Replaceable thermal ink jet component and thermosonic beam bonding process for fabricating same
US4635073A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2002/14362
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This application discloses a new and improved thermal ink jet printhead and method of manufacture wherein a tape automated bond (TAB) flexible circuit is sequentially thermosonically bonded in a one-by-one wire bonding process to aligned conductive traces on a thin film resistor substrate. These traces provide electrical current paths for a corresponding plurality of heater resistors on the substrate, and these resistors function to heat a corresponding plurality of ink reservoirs in a thermal ink jet printhead.
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