Probe Head With Narrow Read Element
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsMark David Bedillion, Andreas Karl Roelofs, Earl Chrzaszcz Johns, Yongjun Zhao, Edward Stephen Skalko
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a storage medium, and a transducer positioned adjacent to the storage medium, wherein the transducer includes a first electrode and a second electrode, with the width of the first electrode being less than the width of the second electrode. A method including: applying a first voltage to a transducer to write data to a storage medium, and applying a second voltage to the transducer to read data from the storage medium, wherein the magnitude of the first voltage is greater than the magnitude of the second voltage.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a storage medium;
- and
- a transducer positioned adjacent to the storage medium, wherein the transducer includes a first electrode and a second electrode, with the width of the first electrode being less than the width of the second electrode.
A method comprising:
- applying a first voltage to a transducer to write data to a storage medium;
- and
- applying a second voltage to the transducer to read data from the storage medium, wherein the magnitude of the first voltage is greater than the magnitude of the second voltage.
A method comprising:
- positioning a transducer adjacent to a storage medium, wherein the transducer includes a first electrode and a second electrode, with the width of the first electrode being less than the width of the second electrode;
- and
- applying the same voltage to the first and second electrodes when reading data from the storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.