Patent classifications
B41J2/0455
LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a driven element that is driven by a drive signal; an ejection head that ejects a liquid when the driven element is driven; a drive circuit that outputs the drive signal, the drive circuit including an amplifier circuit that includes a first transistor and amplifies, based on an amplification voltage and through an operation of the first transistor, a base drive signal based on which the drive signal is generated; and a leakage current detection circuit that detects a leakage current in the drive circuit. The leakage current detection circuit is electrically connected to the first transistor included in the amplifier circuit to which the amplification voltage is supplied.
Fluidic die with low voltage monitoring circuit including high voltage tolerant transistor
A fluidic die including fluid chambers, each including an electrode exposed to an interior of the fluid chamber and each having a corresponding fluid actuator operating at a first voltage level. Monitoring circuitry, operating at a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level, includes a select transistor and a pulldown transistor for each fluid chamber to selectively couple to the electrode, at least the select transistor being a high voltage tolerant transistor to operate at the second voltage in a normal operating condition and having a breakdown voltage level greater than the first voltage level to prevent a fault current from flowing into the select transistor from the electrode in a fault condition if the fluid actuator short-circuits to the electrode.
Drive circuit and liquid ejecting apparatus
A drive circuit includes a drive signal output circuit that outputs a drive signal supplied to the piezoelectric element and a first constant voltage signal that is constant at a first voltage value; a switch circuit having one end electrically coupled to an output terminal of the drive signal output circuit and the other end electrically coupled to the first terminal of the piezoelectric element, and a reference voltage signal output circuit that is electrically coupled to the second terminal of the piezoelectric element and outputs a second constant voltage signal which is constant at a second voltage value, in which before the reference voltage signal output circuit starts to output the second constant voltage signal, the one end and the other end of the switch circuit are controlled to be non-conductive, and the drive signal output circuit outputs the first constant voltage signal.
LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit, and a drive signal output unit that outputs a drive signal. The head unit includes a first rigid substrate, and a first connector to which the drive signal is input, the drive signal output unit includes a second rigid substrate, and a second connector from which the drive signal is output, the first connector includes a first fixing portion, and a first terminal, the second connector includes a second fixing portion, and a second terminal, one of the first connector and the second connector has a receptacle shape, the other has a plug shape, the first connector and the second connector are fitted so that the first terminal and the second terminal are in direct contact with each other, and at least one of the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion is tin-plated.
Liquid Ejecting Apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit, and a drive signal output unit that outputs the drive signal. The head unit includes an ejection portion that ejects a liquid, a first rigid substrate, and a first connector including a first terminal, the drive signal output unit includes a second rigid substrate, a second connector including a second terminal that outputs the drive signal, a D/A converter, and a drive signal output circuit, the first connector is provided on the first rigid substrate, the second connector, the D/A converter, and the drive signal output circuit are provided on the second rigid substrate, one of the first connector and the second connector has a receptacle shape, the other has a plug shape, and the first connector and the second connector are fitted so that the first terminal and the second terminal are in direct contact with each other.
RECORDING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS
A recording element substrate for a liquid ejection head is provided with a storage section including an antifuse element and a first resistor connected in parallel with the antifuse element, and a second resistor that is connected in parallel with the storage section and serves as a reference in rating information of the antifuse element, and a second switch connected to the second resistor.
Fluidic dies with selectors adjacent respective firing subassemblies
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluidic die is described. The fluidic die includes an array of firing subassemblies grouped into zones. Each firing subassembly includes 1) a firing chamber, 2) a fluid actuator, and 3) a sensor plate. The fluidic die also includes a measurement device per zone to measure a voltage indicative of an impedance within a selected firing chamber. The fluidic die includes a selector per firing subassembly to couple a selected sensor plate to the measurement device. A selector is adjacent a respective firing subassembly and a distance between the selector and the measurement device is different as compared to other selectors.
PRINTHEAD HIGH SIDE SWITCH CONTROLS
In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a first low voltage control block, a second low voltage control block, a primitive level shifter coupled to the first low voltage control block, a plurality of nozzle level shifters coupled to the primitive level shifter and a second low voltage control block, and a high side switch (HSS) control coupled to each one of the plurality of nozzle level shifters and the second low voltage control block. The plurality of nozzle level shifters are communicatively coupled to each other. The primitive shifter is to enable a selected nozzle level shifter to fire a respective HSS control circuit of the selected nozzle level shifter and to direct a tail current from the selected nozzle level shifter.
Liquid Discharge Apparatus And Capacitive Load Drive Circuit
A liquid discharge apparatus in which a level shift circuit executes, one or a plurality of times according to a voltage value of a capacitor included in a bootstrap circuit detected by a voltage detection circuit, a second control of outputting a third gate signal for controlling a third transistor to be non-conductive and a fourth gate signal for controlling a fourth transistor to be conductive, and then, outputting the third gate signal for controlling the third transistor to be conductive and the fourth gate signal for controlling the fourth transistor to be non-conductive.
Liquid Discharge Apparatus And Capacitive Load Drive Circuit
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a correction circuit that outputs a correction base drive signal obtained, a level shift circuit that outputs a level shift amplified modulation signal, and a demodulation circuit that outputs the drive signal by demodulating the level shift amplified modulation signal, the correction circuit outputs the correction base drive signal corrected by a first correction value, in a first mode in which the level shift circuit outputs the level shift amplified modulation signal having the reference potential of the amplified modulation signal as a first potential, and outputs the correction base drive signal corrected by a second correction value different from the first correction value, in a second mode in which the level shift circuit outputs the level shift amplified modulation signal obtained by level-shifting the reference potential of the amplified modulation signal to a second potential different from the first potential.