Abstract:
An apparatus and method of testing a printhead nozzle includes a power supply unit to supply a power to the printhead, a capacitor to stabilize a voltage of the power supply unit so that the power supply unit supplies a constant power to the printhead, a voltage sensing unit to sense a voltage of the capacitor, a nozzle testing unit to test the nozzle using the sensed voltage to detect an abnormal condition of the nozzle, and a control unit to control driving of the power supply unit and the nozzle.
Abstract:
프린트 헤드의 이상 검사 방법이 개시된다. 본 발명에 의한 프린트 헤드 이상 검사 방법은, 프린트 헤드에 공급되는 전원의 전압을 안정화하는 커패시터를 구비한 상기 프린트 헤드의 이상을 검사하는 프린트 헤드의 이상 검사 방법에 있어서, 상기 커패시터에 전원의 공급을 중단하는 단계; 기 설정된 시간에 상기 커패시터의 전압을 측정하는 단계; 및 상기 측정된 전압과 임계 전압을 비교하여 상기 프린트 헤드의 이상 여부를 판단하는 단계를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 한다. 본 발명에 의하면, 프린트 헤드의 고장 및 파손을 방지하고, 프린터 사용을 보다 안전하게 할 수 있다. 또한, 저항 2개 이외에 추가적인 장치를 구비하지 않고 프린트 헤드의 이상을 감지할 수 있으므로 생산 비용을 절감할 수 있으며, 프린터 헤드의 이상을 프린트 헤드에 공급되는 전원이 단속된 경우 동시에 수행할 수 있어 검사 시간을 절감할 수 있고 사용자에게 편리함을 제공할 수 있는 효과를 거둘 수 있다.
Abstract:
A robot arm of semiconductor device manufacture equipment is provided to prevent quality accident by using a read sensor for generating an interlock upon detection of an error generated at a robot pincette unit. A robot arm(100) is comprised of a robot arm body(102) connected to robot arm equipment and a robot pincette unit(104) that is removable at a tip region of the robot arm body. A read sensor(106) is arranged at the robot arm body. The read sensor detects deformation of the robot pincette unit due to physical impact from the outside to generate an interlock. The read sensor has a long bar shape according to a frame of the robot pincette and made of an elastic material.
Abstract:
An image transfer unit and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus with the image transfer unit are provided to secure a wide transfer nip and restrain backward transfer to improve the quality of a printed picture. An image transfer unit(140) includes a photosensitive medium(114Y,114M,114C,114K) on which an electrostatic latent image is formed by light scanning and a toner image is formed by a toner provided to the electrostatic latent image, a transfer belt(141), and transfer rollers(150Y,150M,150C,150K). The transfer rollers and the photosensitive medium form a transfer nip. A transfer bias is applied to the transfer roller to transfer the toner image formed on the photosensitive medium to the transfer belt. The transfer belt is located between the transfer roller and the photosensitive medium and the transfer roller is located higher than the photosensitive medium on a transfer roller running direction.
Abstract:
An inkjet image forming apparatus and a printing method thereof are provided to reduce the capacity of a power supply. An inkjet image forming apparatus includes a print medium conveyance part(106), a print head(111), a drive unit, and a controller(130). The print medium conveyance part conveys a print medium in a first direction. The print head is installed in a second direction with respect to the conveyed print medium, and has a nozzle part(112) having a length corresponding to a width of the print medium. The drive unit drives the print head with a predetermined frequency to print an image on the print medium. The controller divides image data printed in one line into n groups, and generates a control signal for controlling operation of the print medium conveyance part, the print head, and the drive unit to sequentially print the n groups in the n lines.
Abstract:
A toner feeding adjustment device for an image forming apparatus is provided to adjust toner feeding to maximally use a usable remaining toner due to an error of judgment that a toner barrel is empty in a time for replacing the toner barrel. A toner remaining quantity predicting unit(220) predicts a toner remaining quantity in a toner barrel. A control unit(210) has a mode converting unit(211) and a driving control unit(212). When the toner remaining quantity predicting unit(220) predicts that the toner remaining quantity does not exist, the mode converting unit(211) converts a current mode into a discharge mode for perfectly discharging a toner in the toner barrel. The driving control unit(212) controls the toner discharge of the toner barrel. A driving unit(270) drives a screw in the toner barrel under the control of the control unit(210), and discharges the toner.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided to improve a phenomenon that a tunnel oxide layer becomes thinner, by forming a preliminary tunnel oxide layer, by partially etching an isolation layer and by transforming the preliminary tunnel oxide layer into an oxide layer by a re-oxidation process. An isolation layer pattern has first and second portions, exposing an active region(100b) of a substrate(100). The first portion protrudes from the surface of the substrate. The second portion is buried in the substrate, having a greater width than that of the first portion. A preliminary tunnel oxide layer and a floating gate pattern(122a) are formed on the active region. A part of the isolation layer pattern is eliminated to expose the sidewall of the floating gate pattern. The preliminary tunnel oxide layer is re-oxidized to be a tunnel oxide layer(120a) by thermal oxidation, radical oxidation or plasma oxidation.
Abstract:
A method for forming a gate structure in a semiconductor device is provided to prevent resistance of a gate from being increased by oxidation of a metal gate electrode by selectively oxidizing a gate oxide layer and a metal gate electrode by a radial oxide method in an atmosphere with rich hydrogen gas during a reoxidation process for curing the gate oxide layer. A preliminary gate structure(121) in which a preliminary gate oxide layer and a metal layer are stacked is formed on a semiconductor substrate(100). The metal layer is made of tungsten, cobalt or titanium. Oxygen-including gas and hydrogen gas are supplied at a flowrate of 1:8 or higher to the resultant structure to control surface oxidation of the metal layer while the oxidation rate of the surface of the metal layer is adjusted to be higher than that the oxidation rate of the surface of the metal layer. The oxygen-including gas can be O2 or O3. During the process for forming the preliminary gate structure, a re-oxidation process for curing the damage of the preliminary gate oxide layer is performed.
Abstract:
A method for forming an oxide layer is provided to manufacture the oxide layer excluding a native oxide layer by forming the oxide layer after removing the native oxide layer formed on a substrate by using process gas. A substrate is loaded to a reactor having first temperature(T1)(I-1). As the first temperature of the reactor is ramped up to second temperature(T2), a first process gas including silicon is provided to pre-process the substrate(I-2). The silicon controls a native oxide layer formed on the substrate. The native oxide layer formed on the substrate is removed at atmospheric pressure that a second process gas is provided. The second process gas includes the second temperature and the silicon(I-3). A surface of the substrate is oxidized to form an oxide layer(I-3).
Abstract:
본 발명은 모든 현상기용 테스트 패치를 포함하는 하나의 테스트 패턴을 사용하여 농도 측정 소요 시간을 감소시킬 수 있는 멀티패스 방식 컬러 프린터의 화상 농도 측정 방법 및 장치에 관한 것이다. 이를 위한 방법은 멀티패스의 전자사진 방식 컬러 프린터에서 화상 농도를 측정하는 방법에 있어서, 모든 현상기용 테스트 패치를 감광체에 현상하는 단계, 상기 현상된 테스트 패치의 화상의 농도를 측정하는 단계, 및 상기 측정된 화상 농도에 따라 현상 변수를 제어하는 단계를 포함한다. 이로써, 본 발명에 따르면, 멀티패스 방식의 컬러 프린터에서 모든 현상기용 테스트 패치를 포함하는 하나의 테스트 패턴을 사용하여 농도 측정 소요 시간을 감소시킬 수 있다.