Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yasuhiro Soeda

Toshio Negishi

Takahiro Ezaki

Yasuhiro Shimada

Yasuo Fujii

Chienliu Chang

Kenji Tamamori

Yosuke Miura

Sadayoshi Sakuma

Soichiro Nagamochi

Shinichiro Watanabe

Suguru Taniguchi

Yasushi Mizoguchi

Masashi Fukuda

A device, comprising a plurality of units arrayed in a predetermined direction, a first terminal configured to supply a voltage to the plurality of units, and a second terminal configured to supply a voltage to the plurality of units, wherein the plurality of units include a first unit including a memory element arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a first transistor configured to perform write to the memory element, and a second unit including a second transistor arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal in correspondence with the first transistor of the first unit.

Semiconductor device, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus

Provided is a technique that enables voltages to be applied, with high precision, to an electrode layer for inhibition and removal of koge while suppressing increase in the size a substrate. A liquid ejection head substrate includes: electrothermal conversion elements that apply heat to a liquid; an upper electrode part in which a plurality of upper electrodes that protect the electrothermal conversion elements are formed at positions where the upper electrodes come into contact with the liquid; a counter electrode part which is provided to correspond to the upper electrode part and in which a plurality of counter electrodes are formed to be electrically connectable to the upper electrodes via the liquid; and a generation unit that generates a voltage to be applied to at least one of the upper electrode part and the counter electrode part.

Liquid ejection head substrate, liquid ejection head, and liquid ejection apparatus

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an element substrate and a print head with which a decrease in yield and an increase in cost in a manufacturing process can be suppressed. For that purpose, a VH wiring line and a GNDH wiring line are provided in parallel in the same layer.

Element substrate and print head

A switch is configured to switch connection between a second terminal to which a data signal is input and a memory control signal of a memory element in accordance with a switching signal included in a data signal. In write to a memory element, the switching signal switches such that the switch connects the second terminal and the memory control signal of the memory element, and a pulse signal for the write to the memory element is input via the second terminal.

Element substrate

An element substrate comprises a plurality of stages of shift registers that inputs and holds a serial data signal; a latch circuit that latches the serial data held by the shift registers; a decoder circuit that inputs an output of the latch circuit and outputs a selection signal for selecting a block of the print elements or the memory elements; and a mask circuit that masks the output of the selection signal for selecting the block of the memory elements from the decoder circuit in accordance with an input bit data signal. The block of the print elements or the memory elements includes a plurality of print elements or memory elements in which one element is selected in each of the plurality of groups.

Element substrate, liquid discharge head, and printing apparatus

An element substrate including a liquid discharge element, comprising a memory element capable of storing individual information of the element substrate by a write, the memory element being configured to change an impedance value by the write, a plurality of current supply elements capable of supplying a current to the memory element, and a determination unit configured to determine presence/absence of the write based on a voltage generated in the memory element by the current selectively supplied from the plurality of current supply elements, wherein the plurality of current supply elements constitute a part of a current mirror circuit and each supply the current in an amount according to a size ratio to the memory element.

Element substrate, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus

A substrate includes a plurality of memory units each including an anti-fuse element and a switching element configured to switch application of a predetermined voltage to the anti-fuse element, a wiring to which the plurality of memory units are connected, a first electrode pad to which a voltage for supplying the predetermined voltage to the wiring is applied, and a second electrode pad to which a voltage for supplying the predetermined voltage to the wiring is applied.

Substrate, printing apparatus, and manufacturing method

A capacitive force sensorof the present invention includes a plurality of cells each including a lower electrode, a movable member that includes an upper electrodeand has flexibility, and a supportarranged to movably support the movable member and to form a gapbetween the upper and the lower electrodes. The plural cells are grouped into elements each including one or more of the cells, and the one or more cells in a same element are electrically connected to each other.

Capacitive force sensor and grasping device

An element array comprises a plurality of elements having a first electrode and a second electrode with a gap therebetween; the first electrode is separated for each of the elements by grooves, an insulating connection substrate is bonded to the first electrode, and wirings are provided from the respective first electrodes through the connection substrate to the side opposite to the first electrodes.

Element array with a plurality of electromechanical conversion devices

A process for producing a capacitive electromechanical conversion device by bonding together a substrate and a membrane member to form a cavity sealed between the substrate and the membrane member, the process for producing a capacitive electromechanical conversion device comprises the steps of: providing a gas release path penetrating from a bonded interface between the substrate and the membrane member to the outside, and forming the cavity by bonding the membrane member with the substrate with the gas release path provided; the gas release path being provided at a location where the path does not communicate with the cavity.

Process for producing capacitive electromechanical conversion device, and capacitive electromechanical conversion device

Element array, electromechanical conversion device, and process for producing the same

A capacitive electro-mechanical transducer includes a plurality of cavities, a communicating portion for connecting the cavities to each other, and two electrodes sandwiching each of the cavities. The cavities are sealed from outside, and at least a portion of the communicating portion is closed to interrupt the communication between the cavities through the communicating portion.

Capacitive electro-mechanical transducer, and fabrication method of the same

An oscillator device includes a first oscillator, a second oscillator configured to support the first oscillator for torsional rotation about a first rotational axis, through a first torsion spring, a supporting member configured to support the second oscillator for torsional rotation about a second rotational axis, through a second torsion spring, the second rotational axis having a predetermined angle with respect to the first rotational axis of the first oscillator, a coil disposed in relation to the second oscillator, an electrical current applying member configured to apply an electrical current to the coil, and a magnetic field generating member configured to apply a magnetic field to the coil. The coil is localized in at least one of zones of the second oscillator being quartered by extension lines of the first and second rotational axes.

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Yasuhiro Soeda