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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1991
Donald J Drake, Rochester, NY (US);
Ivan Rezanka, Pittsford, NY (US);
Fredrick A Warner, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for accurately mounting a large area semiconductive device within a larger system is disclosed. The semiconductive device, formed by the linear abutment of semiconductive sub-units divided from a larger semiconductive wafer must be accurately positioned to enable the operation of which it was intended. In one embodiment, the sub-units are thermal ink jet arrays which are abutted to form a pagewidth printhead. The semiconductive device includes a reference plate or substrate having a generally planar surface for mounting an array of functional sub-units thereon. The semiconductive device further includes two or more individual sub-units which are also affixed to the planar surface, thereby forming alignment pads for the assembled semiconductive device. When incorporated into the system, the alignment pads are received by frame members or alignment points to provide positive alignment of the reference plate, and the attached array of sub-units, within the system.