A liquid ejection head of the present invention has: an element substrate in which a liquid ejection port is formed, the element substrate having an energy generating element that generates energy for ejecting the liquid from the ejection port, and a plurality of wiring pads lined up in a predetermined direction; a flexible wiring substrate having a plurality of leads lined up in the predetermined direction and overlaid on and connected to the plurality of wiring pads respectively, and a base film overlaid on the plurality of leads; and a sealant that seals a plurality of connection portions of the plurality of wiring pads and the plurality of leads. The base film has a plurality of covering portions that respectively cover an opposite side of the plurality of leads from the plurality of connection portions, and an opening or slit formed between the plurality of covering portions.

A method for producing a silicon substrate comprising a silicon base material; and a wiring formation layer laminated on a base material surface of the silicon base material, and being provided with a wiring member, an electrode member comprising a noble metal, and a close contact member comprising a base metal between the wiring member and the electrode member, wherein the method comprises a step of forming a deposition film by a fluorocarbon gas, in etching of the silicon substrate; and a removal step of removing, by a removal solution, the deposition film formed by the fluorocarbon gas; the removal solution comprises a primary amine and an organic polar solvent; a content of water in the removal solution is 10 mass % or lower; and a content of tetramethylammonium hydroxide in the removal solution is 1 mass % or lower.

Breakage of components is suppressed at the time of bonding. A print head with a metal film formed on laminated layers includes an electric wiring layer electrical connection with a metal film, a protective film covering and protecting the electric wiring layer, a groove separating the protective film and the electric wiring layer around the metal film, and a resin film applied to the groove.

In a substrate, a first flow channel opened in a first surface of a silicon base material having a crystal orientation of <110>, and a second flow channel opened in a second surface of the silicon base material opposite the first surface are formed to communicate with each other. The second flow channel has an opening width narrower than an opening width of the first flow channel, and a groove portion shallower than a depth of the second flow channel is formed close to the opening of the second flow channel in a region that is inside the opening of the first flow channel and outside the opening of the second flow channel in the second surface.

A liquid ejection head has at least a structure including an ejection orifice forming member having an ejection orifice for ejecting a liquid and a flow path communicating with the ejection orifice and a flow path forming substrate having a liquid introduction flow path communicating with the flow path and supplying the liquid, and includes: a first titanium oxide film with a pure water contact angle of 40° or less; and a second titanium oxide film with a pure water contact angle of 70° or more, wherein the first titanium oxide film covers the structure including inner walls of the flow path and the liquid introduction flow path and is exposed in the flow path and the liquid introduction flow path, and the second titanium oxide film has a portion covering the first titanium oxide film in a vicinity of an opening end.

A fluid ejection die includes an ejection nozzle and an ejection chamber fluidly connected to the ejection nozzle. The die includes a fluid input hole fluidly connected to the ejection chamber, a fluid output hole, and a fluid output channel fluidly connected to the ejection chamber and the fluid output hole. The die includes a fluid circulation rib positioned between the fluid input hole and the fluid output hole.

A wafer structure is disclosed and includes a chip substrate and a plurality of inkjet chips. The chip substrate is a silicon substrate which is fabricated by a semiconductor process on a wafer of at least 12 inches. The plurality of inkjet chips include at least one first inkjet chip and at least one second inkjet chip. The plurality of inkjet chips are directly formed on the chip substrate by the semiconductor process, respectively, and diced into the at least one first inkjet chip and the at least one second inkjet chip, to be implemented for inkjet printing. Each of the first inkjet chip and the second inkjet chip includes a plurality of ink-drop generators produced by the semiconductor process and formed on the chip substrate.

A print head includes a substrate having a hole, a circuit on the substrate, the circuit having traces and a hole corresponding to the hole in the substrate, the hole forming a fluid path, and a raised structure on the substrate around the fluid path, the raised structure positioned to seal the circuit from the fluid path.

Printing apparatus and methods of producing such a device are disclosed. An example printhead die includes a first resistor (404) to cause fluid to be ejected out of a first nozzle (142; 205; 305) and a second resistor (405) to cause fluid to be ejected out of a second nozzle (142, 205, 305). The example printhead die also includes a first cavitation plate (408) to cover the first resistor (404) and a second cavitation plate (412) to cover the second resistor (405), the first cavitation plate (408) spaced from the second cavitation plate (412).

The present disclosure is directed to a microfluidic die that includes a plurality of heaters above a substrate, a plurality of chambers and nozzles above the heaters, a plurality of first contacts coupled to the heaters, and a plurality of second contacts coupled to the heaters. The plurality of second contacts are coupled to each other and coupled to ground. The die includes a plurality of contact pads, a first signal line coupled to the plurality of second contacts and to a first one of the plurality of contact pads, and a plurality of second signal lines, each second signal line being coupled to one of the plurality of first contacts, groups of the second signal lines being coupled together to drive a group of the plurality of heaters with a single signal, each group of the second signal lines being coupled to a remaining one of the plurality of contact pads.