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UI'lltQd States Patent [19]
Bhaskar et al.
[11] Patent Number:
[45] Date of Patent:
5,635,968
Jun. 3, 1997
US005635968A
[54] THERMAL INKJET PRINTER PRINTHEAD
WITH OFFSET HEATER RESISTORS
[75] Inventors: Eldurkarv Bhaskar; Mal-zio Leban;
Ulrich E- Hess; Niels J~ Nielsen;
Kenneth E. 'lrueba; Ellen Tappon, all
of (:orvallis~ Oreg'; Duane A. Fasen,
Lowland, Cola
[73] Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company. Palo Alto,
Calif.
[21] Appl‘ Na; 236,915
[221 Filed=
Apr- 29, 1994
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0378439A3 1/1990 European Pat. on. .
European Pat.
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HP Journal Oct 1988, W. Buskirk et a1, Development of a
High-Resolution Thermal InkJet Printhead, pp. 55-62.
Journal Oct. 1988, J. Paul Harmon et a1. Integrating the
Prmthead into the HP DeskJet Printer, pp. 62-66.
HP Journal Feb. 1994, 1. Stephen Aden et al, The
Third-Generation HP Thermal InkJet Pn'nthead, pp. 41-45. -
HPJOUIH al May 1985’ G. Sicweu ct a1’ TheThinkJet O??ce
Plate: A Part With Many Functions, pp. 33-37.
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Thin-Film Structure for the 'I'hinkJet Printhead, pp. 27-32.
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Primary Examiner-Benjamin R. Fuller
Assistant Examiner-Craig A. Hallacher
Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Raymond A. Jenski
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ABSTRACT
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p ur ty of heater reslstors sposed on it. Primitive group
1ngs of the resistors are coupled to associated group power
sources. All ink barrier layer is deposited on the substrate to
create ink ?ring chambers for each resistor. One wall of the
ink barrier has a constricted opening through which ink is
supplied from the inkfeed aperture.A plurality of transistors
are disposed in the substrate with each u-ansistol- output
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