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AssigneeSAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
InventorsYen Fu, Ellis Cha, Po-Kang Wang, Hong Tian, Manuel Hernandez, Yaw-Shing Tang, Ben Hu
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Method and apparatus are presented for electrically coupling a slider to ground. In one embodiment, a bonding pad is provided on a side of the slider body separate from the bonding pad(s) used for read/write signals. This separate bonding pad is electrically coupled within the slider body to components that are to be coupled to ground. A separate conductor provided on the suspension (e.g., a trace, a flex circuit, etc.) may be electrically coupled to the separate bonding pad via gold ball bonding. The conductor is also coupled to ground in the hard-disk drive device (e.g., via the preamplifier). The use of the separated bonding pad and trace may negate the need to use a conductive adhesive to electrically ground the slider via its attachment to the tongue of a slider.
A slider comprising:
A slider suspension assembly comprising:
A method of fabricating a suspension assembly comprising:
A suspension comprising:
A suspension comprising:
20 The suspension of claim 19 further comprising:
The suspension of claim 20 wherein said second trace is to be coupled to an electrical component in a disk drive.
The suspension of claim 20 wherein said second trace is to be coupled to a ground terminal of a pre-amplifier.
A suspension comprising:
A disk drive comprising:
A slider comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.