CA2482075A1 - Managing bubbles in a fluid-delivery device - Google Patents

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CA2482075A1
CA2482075A1 CA002482075A CA2482075A CA2482075A1 CA 2482075 A1 CA2482075 A1 CA 2482075A1 CA 002482075 A CA002482075 A CA 002482075A CA 2482075 A CA2482075 A CA 2482075A CA 2482075 A1 CA2482075 A1 CA 2482075A1
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Yildirim Ozgur
Gilbert G. Smith
Mike Steed
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    • B41J2202/00—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads
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Abstract

Methods and systems for managing bubbles in a micro electro mechanical systems device are described. One exemplary system includes a fluid-feed channel configured to supply fluid to a plurality of ejection chambers, individual ejection chambers comprising a resistor configured to eject fluid from the individual ejection chamber. The system further includes a processor configured to cause an individual resistor to be energized at a first intensity sufficient to eject fluid from a respective ejection chamber, the processor further configured to cause the resistor to be energized at a second lower intensity which heats the resistor but does not cause fluid to be ejected from the respective ejection chamber, and wherein the processor can energize, at the second lower intensity level, individual resistors in a pattern designed to detach a bubble from a surface defining a portion of the fluid-feed channel.
CA002482075A 2003-09-18 2004-09-17 Managing bubbles in a fluid-delivery device Expired - Fee Related CA2482075C (en)

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