Claims
- 1. A method of producing an ink-jet recording head, the method comprising the steps of:forming a piezoelectric layer subsequent to an electrode layer on a substrate by using a thin-film deposition technology; forming an energy-generating element for generating energy for ink ejection by etching the electrode layer and the piezoelectric layer simultaneously by an ion milling, wherein the ion milling process creates deposits of mixed fine powders including those etched off the electrode layer and the piezoelectric layer by the ion milling process; and removing a fence formed by the deposits of mixed fine powders.
- 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein ion milling is performed in the step of removing the fence.
- 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein an ion milling angle in the step of removing the fence is greater than an ion milling angle in the step of forming the energy-generating element.
- 4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the ion milling angle in the step of removing the fence is set to fall within a range of a maximum to an angle smaller than the maximum by five degrees, the maximum being an angle formed by a wall height after the energy-generating element is formed and a straight line connecting the wall height and a diagonally positioned bottom in the ion milling formation, the wall height including a height of a resist;and the ion milling angle in the step of forming the energy-generating element is set so that a maximum of the ion milling angle is an angle connecting a center of a minimum ion milling opening part width and an end of an opening on a resist surface in a pattern to be processed.
- 5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein CMP is performed in the step of removing the fence.
- 6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein wet etching is performed in the step of removing the fence.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of International Application PCT/JP99/07258 filed Dec. 24, 1999.
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