Delphax Systems

Xerox Corporation

Smiths Detection Montreal, Inc.

Igor Kubelik

Henryk Zaleski

Simon Feldberg

Mark Piniarski

Bohdan Atamanchuk

Vlad Sergeyev

Daniel Levin

Atin J Patel

Volodimir Bondarenko

Douglas Jason Green

Qunzhou Bian

Brian Boso

Richard A Fotland

Alexander Kosyachkov

Peter Philebrown

Mark Lekhter

Michael Simmonds

Rossitza Ivanova

Dung Nguen

Lech Jedral

An ion detection assembly is described that includes a drift chamber, an inlet assembly, and a collector assembly. The drift chamber is formed of substantially non-conductive material and/or semi-conductive material. A patterned resistive trace is deposited on one or more of an interior surface or an exterior surface of the drift chamber. The patterned resistive trace is configured to connect to a source of electrical energy. The inlet assembly and the collector assembly are in fluid communication with the drift chamber. The inlet assembly includes an inlet for receiving a sample, a reaction region for ionizing the sample, and a gate for controlling entrance of the ionized sample to the drift chamber. The collector assembly includes a collector plate for collecting the ionized sample after the ionized sample passes through the drift chamber.

Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) device with charged material transportation chamber

An ionization device includes a first electrode comprising a conductive member coated with a dielectric layer. The ionization device also includes a spine extending adjacent to and at least partially along the first electrode. The ionization device further includes a second electrode comprising conductive segments disposed adjacent the first electrode. Each one of the conductive segments contacts the spine at a respective contact location. The dielectric layer of the first electrode separates the conductive member of the first electrode from the spine and the second electrode. The ionization device is configured to create plasma generating locations corresponding to respective crossings of the first electrode and the second electrode.

Dielectric barrier discharge ionization source for spectrometry

A print head suitable for use in an image forming system is provided having a pair of electrode layers separated by an isolating structure that includes a semiconductor. The presence of the semiconductor, such as a semiconductor layer, extends the life of the print head by reducing degradation of the print head.

Charge emitting print head for image forming systems

A printhead is disclosed having a dielectric layer composition with a relatively small capacitance while also being substantially plasma erosion resistant. In accordance with one example embodiment of the present invention, the printhead has at least a first electrode layer and at least a second electrode layer. A dielectric composition constructed of at least two dielectric layers of different dielectric materials insulates the first and second electrode layers with respect to each other.

Thin film printhead with layered dielectric

A method and apparatus relating to a unique printhead configuration is disclosed. The printhead configuration is based on a coplanar arrangement of two sets of electrodes. The electrodes are electrically separated from each other by a dielectric layer, and together create a matrix of charge generating sites. Such a printhead has a very low internal capacitance and therefore is suitable for high speed and high resolution printing.

Coplanar thin film printhead

A printhead having a set of redundant rows of electrodes. The set of redundant rows is formed by providing additional rows of a first set of electrodes that repeats the charge-deposition pattern of another electrode in the set. The redundant electrodes are selectively activated to allow line to line variation of the charge deposition sequence when forming a latent image.

Printhead with redundant electrodes

A method and apparatus for a universal printhead is disclosed that functions independently of the diameter of a charge receiving dielectric drum, while optimizing print quality. The printhead includes two sets of electrodes mutually separated by a dielectric. Each of the electrodes from the first layer crosses each of the electrodes from the second layer forming a plurality of charge generating sites. The charge generating sites are generally disposed in only two rows.

Universal printhead

A printhead having a plasma suppressing electrode configuration is disclosed. The printhead includes a first electrode layer. There is also a second electrode layer, electrically insulated from the first electrode layer by a dielectric material. In addition, there is a plurality of plasma suppressing electrodes arranged within the dielectric material to hinder plasma generation at predetermined locations.

Printhead with plasma suppressing electrodes

A print head has a matrix array of charge generating loci defined by crossings of a first set of electrodes which are parallel to each other and extend across the region to be printed and a second set of electrodes that extend obliquely across the first electrodes so that the crossings are closely spaced lattice points. The charge deposited by a lattice point varies with the position of the first electrode defining the point, but the electrodes are arranged so charge carriers are generated or gated for projection onto a latent imaging member with local charge dot uniformity. In one embodiment of the invention, there are an odd number of first electrodes, and the second electrodes are arranged such that when electrodes are actuated, pairs of adjacent dots are deposited by pairs of lattice points having complementary variations in charge. As viewed or measured along the print line, each pair of deposited dots has a substantially uniform level of charge, and doubling and extreme discontinuities do not occur. The second electrodes may overlap in a cross scan direction to interleave their deposited charge dots. Alternatively, using zig-zag but non-overlapping electrodes, each electrode may deposit a continuous uninterrupted sequence of dots while still achieving a uniform regional charge distribution. In another aspect, the second electrodes include first and second subsets of electrodes having a different pitch defining two sets of charge loci at lattice points slightly shifted in the cross-scan direction to interleave strong dots with weak dots without doubling. This embodiment includes print heads with an even number of first electrodes without introducing aliasing patterns of charge density.

Charge deposition print head and method of printing

An electrographic printing system moves a dielectric imaging member past a charge transfer print cartridge or bulk charging source, and a landing electrode arrangement directs charged particles with enhanced precision to dot positions on the imaging member. The arrangement includes a central, point-like, target electrode and a field electrode that, together with the target electrode, provides a corrective electric field component to form a focusing, or at least a non-diverging field over the target position. Field deflection artifacts such as 'venetian blinding' are substantially corrected. The target electrodes are located behind the imaging member, in registry with the charging cartridge which is opposed to the other side of the member. Different landing electrode arrangements may include one- or two-dimensional arrays of targeting electrodes and are adapted to either bulk or pointwise arrays of charge emitter. Two dimensional imaging may be performed by timed actuation of landing electrodes using a charged particle source that is always ON, by multiplexing the print cartridge electrodes, or multiplexing some electrodes of each of the two structures at a lower rate. A self-limiting feedback loop assures charge dot saturation without image distortion.

Charge imaging system with back electrode dot enhancement

A print cartridge contains a matrix array of electrodes which are energized to deposit a latent charge image. To make the cartridge, electrodes are fabricated on a sheet which is then deformed about a rigid spine. Certain electrodes are formed of plural segments, and the segments are electrically interconnected only after the sheet is deformed. This prevents strains introduced during manufacture from building up over large distances and pulling active electrode structures out of alignment. A preferred cartridge has an area of active electrodes, which is planar and undeformed. Lead-in electrodes extend through deformed regions of the sheet, and are conductively fastened to the active electrodes only after the sheet has been deformed about a rigid spine and the electrodes have attained a stable and unstressed position. The spine maintains the active electrodes in a precise plane, and accommodates pressure from spring-loaded electrical contacts without deflecting.

High precision charge imaging cartridge

An electrographic printhead is operated to focus charged particles on a print member. In one embodiment successive electrodes are maintained at potentials that define increasing electric field strengths in the successive regions along the particle trajectory. In another embodiment, a thick electrode face defines equipotential lines that shape a sharply focusing electrostatic field that penetrates the projection apertures of the printhead. Improved focusing diminishes charge spreading effects, and allows effective positioning of the printhead at greater spacings to reduce the risk of arcing without loss of print resolution.

Electrographic printing device

A dielectric imaging member of a printer receives a latent charge image that is preferably projected as a plurality of charge dots from a multi-electrode printhead. The member has charging characteristics that diminish the normal electric field component at the edge of charge dots deposited on its surface. The dielectric constant of a surface layer of the imaging member decreases with depth, either continuously, or in a stepwise manner. Various printing aberrations, such as voids in grey-scale images, fringing rings about dots, dot spreading and filling between dots are corrected, so that compensating image coding of printhead actuation sequences is not required to deposit a faithful electrostatic latent image.

Print system and dielectric imaging member

A DC operated printhead emits electrons by field emission at each crossing of first and second electrodes. Plural small electrode sets consisting of a cathode emitting cone and an anode aperture form a gap which less than the electron mean free path in an ambient atmosphere, and the sets are preferably closely spaced to form a substantially collimated beam. A third electrode preferably accelerates and cleans up the beam. Different gases may be used to increase emission or transport efficiency, and enhance electrode lifetime.

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Igor Kubelik