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US 2020/0003601 A1Published application
Fluid level sensor
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsNing GE, Chien-Hua Chen, Alexander Govyadinov
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Abstract
A fluid reservoir may include a number of metal traces along a wall of the fluid reservoir, and a number of fuse circuits along a length of the metal traces. Each of the fuse circuits may include a fuse along a length of a respective metal trace, and a number of parasitic resistive elements in parallel to the fuse. The parasitic resistive elements reduce current flow through the fuse in the presence of a fluid contained within the fluid reservoir.
Claims15
A method of forming a fluid level sensor comprising:
- forming a number of metal traces along a wall of a fluid reservoir;
- forming a number of fuse circuits along a length of the metal traces, wherein forming the fuse circuits comprises, for each of the fuse circuits:
- forming a fuse along a length of a respective metal trace;
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- forming a number of parasitic resistive elements in parallel to the fuse, the parasitic resistive elements reducing current flow through the fuse in the presence of a fluid contained within the fluid reservoir.
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A fluid reservoir comprising:
- a number of metal traces along a wall of the fluid reservoir;
- a number of fuse circuits along a length of the metal traces, wherein each of the fuse circuits comprises:
- a fuse along a length of a respective metal trace;
- and
- a number of parasitic resistive elements in parallel to the fuse, the parasitic resistive elements reducing current flow through the fuse in the presence of a fluid contained within the fluid reservoir.
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A fluid cartridge comprising:
- a fluid reservoir comprising walls defining an interior chamber, the fluid reservoir to store fluid in the interior chamber;
- a number of fuse circuits formed along a length of at least one wall of the fluid reservoir such that a respective position of each respective fuse circuit of the number of fuse circuits corresponds to a fluid level of the fluid reservoir, each respective fuse circuit to change state when the fluid level of the fluid reservoir crosses the respective position of the respective fuse circuit;
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- a fluid ejection die fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir, the fluid ejection die comprising nozzles to eject fluid conveyed from the fluid reservoir, the fluid ejection die further comprising a programmable memory device electrically coupled to the number of fuse circuits, the programmable memory device to permanently change data stored thereon responsive to a change in state of each respective fuse circuit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.