CN112466865A - Reset wafer unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a reset chip unit, which is connected with an ink box of a printer and comprises a reset packaging soft board, a reset chip, an electrical connection element, an electrical identification first contact welding pad, an electrical identification second contact welding pad, a first lead wire and a second lead wire. The reset chip package is arranged on the reset package soft board. The first contact pad is electrically connected to the printer. The electrical connection element is electrically connected between the first reset electrode pad and the second reset electrode pad. The identification circuit unit is electrically connected with the second contact pad. The identification signal provided by the identification circuit unit controlled by the electrical connection element can not be effectively read by the printer, and the identification signal transmitted by the reset chip is transmitted to the printer and is read by the printer.

Description

Reset wafer unit

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a chip unit, and more particularly, to a reset chip unit mounted on an ink cartridge.

Background

Most of the existing ink jet devices have a detachable ink cartridge, so that after the ink cartridge is used, a user can conveniently replace the ink cartridge on the ink jet device. And an ink jet chip is provided on the ink cartridge in order to record the state of the ink cartridge so that the ink jet apparatus manages the ink cartridge mounted thereto. The ink jet chip stores the related information of the ink cartridge, such as the product type, the capacity of the ink cartridge, the residual amount of ink, the color of ink, the date of manufacture, and the like. Moreover, as the ink cartridge is used, some of the information of the ink cartridge, such as: the ink remaining amount is automatically updated.

With the increasing development of technology, the ink jet control circuit and the identification circuit of the conventional ink cartridge are disposed in the same ink jet chip, and the identification circuit generally has several bits of ink volume codes. Because the burnt ink volume code can not be recovered, the ink cartridge can not be used finally because the ink volume code is completely burnt, even if the ink is refilled, the ink cartridge can not be used.

Since the ink jet control circuit and the identification circuit are disposed in the same ink jet chip, it is difficult to directly separate and replace the ink jet control circuit and the identification circuit, and therefore, if the ink cartridge is reused, the entire ink jet chip including the ink jet control circuit and the identification circuit must be replaced, which is costly.

Disclosure of Invention

The main objective of the present invention is to provide a reset chip unit, which is installed on an ink cartridge without destroying the packaging flexible circuit of the ink cartridge, so that the ink cartridge can be directly externally added with the reset chip unit, and the used ink cartridge can be reused by refilling ink. The cost of the additionally arranged reset chip unit is low and is far lower than that of a new ink box, so that the overall production cost can be reduced, and in consideration of environmental protection, after users use up ink and add the ink to the ink box on the market, the ink box can be recycled only by installing the reset chip unit provided by the invention, and the influence of the waste ink box on the environment is greatly reduced.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a reset chip unit, which is attached to an ink cartridge mounted on a printer, the reset chip unit comprising: the device comprises a reset packaging soft board, a reset chip, an electrical connection element, an electrical identification first contact pad, an electrical identification second contact pad, a first lead wire and a second lead wire. The reset chip package is arranged on the reset package flexible board and comprises a first reset electrode welding pad and a second reset electrode welding pad. The electrical connection element is electrically connected between the first reset electrode pad and the second reset electrode pad. The first contact pad for identifying electricity is arranged on one surface of the reset packaging soft board and is electrically connected and conducted with the contact of the printer identification electrode pad of the printer. The second contact pad for identifying the electrical property is arranged on the other opposite surface of the reset packaging soft board and is electrically connected and conducted with the main pad contact for identifying the electrical property conducted and transmitted by the identification circuit unit of the ink cartridge. The first conductive wire is electrically connected between the first reset electrode pad and the identification electric first contact pad. The second lead wire is electrically connected between the second reset electrode pad and the identification electrical second contact pad. The identification signal transmitted by the identification circuit unit of the ink cartridge is controlled by the electrical connection element and cannot be effectively read by the printer, and the identification signal provided by the reset chip is transmitted to a printer identification electrode pad of the printer through the identification electrical first contact pad and is read by the printer.

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In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below, wherein:

FIG. 1A is a schematic perspective view of an ink cartridge according to the present invention.

FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating the inkjet package flexible board and the corresponding assembly of the reset chip unit of the ink cartridge according to the present invention.

Fig. 2A is a schematic diagram of a front layout of a reset chip unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of a back layout of a reset chip unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a reset chip unit according to the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an electrical connection element of a reset chip unit according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the electrical connection element of the reset chip unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the control connections of the ink cartridge and the reset chip unit according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments that embody features and advantages of the invention are described in detail in the description that follows. It is to be understood that the invention is capable of modification in various respects, all without departing from the scope of the invention, and that the description and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.

Referring to fig. 1A and 1B, in the embodiment of the invention, thereset chip unit 4 is disposed on anink cartridge 10, and theink cartridge 10 further includes an ink-jet packagingflexible board 1, an ink-jet chip 2, a plurality of ink-jet electrode pads 3a, and an electrical main pad 3B. Theinkjet chip 2 is disposed on the inkjet packaging flexible printedcircuit board 1, so that a corresponding printer 100 (as shown in fig. 3 and 6) can control the operation of theink cartridge 10, identify the serial number of theink cartridge 10, and identify the ink storage amount. The ink-jet electrode pads 3a are arranged on the ink-jet packagingsoft board 1 at intervals and are electrically connected with the ink-jet chip 2. Thereset chip unit 4 is additionally attached and connected to the ink-jet packagingsoft board 1.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2A, fig. 2B and fig. 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, thereset chip unit 4 includes a reset packageflexible board 40, areset chip 41, a first reset electrode pad 42A, a second reset electrode pad 42B, anelectrical connection element 43, a firstconductive line 44a, a second conductive line 44B, a plurality ofelectrical contact pads 45, an identificationfirst contact pad 46a and an identification second contact pad 46B. Thereset chip 41 is disposed on the reset packageflexible board 40 and electrically connected thereto, and thereset chip 41 includes a firstreset electrode pad 42a and a secondreset electrode pad 42 b. The firstreset electrode pad 42a and the secondreset electrode pad 42b are separately disposed on the reset packagingsoft board 40 at intervals for resetting, so that the firstreset electrode pad 42a is electrically connected on the reset packagingsoft board 40 through the firstconductive wire 44a, and the identification electricfirst contact pad 46a is disposed on one surface of the reset packagingsoft board 40 and electrically connected with the firstreset electrode pad 42a through the firstconductive wire 44 a. The secondreset electrode pad 42b is electrically connected on the reset packagesoft board 40 through a secondconductive line 44b, and the electrically identifiablesecond contact pad 46b is disposed on the other opposite surface of the reset packagesoft board 40 and electrically connected to the secondreset electrode pad 42b through the secondconductive line 44 b. Theelectrical connection element 43 is disposed between the firstreset electrode pad 42a and the secondreset electrode pad 42b for electrical connection therebetween, i.e., the firstreset electrode pad 42a and the secondreset electrode pad 42b are respectively electrically connected to two opposite ends of theelectrical connection element 43. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, theelectrical connection element 43 may be disposed on the reset packageflexible board 40 and separately disposed from thereset chip 41, but not limited thereto, the disposition position of theelectrical connection element 43 may be changed according to design requirements. Furthermore, theelectrical contact pads 45 and the firstelectrical contact pads 46a for identifying are separately disposed on the reset packagingsoft board 40 at intervals, so that when thereset chip unit 4 is additionally attached and connected to the ink jet packagingsoft board 1, theelectrical contact pads 45 and the inkjet electrode pads 3a on the ink jet packagingsoft board 1 of theink cartridge 10 form a corresponding electrical connection contact with the same number, and the secondelectrical contact pads 46b for identifying are in corresponding electrical connection contact with the mainelectrical contact pads 3b for identifying of the ink jet packagingsoft board 1. In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1A, fig. 3 and fig. 6, when theink cartridge 10 is assembled on the carrying seat (not shown) of theprinter 100, the carrying seat of theprinter 100 is disposed with a plurality of printer electrode pads (not shown) and a printeridentification electrode pad 101, at this time, the plurality of printer electrode pads on the carrying seat are electrically connected to the plurality ofelectrical contact pads 45 on the reset packagesoft board 40 and the plurality of ink-jet electrode pads 3a on the ink-jet packagesoft board 1 of theink cartridge 10, wherein the printeridentification electrode pad 101 is electrically connected to the identification electricalfirst contact pad 46a on the reset package soft board 40 (as shown in fig. 3), and the identification electricalsecond contact pad 46b is electrically connected to the identification electricalmain pad 3b of the ink-jet packagesoft board 1. Theinkjet chip 2 includes aninkjet control unit 21 and anidentification circuit unit 22, wherein the plurality ofinkjet electrode pads 3a are electrically connected to theinkjet control unit 21 for transmitting the related control signals, and the identificationmain pads 3b are electrically connected to theidentification circuit unit 22 for transmitting the identification signals.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, theelectrical connection element 43 may be a resistance element (see fig. 4), and the resistance value thereof is not less than 2000 ohms. In other embodiments, theelectrical connection device 43 may be an electrical connection switch device (see fig. 5) for controlling the electrical connection of the electrical connection switch, such as an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) device, in which the drain d (drain) and the source s (source) are electrically connected to the firstreset electrode pad 42a and the secondreset electrode pad 42b, respectively, and the gate g (gate) is grounded. The implementation of theelectrical connection element 43 is not limited to this disclosure, and the configuration of theelectrical connection element 43 can be changed according to the design requirement.

Referring to fig. 1A, fig. 3 and fig. 6, in the electrical operation embodiment of theink cartridge 10 assembled on the printer according to the present invention, thereset chip 41 of thereset chip unit 4 is electrically connected to the printeridentification electrode pad 101 on the carrier of theprinter 100 through the electrical identificationfirst contact pad 46a on the reset packageflexible board 40, so that the identification signal (ID) generated by thereset chip 41 is transmitted to theprinter 100, and thus thereset chip unit 4, under the control of theelectrical connection element 43, makes the electrical identificationsecond contact pad 46b and the electrical identificationmain pad 3b of the ink jet packageflexible board 1 be disconnected or weakened, so that the identification signal of theidentification circuit unit 22 cannot be effectively read by theprinter 100, and at this time, thereset chip 41 provides the identification signal, and transmits the identification signal to theprinter 100 through the electrical identificationfirst contact pad 46a, the identification signal includes the information of the ink storage amount, the manufacturing date, the leaving date, the ink type and the type … of the printer that can be matched with the information of thereset chip unit 4, so that theink cartridge 10 can not be used because of reading wrong data, and theink cartridge 10 can be reset again for reuse. Meanwhile, thereset chip unit 4 is electrically connected to the plurality of printer electrode pads (not shown) on the carrier of theprinter 100 through the plurality ofelectrical contact pads 45 on the reset packageflexible board 40, and the plurality of inkejection electrode pads 3a on the reset packageflexible board 40 through the plurality ofelectrical contact pads 45 corresponding to the ink ejection packageflexible board 1, so that signals such as CLK, DATA, SELECT, ADDRESS, and FIRE of theprinter 100 are transmitted to the inkejection control unit 21 of theink ejection chip 2 on theink cartridge 10 to receive the control signals, and theink ejection chip 2 controls theink cartridge 10 to operate, thereby starting the printing operation.

Referring to fig. 3, 4 and 6, it should be noted that thereset chip unit 4 controls the identification signal transmitted by theidentification circuit unit 22 of theinkjet chip 2 through theelectrical connection element 43 so as not to be effectively read by theprinter 100, in an embodiment of the present invention, when theelectrical connection element 43 is a resistance element (see fig. 4), the impedance value is not less than 2000 ohms, so that the electrical property of the circuit after theelectrical connection element 43 is connected, i.e. the electrical property of the circuit connected to theidentification circuit unit 22 of theinkjet chip 2, becomes a very weak signal after the signal transmitted by theprinter 100 passes through theelectrical connection element 43 of thereset chip unit 4, which causes the identification signal of theidentification circuit unit 22 not to be effectively read by theprinter 100, at this time, thereset chip 41 provides the identification signal, and transmits the identification signal to theprinter 100 through the identification electricalfirst contact pad 46a, the identification signal includes the information of the ink storage amount, the manufacturing date, the factory date, the ink type of thereset chip unit 4, and the type … of the printer, so that theink cartridge 10 cannot be used because of reading wrong DATA, and the signals of the CLK, DATA, SELECT, ADDRESS, and FIRE of theprinter 100 can also be transmitted to theinkjet control unit 21 of theinkjet chip 2 on theink cartridge 10 to receive these control signals, so that theink cartridge 10 can resume the reset printing operation again, thereby providing a mechanism for theink cartridge 10 to be recycled.

Referring to fig. 3, 5 and 6, it should be noted that thereset chip unit 4 controls the identification signal transmitted by theidentification circuit unit 22 of theinkjet chip 2 through theelectrical connection element 43 to be effectively unreadable by theprinter 100. in another embodiment of the present invention, when theelectrical connection element 43 can be an electrical connection switch element (see fig. 5) for controlling the electrical connection, such as an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) element, the electrical connection switch element characteristic of theelectrical connection element 43 is set to disconnect the circuit electrical property of theidentification circuit unit 22 connected to theinkjet chip 2 after theelectrical connection element 43 is disconnected, so as to form a temporary open circuit state, so that the identification signal of theidentification circuit unit 22 cannot be effectively read by theprinter 100, at this time, the identification signal is provided by thereset chip 41 and transmitted to theprinter 100 through the identification electricalfirst contact pad 46a, the identification signal includes the information of the ink storage amount, the manufacturing date, the factory date, the ink type of thereset chip unit 4, and the type … of the printer, so that theink cartridge 10 cannot be used because of reading wrong DATA, and the signals of the CLK, DATA, SELECT, ADDRESS, and FIRE of theprinter 100 can also be transmitted to theinkjet control unit 21 of theinkjet chip 2 on theink cartridge 10 to receive these control signals, so that theink cartridge 10 can resume the reset printing operation again, thereby providing a mechanism for theink cartridge 10 to be recycled.

Therefore, considering from the aspect of environmental protection, after users add ink to the ink cartridge on the market after using up the ink, the ink cartridge can be recycled only by installing the reset chip unit provided by the invention, which not only can simplify the process steps and increase the convenience of remanufacturing the ink cartridge, but also can reduce the manufacturing cost and greatly reduce the influence of the waste ink cartridge on the environment.

In summary, the present invention provides a reset chip unit, which is installed on an ink cartridge without destroying a flexible printed circuit of the ink cartridge, so that the ink cartridge can be directly applied to the reset chip unit, and the used ink cartridge can be reused by refilling ink. The cost of the additionally arranged reset chip unit is low and is far lower than that of a new ink box, so that the overall production cost can be reduced, and in consideration of environmental protection, after a user uses ink and adds the ink to the ink box on the market, the ink box can be recycled only by installing the reset chip unit provided by the invention, and the influence of the waste ink box on the environment is greatly reduced.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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Translated fromChinese

1.一种重置芯片单元，外加贴合连接于一墨水匣上，所述墨水匣组装于一打印机上打印，其特征在于所述重置芯片单元包含：1. A reset chip unit, additionally attached to an ink cartridge, and the ink cartridge is assembled on a printer for printing, wherein the reset chip unit comprises:一重置封装软板；1. Reset the package soft board;一重置芯片，封装设置于该重置封装软板上，并包含一第一重置电极焊垫以及一第二重置电极焊垫；a reset chip packaged on the reset package flexible board and comprising a first reset electrode pad and a second reset electrode pad;一电性连接元件，在该第一重置电极焊垫以及该第二重置电极焊垫之间作电性连接；an electrical connection element for electrically connecting between the first reset electrode pad and the second reset electrode pad;一辨识电性第一接触焊垫，设置于该重置封装软板的一表面上，供与该打印机的一打印机辨识电极焊垫接触作电性连接导通；an identification electrical first contact pad, disposed on a surface of the reset package flexible board, for contacting with a printer identification electrode pad of the printer for electrical connection and conduction;一辨识电性第二接触焊垫，设置于该重置封装软板的另一相对表面上，供与该墨水匣的一识别电路单元所导接传输的一辨识电性主焊垫接触作电性连接导通；An identification electrical second contact pad, disposed on the other opposite surface of the reset package soft board, for electrical contact with an identification electrical main pad conducted and transmitted by an identification circuit unit of the ink cartridge connection conduction;一第一导接线，电性连接于该第一重置电极焊垫以及该辨识电性第一接触焊垫之间；以及a first conductive wire electrically connected between the first reset electrode pad and the identifying electrical first contact pad; and一第二导接线，电性连接于该第二重置电极焊垫以及该辨识电性第二接触焊垫之间；a second conductive wire electrically connected between the second reset electrode pad and the identifying electrical second contact pad;其中，透过该电性连接元件控制该墨水匣的该识别电路单元所传输的辨识信号无法有效被该打印机读取，而由该重置芯片所提供的辨识信号透过该辨识电性第一接触焊垫传输至该打印机的该打印机辨识电极焊垫，并且被该打印机读取。Wherein, the identification signal transmitted by the identification circuit unit that controls the ink cartridge through the electrical connection element cannot be effectively read by the printer, and the identification signal provided by the reset chip passes through the identification electrical first Contact pads are transmitted to the printer identifying electrode pads of the printer, and are read by the printer.2.如权利要求1所述的重置芯片单元，其特征在于，该电性连接元件设置于该重置芯片上，在该第一重置电极焊垫以及该第二重置电极焊垫之间作电性连接。2 . The reset chip unit of claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection element is disposed on the reset chip between the first reset electrode pad and the second reset electrode pad. 3 . Make electrical connections between them.3.如权利要求1所述的重置芯片单元，其特征在于，该电性连接元件设置于该重置封装软板上，并与该重置芯片间隔设置，而该第一重置电极焊垫以及该第二重置电极焊垫之间作电性连接。3 . The reset chip unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection element is disposed on the reset package flexible board and spaced apart from the reset chip, and the first reset electrode is welded to the reset chip. 4 . Electrical connection is made between the pad and the second reset electrode pad.4.如权利要求1所述的重置芯片单元，其特征在于，该电性连接元件为一电阻元件，控制连接到该识别电路单元的线路电性变成极微弱信号，导致该识别电路单元的辨识信号无法有效被该打印机读取。4 . The reset chip unit of claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection element is a resistive element, which controls the circuit connected to the identification circuit unit to become a very weak signal, resulting in the identification circuit unit. 5 . The identification signal cannot be effectively read by this printer.5.如权利要求4所述的重置芯片单元，其特征在于，该电阻元件的电阻值不小于2000欧姆。5 . The reset chip unit of claim 4 , wherein the resistance value of the resistance element is not less than 2000 ohms. 6 .6.如权利要求1所述的重置芯片单元，其特征在于，该电性连接元件为一电性连接开关元件，用以断开该识别电路单元的线路电性，导致该识别电路单元的辨识信号无法有效被该打印机读取。6 . The reset chip unit of claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection element is an electrical connection switch element for disconnecting the circuit electrical properties of the identification circuit unit, resulting in the electrical connection of the identification circuit unit. 7 . The identification signal cannot be effectively read by this printer.7.如权利要求1所述的重置芯片单元，其特征在于，该电性连接开关元件为一N型金属氧化物半导体(NMOS)元件。7 . The reset chip unit of claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection switch element is an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) element. 8 .

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