Patent ID: 6902261

Claim:
A method of bonding a flexible printed circuit (FPC) cable to an ink jet print head die, said ink jet print head die having a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of resistive heaters and a plurality of interconnect pads, each of said plurality of nozzles being configured to eject an ink droplet upon activation of a corresponding one of said plurality of resistive heaters, each of said plurality of interconnect pads in electrical communication with respective corresponding one of said plurality of resistive heaters, said FPC cable having a plurality of conductors, the method comprising: forming a bonded connection between at least one of said plurality of conductors of the FPC cable and a corresponding respective one of said plurality of interconnect pads; and bending said FPC cable such that a first portion of said FPC cable of said ink jet print head is in a first plane different from a second plane defined by a second portion of said FPC cable on said ink jet print head die.