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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Todd A. Cleland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Robert C. Maze, Corvallis, OR (US);
Michael D. Miller, Shedd, OR (US);
Rama Prasad, Albany, OR (US);
Robert N. K. Browning, Corvallis, OR (US);
Dale R. Oughton, Albany, OR (US);
Joseph M. Torgerson, Philomath, OR (US);
Kenneth D. Saul, Philomath, OR (US);
Michael B. Hager, Corvallis, OR (US);
Douglas M. Collins, Corvallis, OR (US);
Leslie A. Field, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Storrs T. Hoen, Brisbane, CA (US);
Phillip W. Barth, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A high quality inkjet printhead includes a substrate having a multiplicity of heater resistors formed thereon at a density of at least six heater resistors per square millimeter. Each of the heater resistors also has a total resistance of at least 70 &OHgr; and an overlaying passivation thermal barrier characteristic adjusted to enable ejection of an ink drop of less than 6.5 ng with an energy impulse equal to or less than 1.4 &mgr;joules.