Back to articles
Articles
Volume: 23 | Article ID: art00081_2
Image
Digital Fabrication Using Electrophotography for Conductive Patterning
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2007.23.1.art00081_2  Published OnlineJanuary 2007
Abstract

We modified an electrophotography method used in digital fabrication so that it can eventually be used in a mass production process. Our modification involved partly covering a charge roller with an insulating medium to prevent it from charging at certain points. Therefore, this charge roller can form the same latent image each time directly on a dielectric substrate without a photoreceptor or an optical unit.We demonstrated that our modification worked using a conventional charge roller that was partially wrapped with polyimide film that contained a 20-μm-width penetrating slit. The modified roller was used to charge a dielectric film. The formed latent image was developed with liquid developer of conductive toners. The obtained pattern width of the conductive toner was 20 μm, which is the same as the slit width in the polyimide film.To form an insulating medium in an arbitrary pattern on the surface of a charge roller, we choose a chemical amplification photoresist as the insulating medium. The charge roller material and the photoresist were deposited onto a flat substrate and patterned using conventional photolithography. The results showed the possibility that the photoresist is capable of forming arbitrary patterns on the charge roller material.

Subject Areas :
Views 3
Downloads 0
 articleview.views 3
 articleview.downloads 0
  Cite this article 

Daiki Minegihsi, Yasuo Yamanaka, Taro Terashi, "Digital Fabrication Using Electrophotography for Conductive Patterningin Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (NIP23),  2007,  pp 843 - 845,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2007.23.1.art00081_2

 Copy citation
  Copyright statement 
Copyright © Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2007
72010410
NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
nip digi fabric conf
2169-4451
Society of Imaging Science and Technology
7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA