Conventional inkjet printheads require fluidic fan-out from microscopic ink ejection chambers to macroscopic ink supply channels.
The same part numbers designate the same or similar parts throughout the figures. The figures are not necessarily to scale. The relative size of some parts is exaggerated to more clearly illustrate the example shown.
Conventional inkjet printheads require fluidic fan-out from microscopic ink ejection chambers to macroscopic ink supply channels. Hewlett-Packard Company has developed new, molded inkjet printheads that break the connection between the size of the die needed for the ejection chambers and the spacing needed for fluidic fan-out, enabling the use of tiny printhead die “slivers” such as those described in international patent application numbers PCT/US2013/046065, filed Jun. 17, 2013 titled Printhead Die, and PCT/US2013/028216, filed Feb. 28, 2013 title Molded Print Bar, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Although this new approach has many advantages, one challenge is making robust electrical connections between the printhead dies and external wiring that withstand ink and mechanical stresses while not interfering with low cost capping and servicing.
To help meet this challenge, a new molded printhead has been developed in which, for one example configuration, the electrical connections are moved to the back of the printhead die and embedded in the molding. This configuration allows mechanically robust connections that are largely protected from exposure to ink and, because there are no electrical connections along the front face of the die, the printhead can be made flat and thus minimize protruding structures that might interfere with printhead-to-paper spacing and/or capping and servicing. In one example implementation, described in detail below, a page wide molded print bar includes multiple printheads with bond wires buried in the molding. The electrical connections are routed from the back of each printhead die through a printed circuit board embedded in the molding to enable a continuous planar surface across the front face of the print bar where the ejection orifices are exposed to dispense printing fluid.
Examples of the new printhead are not limited to page wide print bars, but may be implemented in other structures or assemblies. As used in this document, a “printhead” and a “printhead die” mean that part of an inkjet printer or other inkjet type dispenser that dispenses fluid from one or more openings, and a die “sliver” means a printhead die with a ratio of length to width of 50 or more. A printhead includes one or more printhead dies. “Printhead” and “printhead die” are not limited to printing with ink and other printing fluids but also include inkjet type dispensing of other fluids and/or for uses other than printing. The examples shown in the Figures and described herein illustrate but do not limit the invention, which is defined in the Claims following this Description.
Each printhead 14 includes printhead dies 34 embedded in molding 26 and channels 35 formed in molding 26 to carry printing fluid directly to corresponding printhead dies 34. Although four dies 34 arranged parallel to one another laterally across molding 26 are shown, for printing four different ink colors for example, more or fewer printhead dies 34 and/or in other configurations are possible. As noted above, the development of the new, molded inkjet printheads has enabled the use of tiny printhead die “slivers” such as those described in international patent application no. PCT/US2013/046065, filed Jun. 17, 2003 and titled Printhead Die. The molded printhead structures and electrical interconnections described herein are particularly well suited to the implementation of such tiny die slivers 34 in printheads 14.
In the example shown, the electrical conductors 36 that connect each printhead die 34 to external circuits are routed through a printed circuit board (PCB) 38. A printed circuit board is also commonly referred to as a printed circuit assembly (a “PCA”). An inkjet printhead die 34 is a typically complex integrated circuit (IC) structure 39 formed on a silicon substrate 41. Conductors 36 in PCB 38 carry electrical signals to ejector and/or other elements of each printhead die 34. As shown in
Each bond wire 40 is connected to bond pads or other suitable terminals 42, 44 at the back part 46, 48 of printhead dies 34 and PCB 38, respectively, and then buried in molding 26. (Bond wires 40 and bond pads 42, 44 are also shown in the fabrication sequence views of
Although other conductor routing configurations are possible, a printed circuit board provides a relatively inexpensive and highly adaptable platform for conductor routing in molded printheads. Similarly, while other configurations may be used to connect the printhead dies to the PCB conductors, bond wire assembly tooling is readily available and easily adapted to the fabrication of printheads 14 and print bar 12. For printhead dies 34 in which the internal electronic circuitry is formed primarily away from the back of the dies, through-silicon vias (TSV) 58 are formed in each die 34 to connect bond pads 42 at the back of the die 34 to the internal circuitry, as shown in
One example process for making a print bar 12 will now be described with reference to
Overmolding printhead dies 34 and PCB 38 placed face-down on carrier 60 produces a continuous planar surface across the front face 50 of each print bar 12 where ejection orifices 56 are exposed to dispense printing fluid. As best seen in
“A” and “an” as used in the Claims means one or more.
As noted at the beginning of this Description, the examples shown in the figures and described above illustrate but do not limit the invention. Other examples are possible. Therefore, the foregoing description should not be construed to limit the scope of the invention, which is defined in the following claims.
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This is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/770,608, having a national entry date of Aug. 26, 2015, which is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of PCT/US2013/062221, filed Sep. 27, 2013, which claims priority from International Appl. No. PCT/US2013/028216, filed Feb. 28, 2013, and International Appl. No. PCT/US2013/046065, filed Jun. 17, 2013, which are all hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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