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Planar thermal head and display device incorporating the same

US4763136A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 7, 1987
Grant dateAug 9, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/345
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A planar thermal head and a thermal display incorporating it comprising a plurality of parallel first electrode lines formed on one side of an electrically resistive layer, and a plurality of parallel second electrode lines formed on the other side of the resistive layer the second electrode lines are oriented to intersect the first parallel electrode lines. A pair of electrodes respectively constituted of part of or connected to one of the first electrode lines and one of the second electrode lines are positioned on opposite sides of the resistive layer for causing a current flow through the resistive layer, and a part of the resistive layer through which a current is made to flow by the pair of electrodes forms a thermal dot.

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