摘要 |
A printhead including a polymer tape (18) having orifices (17) formed therein and containing conductive traces (36) with one or more windows (22) exposing ends of the conductive traces is disclosed. A separate substrate (28) contains heating elements (70) and electrodes (74). A conventional, commercially available automatic inner lead bonder is then used to automatically align the orifices to the heating elements. The alignment of the orifices and heating elements inherently aligns the electrodes with the exposed ends of the traces. The wire bonder is then used to bond the traces to the electrodes through the window. |