Patent ID: 7832818

Claim:
An inkjet pen comprising: a print head including, a plurality of inkjet nozzles, integrated circuitry for driving the inkjet nozzles, and a first proximity interconnect transceiver in electrical communication with the integrated circuitry; a semiconductor chip including, a second proximity interconnect transceiver defined on a first side of the semiconductor chip that is oriented toward and adjacent to the first proximity interconnect transceiver to define capacitive coupling, and a conductor defined within the semiconductor chip, the conductor defined to couple the second proximity interconnect transceiver to a bond pad defined on a second side of the semiconductor chip, the conductor placing the bond pad at a spaced apart orientation that is away from the inkjet nozzles; a wire bond coupled to the bond pad for carrying print data, the wire bond connecting at the spaced apart orientation that is away from the inkjet nozzles, such that the spaced apart orientation reduces exposure to ink corrosion of the wire bond and of encapsulation covering the wire bond; and a dielectric adhesive in contact with both the print head and the semiconductor chip, the dielectric adhesive being aligned between the first and the second proximity interconnect transceivers.