Patent ID: 6367147
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacture of a printhead for an inkjet print cartridge comprising the steps of:disposing a first resistor segment and a second resistor segment on a substrate; electrically coupling said first resistor segment to said second resistor segment with a thin film conductor shorting bar, said shorting bar having a first shorting bar segment and a second shorting bar segment; disposing on said substrate a connection edge of said first shorting bar segment with one end of said first shorting bar segment connection edge proximate said first resistor segment and the other end of said first shorting bar segment connection edge distal said first resistor segment; disposing on said substrate a connection edge of said second shorting bar segment with one end of said second shorting bar segment connection edge proximate said second resistor segment and the other end of said second shorting bar segment connection edge distal said second resistor segment; and resistively coupling said first shorting bar segment to said second shorting bar segment with a resistance having a magnitude between said proximate first shorting bar conductor segment connection edge and said proximate second shorting bar segment connection edge that is greater than that between said distal first shorting bar conductor segment connection edge and said distal second shorting bar segment connection edge.