Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ink level sensing
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Application No.: US15423266Application Date: 2017-02-02
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Publication No.: US10082414B2Publication Date: 2018-09-25
- Inventor: Ning Ge , Trudy Benjamin , Teck-Khim Neo , Joseph M. Torgerson , Neel Banerjee , George H. Corrigan, III
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: HP Inc. Patent Department
- Main IPC: G01F23/26
- IPC: G01F23/26 ; B41J2/175 ; B41J2/14

Abstract:
In some examples, an ink level sensor includes a sense capacitor between a first node and ground, a first switch to couple a first voltage to the first node and charge the sense capacitor, a second switch to couple the first node with a second node and share the charge between the sense capacitor and a reference capacitor, causing a second voltage at the second node, and a transistor having a drain, a gate coupled to the second node, and a source coupled to ground, the transistor to provide a drain to source resistance in proportion to the second voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170146383A1 INK LEVEL SENSING Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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