Patent ID: 9289978
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A fluid ejection device comprising: a plurality of address lines; a fire line for communicating a fire signal; a plurality of nozzle circuits coupled to the fire line and the plurality of address lines, each nozzle circuit configured, when enabled, to eject fluid via a different one of a plurality of nozzles in response to the fire signal; and an address generator, wherein a subset of the plurality of address lines is coupled to each pair of the plurality of nozzle circuits so that, for each given subset of address lines coupled to one or more of the pairs of the plurality of nozzle circuits, simultaneous activation of every address line of that subset simultaneously enables each nozzle circuit in the pair or pairs of nozzle circuits coupled to a given triad and none of the other nozzle circuits of the plurality of nozzle circuits, wherein the address generator is responsive to a control signal so that: