IP Library Granted Patent US 9,776,404
Granted Patent B2
US 9,776,404 · App. 15/307,091 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Piezoelectric printhead assembly

Inventors: Peter J Fricke (Corvallis, OR); Andrew L Van Brocklin (Corvallis, OR)
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
B41J2/14201B41J2/14072B41J2/155B41J2202/20
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Patent No.
US 9,776,404
App. No.
15/307,091
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric printhead assembly can include a plurality of piezoelectric micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) dies each having a first application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die coupled to a respective piezoelectric MEMS die and a second ASIC die coupled to the respective piezoelectric MEMS die.

Claims (24)

1. A piezoelectric printhead assembly comprising:

a plurality of piezoelectric micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) dies each having:

a first application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die coupled to a respective piezoelectric MEMS die; and

a second ASIC die coupled to the respective piezoelectric MEMS die, wherein each of the plurality of piezoelectric MEMS dies has a plurality of interconnects having a pitch reduction of ten to seventy percent.

2. The printhead assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of piezoelectric MEMS dies includes a first piezoelectric MEMS die, a second piezoelectric MEMS die, and a third piezoelectric MEMS die.

3. The printhead assembly of claim 2 , wherein nozzles of the of the second piezoelectric MEMS die overlap nozzles of the first piezoelectric MEMS die and nozzles of the second piezoelectric MEMS die overlap nozzles of the third piezoelectric MEMS die.

4. The printhead assembly of claim 3 , wherein a column of nozzles of the first piezoelectric MEMS die forms a line with a column of nozzles of the third piezoelectric MEMS die.

5. The printhead assembly of claim 4 , wherein the line does not intersect the second piezoelectric MEMS die.

6. The printhead assembly of claim 5 , wherein a column of nozzles of the second piezoelectric MEMS die forms a line that intersects an ASIC die coupled to the first piezoelectric MEMS die and an ASIC die coupled to the third piezoelectric MEMS die.

7. The printhead assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of interconnects have a first interconnect pitch value in a range from 40 micrometers to 45 micrometers.

8. The printhead assembly of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of interconnects have a reduced interconnect pitch value in a range from 32 micrometers to 36 micrometers.

9. A piezoelectric printhead assembly comprising:

a plurality of piezoelectric micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) dies each having:

a first application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die coupled to a respective piezoelectric MEMS die; and

a second ASIC die coupled to the respective piezoelectric printhead MEMS die,

wherein each of the piezoelectric MEMS dies has a longitudinal length and each of the first ASIC dies and each the second ASIC dies has an ASIC longitudinal length such that the piezoelectric MEMS die longitudinal length is greater than the ASIC longitudinal length.

10. The printhead assembly of claim 9 , wherein the ASIC longitudinal length is seventy-five percent to eighty-five percent of the piezoelectric MEMS die longitudinal length.

11. The printhead assembly of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of piezoelectric MEMS dies includes a first piezoelectric MEMS die, a second piezoelectric MEMS die, and a third piezoelectric MEMS die.

12. The printhead assembly of claim 9 , wherein the second piezoelectric MEMS die is adjacent to the first piezoelectric MEMS die and an ASIC die coupled to the first piezoelectric MEMS die.

13. The printhead assembly of claim 12 , wherein the second piezoelectric MEMS die is adjacent to the third piezoelectric MEMS die and an ASIC die coupled to the third piezoelectric MEMS die.

14. A method comprising:

interlocking a first piezoelectric micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) die having a first application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die and a second ASIC die coupled to the first piezoelectric MEMS die and a second piezoelectric MEMS die having a first ASIC die and a second ASIC die coupled to the second piezoelectric MEMS die; and

interlocking the second piezoelectric MEMS die and a third piezoelectric MEMS die having a first ASIC die and a second ASIC die coupled to the third piezoelectric MEMS die.

15. The method of claim 14 , including forming a line that includes a column of nozzles of the first piezoelectric MEMS die, the first ASIC die coupled to the second piezoelectric MEMS die, and a column of nozzles of the third piezoelectric MEMS die.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2016
From: FRICKE, PETER J; VAN BROCKLIN, ANDREW L
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
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