A print element substrate, comprising a base, a heater provided on the base and configured to generate heat used to discharge ink, a flow path member, which forms an ink flow path, configured to form, together with the base, a bubbling chamber in which the ink is bubbled by the heat of the heater provided in a bottom surface of the bubbling chamber, and a temperature sensor capable of detecting a temperature of the bubbling chamber, the temperature sensor being formed of the same material as the heater and provided in the same layer as the heater on the base.

A liquid ejection head includes a flow channel structure, a supply channel structure, and a particular heater. The flow channel structure defines an ejection channel that leads liquid toward a plurality of nozzles arranged in a nozzle row along a first direction. The supply channel structure defines a supply channel configured to allow liquid to flow therefrom to the ejection channel. The particular heater is configured to heat liquid. The flow channel structure is made of inorganic material having a higher thermal conductivity than material used for the supply channel structure. The flow channel structure includes an end portion protruding outward relative to a side surface of the supply channel structure. The particular heater is disposed at the end portion of the flow channel structure.

One example provides a fluidic die including a semiconductor substrate, and a nozzle layer disposed on the substrate, the nozzle layer having a top surface opposite the substrate and including a nozzle formed therein, the nozzle including a fluid chamber disposed below the top surface and a nozzle orifice extending through the nozzle layer from the top surface to the fluid chamber, the fluid chamber to hold fluid, and the nozzle to eject fluid drops from the fluid chamber via the nozzle orifice. An electrode is disposed in contact with the nozzle layer about a perimeter of the nozzle orifice, the electrode to carry an electrical charge to adjust movement of electrically charged components of the fluid.

A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and a manifold commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction to extend along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction and connected to the manifold, a connecting channel connected to the pressure chamber to form at least a part of a channel communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a circulation channel connected to the connecting channel to form a part of a channel communicating the connecting channel and the pressure chamber. The connecting channel has a throttle, and the throttle has a smaller diameter along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction than a diameter, of a part of the connecting channel except the throttle, along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction.

A liquid ejection head includes a liquid channel through which a first liquid and a second liquid flow, a pressure generation element that pressurizes the first liquid and an ejection orifice through which to eject the second liquid in a direction crossing a direction of the flow of the first liquid and the second liquid via the pressurization. A distance in the direction of the flow from a position in the liquid channel at which the first liquid and the second liquid merge to the ejection orifice is greater than an interface stabilization distance in the direction of the flow from a position at which the first liquid and the second liquid contact each other to a position at which a stable interface is obtained between the first liquid and the second liquid.

A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and a manifold commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction to extend along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction and connected to the manifold, a connecting channel connected to the pressure chamber to form at least a part of a channel communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a circulation channel connected to the connecting channel to form a part of a channel communicating the connecting channel and the pressure chamber. The connecting channel has a throttle, and the throttle has a smaller diameter along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction than a diameter, of a part of the connecting channel except the throttle, along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction.

A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and a manifold commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction to extend along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction and connected to the manifold, a connecting channel connected to the pressure chamber to form at least a part of a channel communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a circulation channel connected to the connecting channel to form a part of a channel communicating the connecting channel and the pressure chamber. The connecting channel has a throttle, and the throttle has a smaller diameter along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction than a diameter, of a part of the connecting channel except the throttle, along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction.

A liquid discharge head includes a substrate, pressure chambers, a pressure generating element, a discharge port, and a liquid channel. First and second communication supply channels and first and second communication collecting channels are formed in the substrate. A central axis of a first communication supply opening is located closer to the corresponding pressure chamber than a central axis of a first common supply opening, or a central axis of a second communication supply opening is located closer to the corresponding pressure chamber than a central axis of a second common supply opening, or a central axis of a first communication collecting opening is located closer to the corresponding pressure chamber than a central axis of a first common collecting opening, or a central axis of a second communication collecting opening is located closer to the corresponding pressure chamber than a central axis of a second common collecting opening.

One example provides a fluidic device including a substrate and a nozzle layer disposed on the substrate, the nozzle layer having an upper surface opposite the substrate and including a plurality of nozzles formed therein, each nozzle including a fluid chamber and a nozzle orifice extending through the nozzle layer from the upper surface to the fluid chamber. A conductive trace is disposed in direct contact with the nozzle layer and extending proximate to a portion of the nozzle orifices, the conductive trace having an electrical property indicative of damage to the nozzle layer.

A liquid discharge head includes a substrate, pressure chambers, a pressure generating element, a discharge port, and a liquid channel. First and second communication supply channels and first and second communication collecting channels are formed in the substrate. A central axis of a first communication supply opening is located closer to the corresponding pressure chamber than a central axis of a first common supply opening, or a central axis of a second communication supply opening is located closer to the corresponding pressure chamber than a central axis of a second common supply opening, or a central axis of a first communication collecting opening is located closer to the corresponding pressure chamber than a central axis of a first common collecting opening, or a central axis of a second communication collecting opening is located closer to the corresponding pressure chamber than a central axis of a second common collecting opening.