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Thermal printing head

US5745149A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 1996
Grant dateApr 28, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/3452
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A thermal printing head of a printing apparatus is provided. The thermal printing head includes an alumina substrate on which a plurality of heat resistors and signal supplying aluminum pattern elements are formed, a print circuit board for supplying an electric signal and power to the heat resistors, which is located adjacent to the alumina substrate, a heat sink for discharging heat, wherein the heat sink is attached to the bottom of the print circuit board and the alumina substrate; and a driving IC mounted on the alumina substrate, each signal supplying aluminum pattern element thereof being formed of two portions having different widths which are alternately connected in a lengthwise direction along the signal supplying aluminum pattern. This arrangement minimizes or prevents contamination of the wire bonding pad due to bleeding of solder resist and non-conductive epoxy along the signal supplying aluminum pattern element during manufacturing processes.

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