| 摘要 |
<p>A length mode drop on demand type ink jet print head includes a lower body portion formed of an active piezoelectric material and an upper body formed from an inactive material. The lower body portion, which includes a plurality of longitudinally extending projections, is poled in a first direction generally orthogonal to both its longitudinal and vertical axes. The upper body portion also includes a plurality of longitudinally extending projections. The lower and upper body portions are mated such that the lower and upper body projections are spaced interdigitally with each other. By mating the lower and upper body portions in this manner, a plurality of ink-carrying channels are formed. The ink jet print head further includes a controller for selectively applying an electric field across each of the lower body projections in the poling direction. When an electric field is applied across one of the lower body projections in this fashion, the projection imparts a pressure pulse to the ink-carrying channel associated therewith. The active lower body portion may be replaced with an inactive lower body portion, an active intermediate body portion which includes a plurality of longitudinally extending projections, each having a strip of conductive material along the top surface thereof, and a layer of conductive material mounting the lower and intermediate body portions together. Here, the intermediate body portion would be poled in its vertical axis and the electric field would be applied between the conductive strip and layer.</p> |
