Patents by Inventor Carson Allan Fisher

Carson Allan Fisher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080043063
    Abstract: An inkjet printhead includes an actuator chip for delivering ink from the printhead. The actuator chip has a plurality of bond pads for electrically connecting to a controller of an external device. A plurality of temperature sense resistors (TSRs) of the actuator chip each has an output provided as a current proportional to temperature of nearby vicinities and such connect to only a single one of the bond pads. On-chip circuitry also scales the outputs on the actuator chip which avoid scaling at the controller of the external device. Representative arrangements of the TSRs include transistor drivers in or out of feedback loop circuits. Attendant circuitry representatively includes switching logic, current mirrors, and amplifiers. Functionality of the circuitry includes actuator chip temperature averaging, actuator chip temperature zones, current scaling and gain, and point source TSRs. Inkjet printers and other external devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Bergstedt, Carson Allan Fisher