch oxygen buried layer 12, and using oxygen buried layer 12 be mask, by deep silicon etching technique carve nozzle 17 with And expose metal electrode 5, and nozzle 17 is connected with black chamber 15, the height of nozzle 17 is 10~50 microns, and width is 10~50 Micron, nozzle 17 will be sprayed by the ink droplet that the bubble extruding in black liquid is produced, so, if nozzle 17 is wide or depth is excessive, gas The power of bubble extruding may be not enough to extrude black liquid completely, and nozzle 17 is too small, then can reduce ink ejection amount, affects ink-jet effect Really.
Refer to Fig. 4 .13, S5:Substrate 1 is carried out it is thinning, and according to ink-feed channel figure adopt photoetching, deep silicon etching work Skill forms the formation ink-feed channel 18 for penetrating substrate 1.Due in step s 13, the ink-feed channel figure is in filter screen shape, institute So that the shape of the ink-feed channel 18 eventually formed in this step is in filter structure, certainly, in other embodiments, in step Ink-feed channel figure formed in S13 can also be other shapes, and then cause last ink-feed channel 18 corresponding for other Shape, but using " filter structure " compared with other structures, " filter structure " can play a role in filtering, such that it is able to prevent Relatively large black liquid " particle " enters black chamber 15, to prevent the circulation passage of plug nozzle 17 and black liquid.
Refer to Fig. 4 .14, S6:Using HF, the method for stifling or wet etching removes the insulating barrier 8 positioned at 15 side of black chamber So that ink-feed channel 18 and 15 UNICOMs of Mo Qiang, the method removal oxygen buried layer 12 of or wet etching stifling using HF.
Incorporated by reference to Fig. 3, the preparation method of above-mentioned hot bubble type ink jet printhead also includes:Remove in the cover plate 13 and bury oxygen One outgrowth of layer 12 forms hydrophobic layer 19.
In the present embodiment, the black chamber 15 is formed by upper cavity 151, in other embodiments, can be with substrate 1 Upper formation lower chamber, so that the black chamber 15 is put together by upper cavity 151 and lower chamber, specially:In step S1 In, lower chamber is formed with the substrate 1;In step S3, when the cover plate 13 is bonded with substrate 1, the substrate 1 Lower chamber dock with the upper cavity 151 of cover plate 13, ink chamber 15 is merged by lower chamber and upper cavity 151 and forms.Or, only Lower chamber is formed on substrate 1, i.e., the black chamber 15 is formed by the lower chamber, the preparation method of this kind of hot bubble type ink jet printhead It is as follows:
S1:Substrate 1 is provided, the substrate 1 has the first surface 101 and second surface 102 being disposed opposite to each other, in the lining Drive circuit 2, heating element heater 4 and metal electrode 5, the metal electrode 5 and heating element heater are formed on the first surface 101 at bottom 1 4th, drive circuit 2 is electrically connected with, and on the first surface 101 of the substrate 1 forms lower chamber;In the first table of the substrate 1 The top in face 101 forms ink-feed channel figure, and then deposit forms a layer insulating 8, and the ink-feed channel figure is located at cavity of resorption In vivo;
S2:Cover plate 13 is provided, the cover plate 13 has the bottom surface 131 and top surface 132 being disposed opposite to each other, the top of the cover plate 13 Oxygen buried layer 12 is provided with face 132;
S3:The bottom surface 131 of the cover plate 13 is bonded with substrate 1 by bonding technology, the bottom surface 131 of the cover plate 13 will Lower chamber covers to form black chamber 15 to enclose to set;
S4:, and form metal electrode passage to expose metal electricity to form nozzle 17 by the use of oxygen buried layer 12 as mask Pole 5, nozzle 17 and 15 UNICOMs of Mo Qiang for being formed;
S5:Ink-feed channel 18 is formed according to ink-feed channel figure;
S6:The insulating barrier 8 positioned at 15 side of black chamber is removed so that ink-feed channel 18 and 15 UNICOMs of Mo Qiang, remove oxygen buried layer 12。
In sum:By being bonded cover plate 13 on substrate 1, nozzle 17 is arranged on cover plate 13, by ink-feed channel 18 Arrange on substrate 1, the black chamber 15 of storage black liquid is arranged between cover plate 13 and substrate 1, by this kind of structure design, can be with So that when processing forms hot bubble type ink jet printhead so as to do not limited by surface processing technique, which can be in processing Deep silicon etching technique is adjusted according to actual process demand, to obtain the black chamber 15 of even curface and desired height.And pass through to adopt The black chamber 15 of even curface and desired height can be obtained with the preparation method of the hot bubble type ink jet printhead of the present invention.
Each technical characteristic of embodiment described above arbitrarily can be combined, to make description succinct, not to above-mentioned reality Apply all possible combination of each technical characteristic in example to be all described, as long as however, the combination of these technical characteristics is not deposited In contradiction, the scope of this specification record is all considered to be.
Embodiment described above only expresses the several embodiments of the present invention, and its description is more concrete and detailed, but and Therefore can not be construed as limiting the scope of the patent.It should be pointed out that for one of ordinary skill in the art comes Say, without departing from the inventive concept of the premise, some deformations and improvement can also be made, these belong to the protection of the present invention Scope.Therefore, the protection domain of patent of the present invention should be defined by claims.

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1. a kind of hot bubble type ink jet printhead, it is characterised in that including substrate and bonding cover plate over the substrate, described Enclose to set between substrate and cover plate and be formed with the black chamber for storing black liquid, be formed through on the substrate and ink chamber UNICOM Ink-feed channel, the nozzle with ink chamber UNICOM is formed through on the cover plate, is provided with the substrate to the ink The heating element heater of the black liquid heating in chamber, the hot bubble type ink jet printhead also include and heating element heater electric connection Drive circuit and the metal electrode being electrically connected with the heating element heater, drive circuit.
2. hot bubble type ink jet printhead as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that be provided with heat-conducting layer on the substrate, The heat-conducting layer abuts in the heating element heater periphery, and is located at least in the side of ink chamber.
3. hot bubble type ink jet printhead as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the cover plate has the bottom being disposed opposite to each other Face and top surface, towards the substrate, the cover plate is recessed from its bottom surface upwards and is formed with upper cavity for the bottom surface, and the substrate will The upper cavity seals to form ink chamber;Or, the substrate has the first surface and second surface being disposed opposite to each other, institute First surface is stated towards cover plate, depression is formed with lower chamber to the substrate downwards from its first surface, under the cover plate will be described Cavity seals to form ink chamber;Or, the cover plate has the bottom surface and top surface being disposed opposite to each other, and the bottom surface is towards lining Bottom, the cover plate are recessed from its bottom surface upwards and are formed with upper cavity, and the substrate has the first surface and second being disposed opposite to each other Surface, towards cover plate, from its first surface, downwards depression is formed with lower chamber to the substrate to the first surface, ink chamber by The upper cavity and lower chamber are put together.
4. hot bubble type ink jet printhead as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the cover plate has the bottom being disposed opposite to each other Face and top surface, the bottom surface are deposited with hydrophobic layer towards substrate, the top surface of the cover plate.
5. a kind of preparation method of hot bubble type ink jet printhead, it is characterised in that the preparation method is as follows:
S1:Substrate is provided, the substrate has the first surface and second surface being disposed opposite to each other, in the first surface of the substrate Upper formation drive circuit, heating element heater and metal electrode, the metal electrode are electrically connected with heating element heater, drive circuit; The top of the first surface of the substrate forms ink-feed channel figure, and then deposit forms a layer insulating;
S2:Cover plate is provided, the cover plate has the bottom surface and top surface being disposed opposite to each other, and the cover plate is from its bottom surface towards top surface concave shape The top surface for having upper cavity, the cover plate is provided with oxygen buried layer;
S3:By the underrun bonding technology and substrate bonding of the cover plate, the first surface of the substrate is by the upper cavity Cover to form black chamber to enclose to set, the ink-feed channel figure is located at the underface of ink chamber;
S4:By the use of oxygen buried layer as mask to form nozzle, and form metal electrode passage to expose metal electrode, formed Nozzle and Mo Qiang UNICOMs;
S5:Ink-feed channel is formed according to ink-feed channel figure;
S6:The insulating barrier positioned at ink chamber side is removed so that the ink-feed channel and Mo Qiang UNICOMs, remove oxygen buried layer.
6. the preparation method of hot bubble type ink jet printhead as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that step S1 is concrete Comprise the steps:
S11:Substrate is provided, drive circuit is formed on the first surface of the substrate, there is the drive circuit electrode to connect Portion, the deposit on the drive circuit form insulating oxide, remove SI semi-insulation oxide layer to expose the electrode of drive circuit Connecting portion;
S12:Heating element heater and metal electrode, the metal electrode and heating element heater, driving are formed on the insulating oxide The electrode connecting portion of circuit is electrically connected with;
S13:SI semi-insulation oxide layer is removed forming ink-feed channel figure, then is deposited and to be formed insulating barrier, then remove part absolutely Edge layer is exposing metal electrode;
S14:Deposit on the insulating layer forms the first bonding material layer, by being graphically bonded window material and adding to form first Thick metal electrode.
7. the preparation method of hot bubble type ink jet printhead as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that in step S12 Include and step S13 between:Deposit on the heating element forms heat-conducting layer;In step S13, SI semi-insulation oxygen is being removed When changing layer, while removing part heat-conducting layer to form the ink-feed channel figure, the insulating barrier is formed on the heat-conducting layer.
8. the preparation method of the hot bubble type ink jet printhead as described in any one in claim 5 to 7, its feature exist In step S2 specifically includes following steps:
S21:Cover plate raw material is provided, the cover plate raw material includes body silicon layer, oxygen buried layer and device layer, the device from top to bottom successively Part layer has the lower surface of the dorsad oxygen buried layer;
S22:Second is formed on the lower surface of the device layer and is bonded window material;
S22:Upper cavity is formed on the lower surface of the device layer;
S23:Body silicon layer on cover plate raw material is removed using reduction process, oxygen buried layer is thinned to.
9. the preparation method of hot bubble type ink jet printhead as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that the preparation method is also Including:The outgrowth that oxygen buried layer is removed in the cover plate forms hydrophobic layer.
10. the preparation method of hot bubble type ink jet printhead as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that in step S1 In, lower chamber is formed with the substrate;In step S3, when the cover plate is with substrate bonding, under the substrate Cavity is docked with the upper cavity of cover plate, and ink chamber is formed by lower chamber and upper cavity merging.
11. a kind of preparation methods of hot bubble type ink jet printhead, it is characterised in that the preparation method is as follows:
S1:Substrate is provided, the substrate has the first surface and second surface being disposed opposite to each other, in the first surface of the substrate Upper formation drive circuit, heating element heater and metal electrode, the metal electrode are electrically connected with heating element heater, drive circuit, Lower chamber is formed on the first surface of the substrate;Ink-feed channel figure is formed in the top of the first surface of the substrate, so Deposit afterwards forms a layer insulating, and the ink-feed channel figure is located in lower chamber;
S2:Cover plate is provided, and the cover plate has the bottom surface and top surface being disposed opposite to each other, is provided with oxygen is buried on the top surface of the cover plate Layer;
S3:Lower chamber is covered to enclose by the underrun bonding technology and substrate bonding of the cover plate, the bottom surface of the cover plate If forming black chamber;
S4:By the use of oxygen buried layer as mask to form nozzle, and form metal electrode passage to expose metal electrode, formed Nozzle and Mo Qiang UNICOMs;
S5:Ink-feed channel is formed according to ink-feed channel figure;
S6:The insulating barrier positioned at black chamber side is removed so that ink-feed channel and Mo Qiang UNICOMs, remove oxygen buried layer.
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