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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2004
Applicants:

Min-soo Kim, Seoul, KR;

Suk-han Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Yong-soo OH, Seongnam-si, KR;

Keon Kuk, Yongin-si, KR;

Seung-joo Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;

Inventors:

Min-soo Kim, Seoul, KR;

Suk-han Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Yong-soo Oh, Seongnam-si, KR;

Keon Kuk, Yongin-si, KR;

Seung-joo Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/05 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a droplet ejector and an ink-jet printhead using the same, the droplet ejector includes a fluid path through which a fluid moves, a nozzle being formed on one end of the fluid path, a volumetric structure formed in the fluid path, the volumetric structure being sensitive to an external stimulus and being capable of varying in size to eject a droplet of the fluid through the nozzle, and a stimulus generator, which applies a stimulus to the volumetric structure to vary a size of the volumetric structure.


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