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A flexible tank has a volume-variable chamber formed so as to be sectioned by a flexible tube that is expanded or contracted in accordance with the amount of the contained chemical liquid, and adaptor parts attached to the flexible tube. A primary-side port open to the volume-variable chamber is open into one of the adaptor parts, and a secondary-side port open to the volume-variable chamber is open into the other adaptor part. The contact between the chemical liquid and air in the volume-variable chamber is suppressed to minimum level, thereby containing the chemical liquid without deteriorating the cleanliness of the chemical liquid, and improving discharge accuracy of the chemical liquid.

The present invention provides a nozzle plate, the nozzle plate including: a first silicon substrate; and a second silicon substrate which has a crystal orientation different from that of the first silicon substrate and is bonded to the first silicon substrate, wherein the first silicon substrate includes a first through hole, and the second silicon substrate includes a second through hole which the first through hole communicates with, and has a different structure from that of the first through hole.

A flexible tank has a volume-variable chamber formed so as to be sectioned by a flexible tube that is expanded or contracted in accordance with the amount of the contained chemical liquid, and adaptor parts attached to the flexible tube. A primary-side port open to the volume-variable chamber is open into one of the adaptor parts, and a secondary-side port open to the volume-variable chamber is open into the other adaptor part. The contact between the chemical liquid and air in the volume-variable chamber is suppressed to minimum level, thereby containing the chemical liquid without deteriorating the cleanliness of the chemical liquid, and improving discharge accuracy of the chemical liquid.

In an ink-jet head including a discharge element group in which discharge elements each including a nozzle for discharging ink and a pressure chamber for applying a discharge pressure to the ink supplied from a manifold are disposed at specified intervals, a manifold and plural discharge elements are formed of through holes provided in plural thin plates bonded with adhesive and laminated, and plural dummy paths positioned around the discharge element group are formed of opening parts provided to communicate with each other in the plural thin plates.

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a gate driver which generates an amplification control signal based on the modulation signal; a boosting circuit which boosts and supplies a voltage to the gate driver; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal based on the amplification control signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the gate driver and the boosting circuit are electrically connected to a common ground terminal, and in which a wiring impedance between the ground terminal and the gate driver is smaller than a wiring impedance between the ground terminal and the boosting circuit.

A viscous material application apparatus includes a main body having a pressurized chamber which connects through to a discharge port and stores a viscous material, a viscous material supply device for transferring the viscous material to the pressurized chamber, and a discharge pressure regulating device for regulating the discharge pressure of the viscous material when the viscous material inside the pressurized chamber is pressurized and discharged by increasing or decreasing the capacity of the pressurized chamber, the discharge pressure regulating device being provided either inside the pressurized chamber or facing the pressurized chamber.

A liquid discharge apparatus includes: an integrated circuit device that includes a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal by pulse-modulating a source signal; a feedback circuit; a transistor that generates an amplified modulation signal which is obtained by amplifying the modulation signal; a low-pass filter that generates a drive signal by demodulating the amplified modulation signal; and a piezoelectric element that is displaced by applying the drive signal, wherein the feedback circuit generates a feedback signal on the basis of the drive signal, and feeds back the feedback signal to the modulation portion through a feedback terminal, the modulation portion includes a first circuit block and a second circuit block, and the integrated circuit device is configured to separate the first circuit block from the second circuit block by a triple-well structure.

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a low voltage system circuit block including a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a high voltage system circuit block including a gate driver which generates an amplification control signal based on the modulation signal; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal based on the amplification control signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the low voltage system circuit block and the high voltage system circuit block are formed on the same semiconductor substrate, in which the semiconductor substrate has one substrate potential supply terminal to which a substrate potential of the semiconductor substrate is supplied.

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a low voltage system circuit block including a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal; a first high voltage system circuit block which receives the signal from the low voltage system circuit block and performs a switching operation; a second high voltage system circuit block which does not perform the switching operation; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the second high voltage system circuit block is disposed between the low voltage system circuit block and the first high voltage system circuit block.

A liquid discharge apparatus includes: an integrated circuit device that includes a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal by pulse-modulating a source signal; a feedback circuit; a transistor that generates an amplified modulation signal which is obtained by amplifying the modulation signal; a low-pass filter that generates a drive signal by demodulating the amplified modulation signal; and a piezoelectric element that is displaced by applying the drive signal, wherein the feedback circuit generates a feedback signal on the basis of the drive signal, and feeds back the feedback signal to the modulation portion through a feedback terminal, the modulation portion includes a first circuit block and a second circuit block, and the integrated circuit device is configured to separate the first circuit block from the second circuit block by a triple-well structure.

The invention discloses a portable storage battery performance test device. The device comprises: a control module used for sending a test digital signal; a digital-to-analog conversion module used for performing digital-to-analog conversion on the received test digital signal to obtain a test analog signal; an operational amplifier module used for carrying out operational amplifier processing onthe test analog signal to obtain an operational amplifier signal; an alternating current power supply output module used for outputting a test alternating current signal according to the operational amplifier signal; a signal acquisition module used for acquiring an output signal after the test alternating current signal passes through the tested storage battery; an internal resistance measurementmodule used for performing internal resistance measurement on the output signal to obtain an internal resistance analog signal; and an analog-to-digital conversion module used for performing analog-to-digital conversion on the internal resistance analog signal to obtain an internal resistance digital signal, wherein the control module is also used for receiving the internal resistance digital signal to obtain an internal resistance test result, and the tested storage battery is converted into a power supply by a power supply module. The device has the technical characteristics of being portable and accurate in measurement.

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a ground terminal which electrically connects the modulation portion to a ground potential; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; a feedback circuit which generates a feedback signal based on the driving signal, and sends back the feedback signal to the modulation portion via a feedback terminal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the modulation portion, the ground terminal, and the feedback terminal are formed on the same semiconductor substrate, and in which, in a plan view, the ground terminal and the feedback terminal are disposed being adjacent to each other.

Provided are a method, apparatus, and program for jetting a liquid material, which make it possible to stabilize the droplet shape and the jetting state of the liquid material to be jetted and make it possible to improve jetting accuracy. In the liquid material jetting method, a measuring section which measures the liquid material, a jetting port connected to one end of the measuring section, and a plunger which moves by sliding on the inner wall of the measuring section are provided, a filling step, wherein the measuring section is filled with the liquid material by moving the plunger in the direction opposite to the jetting port, and a jetting step, wherein the plunger is moved toward the jetting port and stopped and the liquid material is flown and jetted from the jetting port, are performed. The method is characterized in that the speed of the plunger in the jetting step is controlled to be constant by providing a preliminary operation step wherein the plunger is moved without jetting the liquid material.

A droplet discharging head includes a first drive unit and a base coupled to the first drive unit. The base includes a portion defining a first cavity, a portion defining a first discharging port, and a portion defining a first through hole through which the portion defining a first cavity and the portion defining a first discharging port communicate with each other. The droplet discharging head also includes a plurality of first electrode branches and a plurality of second electrode branches. The plurality of first electrode branches and the plurality of second electrode branches are disposed alternately apart from each other on a periphery of the portion defining a first discharging port, and extend on a surface of the portion defining a first through hole.

The present invention relates to a plasma display panel including electrodes. In the plasma display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, an area of a scan electrode is larger than that of a sustain electrode. Therefore, a jitter characteristic improves.

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a low voltage system circuit block including a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal; a first high voltage system circuit block which receives the signal from the low voltage system circuit block and performs a switching operation; a second high voltage system circuit block which does not perform the switching operation; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the second high voltage system circuit block is disposed between the low voltage system circuit block and the first high voltage system circuit block.

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a ground terminal which electrically connects the modulation portion to a ground potential; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; a feedback circuit which generates a feedback signal based on the driving signal, and sends back the feedback signal to the modulation portion via a feedback terminal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the modulation portion, the ground terminal, and the feedback terminal are formed on the same semiconductor substrate, and in which, in a plan view, the ground terminal and the feedback terminal are disposed being adjacent to each other.

A diaphragm pump includes a reciprocable diaphragm, an actuator including a motor, and a control device. The control device resets an origin of the diaphragm in a reciprocating direction, when detecting a step-out of the motor. After resetting the origin, the control device activates the actuator to move the diaphragm to the origin.

A drive characteristic and durability of a liquid supply device having a flexible pump member such as a bellows are improved. A drive pump in the liquid supply device has a bellows as the pump member that is elastically deformed axially by a drive rod. A drive pump chamber and a communication chamber are formed by the bellows and the housing, and the communication chamber and the drive pump chamber are partitioned by the orifice member. At a drive operation time of the drive rod, the through hole is blocked by the valve member, and a liquid flows in between the communication chamber and the drive pump chamber via a communication gap formed between the orifice member and an inner circumferential face of the housing.

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a low voltage system circuit block including a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a high voltage system circuit block including a gate driver which generates an amplification control signal based on the modulation signal; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal based on the amplification control signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the low voltage system circuit block and the high voltage system circuit block are formed on the same semiconductor substrate, in which the semiconductor substrate has one substrate potential supply terminal to which a substrate potential of the semiconductor substrate is supplied.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a nozzle plate and a method for producing a liquid jet head, each capable of improving the discharge accuracy of a nozzle. A method for producing a nozzle plate according to an embodiment includes a substrate preparation step of preparing a coating agent-applied substrate in which a coating agent is applied to at least a part of a nozzle plate substrate, a nozzle hole formation step of forming a nozzle hole in a region, to which the coating agent is applied, of the coating agent-applied substrate after the substrate preparation step, and a coating agent removal step of removing the coating agent after the nozzle hole formation step.

A droplet discharging head includes a diaphragm, a fixing plate, and a piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a piezoelectric body layer interposed between the first and second electrodes, a first internal electrode extending from the first electrode between the first and second electrodes, and a second internal electrode extending from the second electrode between the first and second electrodes. At least a part of a first end face of the piezoelectric element is in contact with the diaphragm. The first end face includes a first end of the first electrode, a first end of the second electrode, and a first end of the piezoelectric body layer. At least a part of a second end face of the piezoelectric element is in contact with the fixing plate. The second end face includes a second end of the first electrode and a second end of the piezoelectric body layer. At least a part of the first end of the piezoelectric body layer lies between the diaphragm and the first end of the second electrode. At least a part of the second end of the piezoelectric body layer lies between the fixing plate and a second end of the second electrode. The piezoelectric body layer includes an active layer that overlaps both the first and second internal electrodes, a first inactive layer that overlaps only the first internal electrode, and a second inactive layer that overlaps only the second internal electrode. A thickness of the second inactive layer between the second electrode and the active layer is larger than a thickness of the first inactive layer between the first electrode and the active layer.

A semiconductor device used for a liquid discharge head includes first heaters configured to apply energy to a liquid, second heaters whose resistance values are to be measured, switch elements, and first and second lines. Each of the second heaters is connected in series with a corresponding one of the switch elements between the first line and the second line. The second heaters have shapes different in at least one of length or width. A connection destination of at least one of two terminals of each of the first heaters is different from connection destinations of two terminals of each of the second heaters.

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: an integrated circuit device; a feedback circuit; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal, based on an amplification control signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the integrated circuit device includes a modulation portion which generates the modulation signal; a gate driver which generates the amplification control signal based on the modulation signal; and a feedback terminal which is electrically connected to the modulation portion and the feedback circuit, in which the feedback circuit generates a feedback signal based on the driving signal and sends back the feedback signal to the modulation portion.