Patent ID: 7866797

Claim:
An inkjet printhead integrated circuit that comprises: a substrate; a drive circuitry layer positioned on the substrate, the substrate and the drive circuitry layer defining a plurality of ink inlet channels; nozzle chamber walls and roofs spanning the nozzle chamber walls are positioned on the substrate to define nozzle chambers in fluid communication with respective ink inlet channels, the roofs defining respective ink ejection ports; ink ejection members positioned in respective nozzle chambers and displaceable with respect to the roofs to eject ink from the ink ejection ports; fulcrum formations fast with the substrate, each fulcrum formation having an effort formation arranged on one side and a load formation on an opposite side, each ink ejection member fast with a respective load formation; and thermal actuators outside of and associated with respective nozzle chambers and connected to the drive circuitry layer to move with respect to the substrate on receipt of electrical signals from the drive circuitry layer, each effort formation being fast with a respective thermal actuator such that reciprocal movement generated by the thermal actuators results in reciprocal movement of the ink ejection members and subsequent ink drop ejection from the ink ejection ports.