Pulldown devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11780223-B2
Application number	US-202217868164-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2022
Priority date	Feb 6, 2019
Publication date	Oct 10, 2023
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023

Abstract

An integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices includes a plurality of contact pads, a plurality of pulldown devices, and control logic. The plurality of contact pads include a first contact pad and a second contact pad. Each of the pulldown devices is electrically coupled to a corresponding contact pad. The control logic enables at least a portion of the pulldown devices in response to both a logic low signal on the first contact pad and a logic low signal on the second contact pad.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An integrated circuit for a fluid ejection device, the integrated circuit comprising:
a plurality of contact pads comprising a first contact pad and a second contact pad;
a first pulldown device coupled to one of the first contact pad or the second contact pad; and
control logic to enable the first pulldown device in response to both a logic low signal on the first contact pad and a logic low signal on the second contact pad.

2. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the control logic is to disable the first pulldown device in response to a logic high signal on the first contact pad.

3. The integrated circuit of claim 2 , wherein the control logic is to disable the first pulldown device by providing a logic low enable signal on an enable signal path corresponding to the first pulldown device.

4. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first pulldown device is coupled to the second contact pad, and wherein the control logic is to enable the first pulldown device in response to a logic low signal on the first contact pad and a logic high signal on the second contact pad.

5. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein:
the first pulldown device is coupled to the second contact pad;
the plurality of contact pads comprises a third contact pad coupled to a second pulldown device; and
the control logic is to enable the first pulldown device and disable the second pulldown device in response to a logic low signal on the first contact pad and a logic high signal on the second contact pad.

6. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of pulldown devices comprises a transistor electrically coupled to the corresponding contact pad to produce a target resistance in response to the corresponding pulldown device being enabled.

7. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of electrostatic discharge circuits, each of the electrostatic discharge circuits electrically coupled to a corresponding contact pad.

8. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of pulldown devices comprises a programmable pulldown device.

9. The integrated circuit of claim 8 , further comprising:
a configuration register,
wherein a resistance of the programmable pulldown device is set based on data stored in the configuration register.

10. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one programmable pulldown device, wherein the at least one programmable pulldown device is electrically coupled to a contact pad of the plurality of contact pads,
wherein each of the plurality of pulldown devices comprises a static pulldown device.

11. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the control logic is to enable the first pulldown device by providing a logic high enable signal on an enable signal path corresponding to the first pulldown device.

12. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first pulldown device is a static pulldown device.

13. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first pulldown device, when enabled, is configured to present a load to an electrical interface indicating one of a shorted connection, an open connection, or a proper electrical connection.

14. An integrated circuit for a fluid ejection device, the integrated circuit comprising:
a plurality of contact pads comprising a logic reset contact pad and a data contact pad;
a first pulldown device coupled to one of the logic reset contact pad and the data contact pad; and
control logic to enable the first pulldown device in response to both a logic low signal on the logic reset contact pad and a logic low signal on the data contact pad.

15. The integrated circuit of claim 14 , wherein the first pulldown device is one of a plurality of pulldown devices, each pulldown device coupled to a corresponding contact pad, wherein the control logic is to disable each of the pulldown devices other than the pulldown device corresponding to the logic reset contact pad in response to a logic high signal on the logic reset contact pad.

16. The integrated circuit of claim 14 , wherein the first pulldown device is one of a plurality of pulldown devices, each pulldown device coupled to a corresponding contact pad, wherein the control logic is to enable the pulldown device corresponding to the data contact pad in response to a logic low signal on the logic reset contact pad and a logic high signal on the data contact pad.

17. The integrated circuit of claim 14 , wherein the first pulldown device is one of a plurality of pulldown devices, each pulldown device coupled to a corresponding contact pad, wherein the plurality of contact pads comprises a clock contact pad, a multipurpose input/output contact pad, a mode contact pad, and a fire contact pad, and
wherein the control logic is to disable the pulldown devices corresponding to the clock contact pad, the multipurpose input/output contact pad, and the mode contact pad in response to a logic low signal on the logic reset contact pad and a logic high signal on the data contact pad.

18. The integrated circuit of claim 17 , further comprising:
a configuration register,
wherein the pulldown devices corresponding to the logic reset contact pad and the fire contact pad are disabled based on data stored in the configuration register.

19. The integrated circuit of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of pulldown devices comprises a transistor electrically coupled to the corresponding contact pad to produce a target resistance in response to the corresponding pulldown device being enabled.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Gardner James Michael
• Rossi John
• Linn Scott A

Classifications

• B41J2/04541 Primary

  Specific driving circuit · CPC title

• B41J2/04586

  controlling heads of a type not covered by groups B41J2/04575 - B41J2/04585, or of an undefined type · CPC title

• B41J2/04511 Primary

  for electrostatic discharge protection · CPC title

• B41J2/17546

  electronically · CPC title

• B41J2/1752

  Mounting within the printer · CPC title