Highly parallel fabrication of microarrays by ink jet printheads
US7128393B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 24, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/1041
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method is described of operating an ink jet printhead having one or more manifolds each connected to more than one chamber, each chamber being associated with a nozzle and capable of ejecting drops therefrom: a number of different liquids larger than the number of manifolds is introduced into the printhead via the nozzles; and the volume of the liquid subsequently printed from each nozzle is less than the volume of the chamber associated with that nozzle, and also less than the volume of liquid introduced into that chamber. By this means the printhead prints more different liquids than is conventionally possible without mixing them.
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