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US 2004/0201641 A1Published application
Multi-die fluid ejection apparatus and method
OwnerJoaquim Brugue, Luis Hierroinventors
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Abstract
A fluid ejection device includes a first edge and an electrical interconnect disposed along the first edge. The fluid ejection device also includes a second edge opposite the first edge. Multiple dies are disposed on the fluid ejection device such that a pair of dies are disposed adjacent the second edge and another die is disposed adjacent the first edge. Each die contains at least one drop-ejecting element. Multiple fluid ejection devices are arranged such that the second edges of the fluid ejection devices are adjacent one another.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of fluid ejection devices, wherein each fluid ejection device includes:
- a first edge;
- an electrical interconnect disposed along the first edge;
- a second edge opposite the first edge;
- a plurality of dies wherein each die contains at least one drop-ejecting element, and wherein the plurality of dies includes a pair of dies disposed adjacent the second edge and another die disposed adjacent the first edge;
- wherein the plurality of fluid ejection devices are arranged such that the second edges of the fluid ejection devices are adjacent one another.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first fluid ejection device;
- a second fluid ejection device;
- a third fluid ejection device, wherein each of the fluid ejection devices includes:
- a first edge;
- an electrical interconnect disposed along the first edge;
- a second edge opposite the first edge;
- a plurality of dies having at least one drop-ejecting element, wherein the plurality of dies includes a pair of dies disposed adjacent the second edge and another die disposed adjacent the first edge;
- wherein the fluid ejection devices are arranged such that the second edge of the first fluid ejection device is adjacent the second edge of the second fluid ejection device and the second edge of the second fluid ejection device is adjacent the second edge of the third fluid ejection device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of fluid ejection devices, wherein each fluid ejection device includes:
- a first edge;
- a first row of n dies disposed adjacent the first edge, wherein each of the n dies contains at least one drop-ejecting element;
- a second edge opposite the first edge;
- a second row of n+1 dies disposed adjacent the second edge, wherein each of the n+1 dies contains at least one drop-ejecting element;
- wherein the plurality of fluid ejection devices are arranged such that the second edges of the fluid ejection devices are adjacent one another.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first fluid ejection device having a plurality of rows of dies;
- a second fluid ejection device having a plurality of rows of dies, the second fluid ejection device being rotated 180 degrees with respect to the first fluid ejection device and positioned adjacent the first fluid ejection device;
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- wherein a linear distance between rows of dies on the first fluid ejection device is approximately the same as a linear distance between a first row of dies on the first fluid ejection device and an adjacent second row of dies on the second fluid ejection device.
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A method comprising:
- providing a plurality of fluid ejection devices, wherein each fluid ejection device includes a first edge, an electrical connector disposed along the first edge, a second edge, and a plurality of dies wherein each die contains at least one drop-ejecting element, and wherein the plurality of dies includes a pair of dies adjacent the second edge and another die disposed adjacent the first edge;
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- positioning the plurality of fluid ejection devices such that the second edges of the fluid ejection devices are adjacent one another.
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