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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2008
Erik D. Ness, Vancouver, WA (US);
Kevin Bruce, Vancouver, WA (US);
Trudy Benjamin, Portland, OR (US);
Joseph M. Torgerson, Philomath, OR (US);
Erik D. Ness, Vancouver, WA (US);
Kevin Bruce, Vancouver, WA (US);
Trudy Benjamin, Portland, OR (US);
Joseph M. Torgerson, Philomath, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated fluid cartridge () for securing onboard memory () includes an electrically actuated dispensing mechanism () with a number of droplet generators which are fluidically connected to a fluid reservoir (); a memory module (); and an electrical interface () containing shared select lines () and data lines () configured to control both the dispensing mechanism () and the memory module (). A method for secure communications between a precision-dispensing device and integrated fluid cartridge () includes connecting the precision-dispensing device and the cartridge () via an electrical interface () containing select lines () and data lines (); the cartridge () having several electronic components which are controlled via the select () and data lines ().