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US 2006/0132978 A1Published application
Slider for high density magnetic recording
OwnerHong Tian, Takehiro Kamigama +1inventors
InventorsHong Tian, Takehiro Kamigama, Ellis Cha
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Abstract
An improved slider design is disclosed. The width of the slider is less than 0.7 mm. The slider may have a thickness of 0.18 mm and a length of 0.85 mm. The air-bearing surface of the slider may have a two-tiered U-shaped rail on the leading edge. A two-tiered main compression pad, straddled by two outlying compression pads, may extend from the trailing edge of the air-bearing surface.
Claims19
A slider, comprising:
- a body with a width smaller than 0.7 mm;
- and
- an air-bearing surface to allow the slider to glide above a moving data storage medium.
A disk drive, comprising:
- a data storage disk;
- a slider with a width smaller than 0.7 mm and an air-bearing surface to allow the slider to glide above the data storage disk when moving;
- and
- a head gimbal assembly to suspend the slider above the data storage medium.
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A method, comprising:
- forming a plurality of sliders on a single wafer;
- and
- dicing the wafer to produce the plurality of sliders each with a width smaller than 0.7 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.