Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.

University of Minnesota

Seong-jin Kim

Seung-Joo Shin

Kye-Si Kwon

Gee-Young Sung

Keon Kuk

Sang-Il Kim

Mi-jeong Song

Seung-min Ryu

Kyu-tae Yoo

Seog-Soon Baek

Il-kwon Moon

Woo-sik Kim

Sung-gul Ryoo

Seung-kwon Paek

Eui-sik Yoon

Min-Soo Kim

Yu-sin Yang

Sung-Wook Kim

Chung-sam Jun

Tae-Woon Cha

Jang-yeon Kwon

Sang-Mun Chon

Yung-soo Kim

Yong-Soo Lee

Sung-Woong Kim

Seung-joo Shin

Kye-Weon Kim

Wou-sik Kim

Byung-Sug Lee

Byung-Hun Kim

Ki-Suk Chung

Ji-yong Jun

Seok-soon Baek

Seung-jo Shin

An apparatus and method for detecting ionic materials includes a sensing electrode which contacts a liquid sample and detects a sensing voltage corresponding to a surface potential which is changed by a concentration of ionic materials in the liquid sample, a first switching transistor having a first terminal connected to the sensing electrode and a second terminal connected to a first node, a second switching transistor having a first terminal connected to a reset voltage and a second terminal connected to the first node, and a sensing transistor having a gate connected to the first node.

Apparatus having reduced noise and method of using the apparatus for detecting ionic materials

A selective surface treatment method using a block copolymer, a black matrix and a method of manufacturing the same, and a nozzle plate and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. According to the method of manufacturing a nozzle plate, a block copolymer layer including an ink-phobic polymer block and an ink-philic polymer block may be formed on a stamp, a substrate having nozzles formed therein and an ink-philic coating film formed on an outer surface of the substrate and inner walls of the nozzles may be prepared, and the block copolymer layer formed on the stamp may be transferred onto an upper surface of the ink-philic coating film formed on the outer surface of the substrate.

Method of manufacturing a nozzle plate

A piezo-electric type page width inkjet printhead includes an intermediate substrate that includes a pressure chamber to be filled with ink to be ejected, a manifold connected to an ink entrance hole to store ink that flows in through the ink entrance hole, a restrictor to connect the manifold to one end of the pressure chamber, and a damper formed through the intermediate substrate corresponding to the other end of the pressure chamber, a lower substrate including a nozzle formed through a portion of the lower substrate, which corresponds to the damper, to eject the ink, an upper substrate formed on the intermediate substrate to seal an upper side of the pressure chamber, and a piezoelectric actuator formed on the upper substrate to generate a driving power to the pressure chamber to eject the ink through the nozzle, wherein the intermediate substrate includes a both-sided copper clad laminate plate including an upper copper film and a lower copper film that are respectively formed on top and bottom surfaces of the laminate plate.

Piezo-electric type page width inkjet printhead and image forming apparatus having the same

A method and apparatus to check an operation of a piezoelectric inkjet head includes a first current detection unit to detect a first current output from a piezoelectric element of the piezoelectric inkjet head when a predetermined voltage is applied, a second current detection unit to detect a second current from a capacitor having a capacitance with the same magnitude as a capacitor component of the piezoelectric element when the voltage is applied to the capacitor, and a third current detection unit to detect a third current corresponding to a difference between the first current and the second current, as the amount of deformation of the piezoelectric element according to the application of the voltage.

Method and apparatus to check piezoelectric inkjet head

An apparatus and method for fabricating a color filter by printing pixels on a substrate using an ink jet head, optically analyzing pixel quality and controlling printing in accordance with the pixel quality. Optically analyzing may include analyzing a number of ink droplets or a transmittance of a printed pixel.

Apparatus and method for fabricating a color filter

An inkjet head assembly and a printing method using the same. The inkjet head assembly includes an ultraviolet (UV) emitting unit to emit UV light, and a printhead to move together with the UV emitting unit and to eject ink through nozzles using inkjet technology.

Inkjet head assembly and printing apparatus with ultraviolet emitting unit and method using the same

A method of manufacturing a color filter forming a black matrix on a substrate, the black matrix defining a plurality of pixels, forming liquid ink layers within the pixels and drying the liquid ink layers, penetrating solvent vapor into surfaces of the dried liquid ink layers to form ink layers have mobile surfaces, and drying the ink layers having the mobile surfaces.

Method of fabricating color filter

A nozzle plate, inkjet printhead with the same and method of manufacturing the same. The nozzle plate includes at least one nozzle and has at least one heater segment disposed adjacent to the nozzle. The heater segment is configured to heat a first fraction of the circumference to a greater degree than a second fraction of the circumference. Heater segments are disposed at intervals around a circumference of the nozzle and are independently operable.

Nozzle plate, inkjet printhead with the same and method of manufacturing the same

A piezoelectric inkjet printhead including a reversible shutter disposed in an ink flow path is disclosed. The inkjet printhead may includes a plurality of ink pressure chambers, a plurality of piezoelectric actuators to provide the plurality of ink pressure chambers with a driving force for ink ejection, an ink manifold to supply the plurality of pressure chambers, a plurality of restrictors disposed in the ink flow path between the manifold and the plurality of pressure chambers, a plurality of ink ejecting nozzles coupled to the plurality of pressure chambers, and a plurality of unidirectional shutters. The shutters may be disposed at respective outlets of the plurality of restrictors and may be adapted to open the restrictor when ink is supplied from the restrictor to the pressure chamber and close the restrictor and restrict or prevent the backflow of ink when ink is ejected from the pressure chamber through the nozzle.

Piezoelectric inkjet printhead having a unidirectional shutter

An inkjet printhead having a cantilever actuator, the inkjet printhead including a plurality of ink chambers containing ink to be ejected; a manifold containing ink to be supplied to the plurality of ink chambers; a plurality of restrictors supplying ink to the plurality of ink chambers from the manifold; a plurality of nozzles ejecting ink from the plurality of ink chambers; and a plurality of cantilever actuators each installed in each of the plurality of ink chambers and having one fixed end and the other deflectable end, such that pressure for ejection of ink is applied due to the deflection of the other end of the cantilever actuator to the ink inside the ink chamber. The cantilever actuator may be made of a bimorph element, eject ink through the nozzle from the ink chamber, and also prevent backflow of ink from the ink chamber to the restrictor by virtue of the deflection of the other end thereof. Since the cantilever actuator can have a greater displacement and can prevent backflow of ink, the size of the ink chamber needed to eject ink droplets of uniform volume can be reduced, and thus the number of channels per inch (CPI) of the inkjet printhead can be increased.

Inkjet printhead having a cantilever actuator

An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image forming medium, a charge unit charging the surface of the electrostatic latent image forming medium with a predetermined potential, a toner supply unit (TSU) supplying toner to an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the electrostatic latent image forming medium to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image, and a transfer unit transferring the toner image to a print medium, the electrostatic latent image forming medium including a transparent frame member, a light source inside the frame member, an optical shutter array including a plurality of optical shutters, and a photoconductive layer on which the electrostatic latent image is formed using light transmitted through the optical shutter array. A diffuser may surround the light source to diffuse light to maintain the intensity of light reaching the optical shutters at a uniform level.

Electrostatic latent image forming medium using optical shutter array and image forming apparatus having the same

An electrostatic latent image forming medium includes a frame, an imaging surface on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed, the imaging surface being supported by the frame, and an alteration mechanism for altering the electrostatic latent image on the imaging surface, the alteration mechanism being between the frame and the imaging surface. When signals are selectively applied to the alteration mechanism, an electrostatic latent image with a potential different from a potential of its surrounding area is formed on the imaging surface.

Electrostatic latent image forming medium, image forming apparatus including the electrostatic latent image forming medium and method of forming an electrostatic latent image

A method of inspecting an inspection pattern using a statistical inference function is disclosed. The inference function is generated in relation to optical reference signal data and reference pattern characteristic data for a plurality of reference patterns formed by a unit process of interest on reference substrates.

Method and apparatus for inspecting substrate pattern

An optical shutter includes a cell having a transparent panel and a hydrophobic transparent insulation panel which are arranged to face each other, a transparent electrode formed on an outer surface of the hydrophobic transparent insulation panel, and an opaque droplet contained in the cell and contacting an inner surface of the hydrophobic transparent insulation panel, wherein the amount of light transmitted is adjusted by changing a contact angle of the opaque droplet with respect to the hydrophobic transparent insulation panel. The opaque droplet may be hydrophobic or hydrophilic. The contact angle of the opaque droplet may be changed by applying an electric field between the transparent electrode and the opaque droplet.

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Seong-jin Kim