Crack sensing for printhead having multiple printhead die

An inkjet printhead including a plurality of printhead dies, each printhead die including at least one crack sense resistor, at least one analog bus connected to each printhead die, and a controller separate from the plurality of printhead dies. The controller is configured to provide a known curren...

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Main Authors Corrigan, George H, Linn, Scott A, Anderson, Daryl E
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.11.2018
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Summary:An inkjet printhead including a plurality of printhead dies, each printhead die including at least one crack sense resistor, at least one analog bus connected to each printhead die, and a controller separate from the plurality of printhead dies. The controller is configured to provide a known current to the at least one crack sense resistor of each printhead die in a selectable pattern via the at least one analog bus and to determine whether the printhead dies are cracked based on resulting voltages produced on the at least one analog bus.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201515543420