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/Exposure Head And Image Forming Apparatus
Abstract

An exposure head configured to expose a photosensitive drum includes: a substrate; a plurality of strip-shaped semiconductor chips each including a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light and a drive circuit that drives the light emitting element, the plurality of semiconductor chips being arranged on the substrate; and a lens array configured to collect light from the light emitting elements on the photosensitive drum. The drive circuit operates between a first potential and a second potential, the light emitting element operates between a third potential and a fourth potential, and a potential difference between the third potential and the fourth potential is equal to or larger than a potential difference between the first potential and the second potential.

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What is claimed is:

An exposure head configured to expose a photosensitive drum includes: a substrate; a plurality of strip-shaped semiconductor chips each including a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light and a drive circuit that drives the light emitting element, the plurality of semiconductor chips being arranged on the substrate; and a lens array configured to collect light from the light emitting elements on the photosensitive drum. The drive circuit operates between a first potential and a second potential, the light emitting element operates between a third potential and a fourth potential, and a potential difference between the third potential and the fourth potential is equal to or larger than a potential difference between the first potential and the second potential.
Timeline
Filed
02/18/2026
Published
06/25/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(2)
G03G 15/04:for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
G03G 15/043:with means for controlling illumination or exposure (takes precedence G03G 15/041)