Invention Application
- Patent Title: Fluid Ejection Device with Printhead Ink Level Sensor
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Application No.: US15519310Application Date: 2014-10-29
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Publication No.: US20170232743A1Publication Date: 2017-08-17
- Inventor: Boon Bing Ng , Hang Ru Goy , Patrick Leonard , Shane O'Brien
- 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
- International Application: PCT/US2014/062926 WO 20141029
- Main IPC: B41J2/14
- IPC: B41J2/14 ; B41J2/16

Abstract:
A fluid ejection device including a printhead die having a plurality of layers, including a single metal layer, and having an integrated ink level sensor. The ink level sensor includes an ink chamber above the metal layer, a metal plate of a sense capacitor disposed in the metal layer, and a clearing resistor circuit disposed in the metal layer including four clearing resistors arranged in a surround-4 configuration about the metal plate and electrically connected in parallel between a voltage potential and ground, wherein adjacent ends of at least two clearing resistors are not directly connected to one another so as to leave a gap between the adjacent ends in the metal layer. A metal lead in the metal layer extends through the gap to the metal plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US10155379B2 Fluid ejection device with printhead ink level sensor Public/Granted day:2018-12-18
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