JPS63145052A - Thermal recording head - Google Patents

Thermal recording head

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Publication number
JPS63145052A
JPS63145052A JP61294033A JP29403386A JPS63145052A JP S63145052 A JPS63145052 A JP S63145052A JP 61294033 A JP61294033 A JP 61294033A JP 29403386 A JP29403386 A JP 29403386A JP S63145052 A JPS63145052 A JP S63145052A
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protective film
specific resistance
electrode
film
static electricity
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Inventor
Takamichi Hattori
服部 孝道
Tatsuyuki Tomioka
富岡 辰行
Shigeru Yamamoto
茂 山本
Kazuji Morisugi
森杉 和司
Kazuhiro Motomori
元森 一博
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Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/335Structure of thermal heads

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the charge of static electricity on an abrasion resistant protective film and to obtain good recording life, by forming the abrasion resistant protective film by a method wherein a first protective film having a high specific resistance is formed and a second protective film having a low specific resistance is formed on the first protective film so as to continue to the electrode at least on a single side. CONSTITUTION:For example, on a head substrate 1 having a TiC-SiO2 thermet film 3 as a heat generating resistor film and two Cr-Cu films 4, 5 as electrodes, a first protective film 6 composed of an SiC-Si3N4 mixture having high specific resistance of 10<10>OMEGA.cm or more is formed by sputtering and a second protective film 7 having low specific resistance of 10<9>OMEGA.cm or less is formed on the first protective film 6 by sputtering so as to reach a part of the electrode 5. As mentioned above, by forming the second protective film 7 having low specific resistance not only on the first protective film 6 but also on a part of the electrode 5 at least on the single side, even a small quantity of static electricity generated by long-time running along with transfer paper can be escaped to the electrode, and the charge of static electricity generating the destruction of the electrodes and the heat generating resistor can be prevented.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 産業上の利用分野 本発明は、感熱記録用プリンタなどに用いる感熱記録用
サーマルヘッドに関するものである。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a thermal head for heat-sensitive recording used in a printer for heat-sensitive recording.

従来の技術 感熱記録方式は保守の容易なハードコピーを得る方式と
して、各種の端末記録装置やファクシミリ−等に利用さ
れている。特に近年、熱転写記録方式による多色記録や
フルカラー記録の開発ち活発で、事務機器分野や家庭用
プリンタとして期待されている。
The conventional thermal recording method is used in various terminal recording devices, facsimile machines, etc. as a method for obtaining easy-to-maintain hard copies. Particularly in recent years, there has been active development of multi-color recording and full-color recording using thermal transfer recording methods, and they are expected to be used in the field of office equipment and home printers.

従来のこの種の感熱記録用サーマルヘッドは、第2図の
ような断面構造になっている。同図において9はアルミ
ナ基板、10はグレーズ層、11は発熱抵抗体、12.
13は電極であり、電極12は密着層及び発熱抵抗体1
1と電極13の反応防止層として、また電極13は主導
体層として働く、主導体層13と発熱抵抗体11との密
着性が良く、しかも反応が生じない場合には電極12は
特に設ける必要はない。14は耐摩耗保護膜であり、窒
化珪素化合物と炭化珪素化合物を混合して形成されてい
る。
A conventional thermal head for heat-sensitive recording of this type has a cross-sectional structure as shown in FIG. In the figure, 9 is an alumina substrate, 10 is a glaze layer, 11 is a heating resistor, 12.
13 is an electrode, and the electrode 12 is an adhesive layer and a heating resistor 1
1 and the electrode 13, and the electrode 13 acts as a main conductor layer. If the adhesion between the main conductor layer 13 and the heating resistor 11 is good and no reaction occurs, the electrode 12 must be provided in particular. There isn't. A wear-resistant protective film 14 is formed by mixing a silicon nitride compound and a silicon carbide compound.

耐摩耗保護膜14は感熱記録用サーマルヘッドが感熱紙
と摺動しながら使用されることから生しる発熱抵抗体1
1及び電極13の摩耗を防止する目的で形成されており
耐摩耗性に優れていること、又、印字時には、発熱抵抗
体10に加熱と冷却の温度サイクルが繰り返えされ、発
熱抵抗体上に形成されている耐摩耗保護膜にも大きな熱
衝撃が加わるため、耐熱衝撃性の大きい耐摩耗保護膜が
要求されている。
The abrasion-resistant protective film 14 is formed by the heat-generating resistor 1 that is generated when the thermal head for heat-sensitive recording is used while sliding on the heat-sensitive paper.
1 and the electrode 13, and have excellent abrasion resistance. Also, during printing, the heat generating resistor 10 undergoes repeated temperature cycles of heating and cooling. Since a large thermal shock is also applied to the wear-resistant protective film formed on the surface, a wear-resistant protective film with high thermal shock resistance is required.

窒化珪素化合物と炭化珪素化合物の混合により形成され
た耐摩耗保護膜14は、硬度(HV#1800 kg/
m” )が大きくかつ靭性に優れていると共にlOυΩ
・(2)以上と絶縁物である。10”Ω・1以上の膜に
することにより感熱紙を用いて印字時に生じていた電気
化学的反応による摩耗を防止して耐摩耗性を大きく改善
した。さらに、この耐摩耗保護It!!114はTa2
05保護膜のように下層にS r 02膜のような酸化
防止層を設ける必要もなく、しかも材料としても低価格
であるという特長がある。
The wear-resistant protective film 14 formed by mixing a silicon nitride compound and a silicon carbide compound has a hardness (HV#1800 kg/
m”) is large and has excellent toughness, as well as lOυΩ.
・(2) It is an insulator as above. By creating a film with a resistance of 10"Ω・1 or more, we have greatly improved the abrasion resistance by preventing the abrasion caused by the electrochemical reaction that occurs during printing using thermal paper. Furthermore, this abrasion-resistant protection It!!114 is Ta2
Unlike the 05 protective film, there is no need to provide an anti-oxidation layer such as the S r 02 film underneath, and the material is also inexpensive.

発明が解決しようとする問題点 炭化珪素化合物と窒化珪素化合物(以降、各々をS +
 C、S i B N 4とする)の混合被膜よりなる
耐摩耗保護膜14は、耐熱衝撃性および耐摩耗性に優れ
ているが、ポリエステル等の樹脂を保護コートした感熱
紙、あるいは熱転写記録用の転写シート(この2種類の
紙を含めて以降、特殊紙とする。)で印字した場合、発
色形感熱祇での記録寿命に比べて極端に短かくなる場合
があった。このような特殊紙での印字は今後のプリンタ
に多く使用されるようになることが予測されることから
、どのような特殊紙においても、発色形怒熱祇と同程度
の記録寿命を有するような材料および作成方式の開発が
要請されていた。
Problems to be Solved by the Invention Silicon carbide compounds and silicon nitride compounds (hereinafter referred to as S +
The abrasion-resistant protective film 14, which is made of a mixed coating of C, S i B N 4), has excellent thermal shock resistance and abrasion resistance. When printing on a transfer sheet (these two types of paper will be referred to as special paper from now on), the recording life may be extremely short compared to the color-forming thermosensitive paper. Since it is predicted that printing on such special paper will be used more often in printers in the future, it is expected that any special paper will have a record lifespan comparable to that of the color-forming type. There was a demand for the development of suitable materials and production methods.

前記S i CS i 3 N 4混合の耐摩耗保護膜
14の特殊紙による記録寿命の低下は、耐摩耗保護膜1
4の比抵抗が101〜10”Ω・備程度で特殊紙の比抵
抗も10I!〜1010Ω・備程度と大きいことから、
印字の際に静電気が発生し、耐摩耗保護膜14の欠陥等
を通して、放電することにより、耐摩耗保護膜14下の
電極12.13及び発熱抵抗体11を局部的に破壊する
ものであった。
The decrease in the recording life due to the special paper of the abrasion-resistant protective film 14 containing S i CS i 3 N 4 is due to the abrasion-resistant protective film 1
4 has a specific resistance of about 101 to 10" Ω・Bi, and the specific resistance of special paper is also large, about 10 I! to 1010 Ω・Bi,
Static electricity was generated during printing and discharged through defects in the wear-resistant protective film 14, causing local destruction of the electrodes 12, 13 and heating resistor 11 under the wear-resistant protective film 14. .

この静電気による破壊防止方法として、本発明者等によ
り特願昭59−259492号に示す耐摩耗保護膜の製
造方法に関する発明が出願されており第3図に示す。
As a method for preventing damage caused by static electricity, the present inventors have filed an invention relating to a method of manufacturing a wear-resistant protective film as shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 59-259492, which is shown in FIG.

同図において、9はアルミナ基板、10はグレーズ層、
11は発熱抵抗体、12.13は電極、14.15は耐
摩耗保護膜であり、14は高比抵抗層、15は低比抵抗
層である。この発明は、耐熱衝撃性の良好な5iC−3
i3N4混合の耐摩耗保護膜を、スパッタリング時のガ
ス組成を変えることで特殊紙との接触面のみの比抵抗を
108Ω・1程度と小さくし、静電気の発生を防止する
ものであり、具体的には、スパッタリングのガス組成を
、水素・窒素及び不活性ガスの混合ガスとして成膜する
高比抵抗層14と、それに引き続いて不活性ガスのみで
成膜する低比抵抗層15の2層構成としたもので、表面
の比抵抗を小さくし、静電気を発生しに<クシたちので
あるが、転写紙との長時間の走行試験ではやはり静電気
が多少発生している。又膜作成においても108〜10
9Ω・値のバラツキがあり、少し高めの比抵抗のものも
生じることも重なり、耐摩耗膜下の電極及び発熱抵抗体
を局部的に破壊するものも一部生じている。特願昭59
−259492号に示す方法による静電気防止法は、抜
本的対策になっていないものである。
In the figure, 9 is an alumina substrate, 10 is a glaze layer,
11 is a heating resistor, 12 and 13 are electrodes, 14 and 15 are wear-resistant protective films, 14 is a high resistivity layer, and 15 is a low resistivity layer. This invention utilizes 5iC-3 which has good thermal shock resistance.
By changing the gas composition during sputtering of the i3N4 mixed wear-resistant protective film, the specific resistance of only the contact surface with the special paper is reduced to about 108Ω・1, which prevents the generation of static electricity. The sputtering gas composition is a two-layer structure of a high resistivity layer 14 formed using a mixed gas of hydrogen, nitrogen and an inert gas, and a low resistivity layer 15 subsequently formed using only an inert gas. This was done to reduce the specific resistance of the surface and generate static electricity, but some static electricity was still generated during long-term running tests with transfer paper. Also, in film creation, 108-10
There was a variation in the 9Ω value, and some had a slightly higher specific resistance, and some caused local destruction of the electrode and heating resistor under the wear-resistant film. Special request 1982
The static electricity prevention method shown in No. 259492 is not a drastic countermeasure.

問題点を解決するための手段 本発明は上記問題点を解決するため、耐摩耗保護膜を1
0”Ω・0以上の高比抵抗からなる第1保護膜を形成し
、第1保護膜上及び少なくとも片側の電極上に連続する
ように、10”Ω・cm以下の低比抵抗からなる第2保
護膜を形成した構造にしたものである。
Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a wear-resistant protective film.
A first protective film made of a high specific resistance of 0"Ω・0 or more is formed, and a first protective film made of a low specific resistance of 10"Ω・cm or less is formed so as to be continuous on the first protective film and on at least one side of the electrode. It has a structure in which two protective films are formed.

作用 本発明は上記した構成のように低比抵抗からなる第2保
護膜を高比抵抗からなる第1保護膜上だけでなく、少な
くとも片側の電極上にまで形成することにより、転写紙
との長時間走行により発生する少量の静電気も、電極に
逃すことができ、電極及び発熱抵抗体の破壊を生じさせ
る静電気の帯電を防止することができるものである。
Function The present invention forms the second protective film having a low resistivity not only on the first protective film having a high resistivity as in the above-described configuration, but also on at least one side of the electrode, thereby improving the connection between the transfer paper and the transfer paper. Even a small amount of static electricity generated due to long-term running can be released to the electrodes, and it is possible to prevent static electricity from causing damage to the electrodes and heating resistor.

実施例 以下に本発明の構成を実施例に従って説明する。Example The configuration of the present invention will be explained below according to examples.

発熱抵抗体膜としてTi C−S i O2サーメツト
e、?!iとしてCr−Cu2層膜よりなるヘノド基板
上に、スパッタリングにより10”Ω・1以上の高比抵
抗のS lCS i 3 N 4混合の第1保護膜を形
成し、第1保護膜及び電極上の一部まで、スパッタリン
グにより109Ω・1以下の低比抵抗の第2保護膜を形
成した。このように形成した本発明のサーマルヘッドの
発熱部の断面形状を第1図に示す。同図において、1は
アルミナなどからなる絶縁性基板、2はグレーズ層、3
はT i CS + 02サーメフト膜からなる発熱抵
抗体、4はCrからなる電極、5はCuからなる電極、
6は高比抵抗の第1保護膜、7は低比抵抗の第2保護膜
である。
Ti C-S i O2 cermet e,? as heating resistor film? ! A first protective film of a mixture of S lCS i 3 N 4 having a high specific resistance of 10"Ω·1 or more is formed by sputtering on a henodic substrate made of a Cr-Cu two-layer film as i, and then the first protective film and the electrodes are A second protective film having a low specific resistance of 109 Ω·1 or less was formed by sputtering up to a part of the area.The cross-sectional shape of the heat generating part of the thermal head of the present invention formed in this way is shown in FIG. , 1 is an insulating substrate made of alumina etc., 2 is a glaze layer, 3
is a heating resistor made of T i CS + 02 thermeft film, 4 is an electrode made of Cr, 5 is an electrode made of Cu,
6 is a first protective film with high specific resistance, and 7 is a second protective film with low specific resistance.

本実施例により形成したサーマルヘッドを転写紙と長時
間走行させ静電気の帯電量の測定を行ったが、静電気の
帯電は生じていなかった。又、転写紙と発色形感熱祇に
より印字走行試験を行った結果、充分な記録寿命が得ら
れた。
The thermal head formed according to this example was run with a transfer paper for a long time to measure the amount of static electricity, but no static electricity was found. In addition, as a result of a printing running test using transfer paper and color-forming thermosensitive paper, a sufficient recording life was obtained.

発明の効果 以上のように本発明は、耐摩耗保護膜上の静電気の帯電
を防止するもので、発色形感熱紙及び転写紙のどちらに
対しても良好な記録寿命を有する感熱記録用サーマルヘ
ッドが得られる。
Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention prevents static electricity from being charged on the wear-resistant protective film, and provides a thermal head for thermal recording that has a good recording life for both color-forming thermal paper and transfer paper. is obtained.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図は本発明の悠然記録用サーマルヘッドの一実施例
を示す断面図、第2図は従来の感熱記録用サーマルヘッ
ドの断面図、第3図は他の従来例の断面図である。 ■・・・・・・絶縁性基板、2・・・・・・グレーズ層
、3・・・・・・発熱抵抗体、4.5・・・・・・電極
、6・・・・・・第1保護層、7・・・・・・第2保護
層。 代理人の氏名 弁理士 中尾敏男 はか1名l−−アル
ミτ腹仮 4−tχ頚粧看屓) 第1図 第2図 第3図
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of the thermal head for leisurely recording of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional thermal head for thermal recording, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of another conventional example. ■...Insulating substrate, 2...Glaze layer, 3...Heating resistor, 4.5...Electrode, 6... first protective layer, 7...second protective layer; Name of agent Patent attorney Toshio Nakao (1 person) Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 絶縁性基板上に形成した抵抗体膜、電極および耐摩耗保
護膜よりなり、前記耐摩耗保護膜を、10^1^0Ω・
cm以上の高比抵抗からなる第1保護膜と、この第1保
護膜上に10^9Ω・cm以下低比抵抗からなる第2保
護膜を形成し、この第2保護膜は、前記電極の少なくと
も片側に接するように設けた熱記録用サーマルヘッド。
It consists of a resistor film, an electrode, and a wear-resistant protective film formed on an insulating substrate, and the wear-resistant protective film has a resistance of 10^1^0Ω.
A first protective film having a high specific resistance of 10^9 Ω cm or more is formed on the first protective film, and a second protective film having a low specific resistance of 10^9 Ωcm or less is formed on the first protective film. A thermal head for heat recording installed so as to be in contact with at least one side.
JP61294033A 1986-12-10 1986-12-10 Thermal recording head Pending JPS63145052A (en)

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EP1057649A3 (en) * 1999-05-31 2001-03-07 Aoi Electronics Company Limited Thermal head and method to manufacture thermal head
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JPS61154954A (en) * 1984-12-28 1986-07-14 Tokyo Electric Co Ltd Thermal head

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JPS61154954A (en) * 1984-12-28 1986-07-14 Tokyo Electric Co Ltd Thermal head

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH045941U (en) * 1990-04-26 1992-01-20
US6336712B1 (en) * 1993-05-14 2002-01-08 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Image formation apparatus having a toner flow control member with a protection layer
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