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US 8,132,892 B2Granted
Maintainable coplanar front face for silicon die array printhead
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsPeter J. Nystrom, Peter M. Gulvin, John P. Meyers
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Abstract
A full width array printhead is provided having a continuous maintainable printhead surface and method of forming the same. The printhead includes a substrate and an array of die modules mounted thereon with a front face of each die module exposed. A hardened fill material surrounds the array of die modules to define a continuous surface coplanar with the front face of the array of die modules.
Claims11
A full width array printhead comprising:
- a substrate;
- an array of die modules formed on a surface of the substrate, each die module comprising an active fluid emitting surface;
- and
- a fill material surrounding the array of die modules and coplanar with the active surfaces.
1 more element
A printhead for an ink jet printer, the printhead comprising:
- at least one silicon die module laterally contiguous with a cured molding material, the silicon die module and cured molding material defining a continuous upper surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.