Liquid emission device having membrane with individually deformable portions, and methods of operating and manufacturing same

An emission device (10) for ejecting a liquid drop, and methods of operating and manufacturing same are provided. The device includes a structure defining a chamber (30) volume adapted to receive a liquid and has a nozzle orifice through which a drop of received liquid can be emitted. The chamber vo...

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Hauptverfasser: ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, C.N, FURLANI, EDWARD P, DEBAR, MICHAEL J
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:An emission device (10) for ejecting a liquid drop, and methods of operating and manufacturing same are provided. The device includes a structure defining a chamber (30) volume adapted to receive a liquid and has a nozzle orifice through which a drop of received liquid can be emitted. The chamber volume defining structure includes a membrane portion (28) having a plurality of individually deformable portions. A controller (14) is adapted to selectively actuate at least one of the plurality of individually deformable portions of the membrane.