Organic electroluminescent array exposure head, method of fabricating the same, and image forming apparatus using the same
US6825867B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2202/09
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An organic EL array exposure head integrated with microlenses for converging or diverging light from light-emitting parts is disclosed, together with a method of fabricating the exposure head and an image forming apparatus using the same. The organic EL array exposure head has an array of organic EL light-emitting parts arranged in the form of at least one row of pixels on a substrate of continuous length. A microlens formed by ink-jet printing is provided over a surface of each organic EL light-emitting part at a side thereof remote from the substrate.
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