Conductive adhesive for magnetic head assembly
AssigneeSAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
InventorsQuansheng Wu, Binhua Tan, Ichiro Yagi
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Abstract
A system and a method for bonding a slider to a suspension tongue are disclosed. A set of conductive fibers is embedded in a bonding adhesive binding the slider to the suspension tongue to improve conductivity between the slider and the suspension assembly. The bonding adhesive includes binder resin and silver powder. The slider is composed of aluminum oxide and titanium carbide. The set of conductive fibers is composed of carbon coated potassium titanic acid whisker. The set of conductive fibers range in length from 10 μm to 20 μm, and in diameter from 0.3 μm to 0.6 μm. The set of conductive fibers range in resistance from 0.01 ohm to 0.1 ohm. The set of conductive fibers is mixed with the bonding adhesive in a 1% to 4% mixing ratio.
Claims30
A head gimbal assembly (HGA), comprising:
- a slider;
- an actuator arm to position the slider above a storage disk;
- a suspension assembly to couple the slider to the actuator arm;
- a bonding adhesive to couple the slider to the suspension assembly;
- and
- conductive fibers embedded in the bonding adhesive to improve conductivity between the slider and the suspension assembly;
- wherein the conductive fibers comprise carbon coated potassium titanic acid whiskers.
A system, comprising:
- a base to support the system;
- a disk containing data;
- a spindle motor coupled to the base to rotate the disk relative to the base;
- a pivot assembly to facilitate rotation around an axis;
- a slider;
- an actuator arm to position the slider above a storage disk;
- an actuator driving mechanism to rotate the actuator arm;
- a suspension assembly to couple the slider to the actuator arm;
- a bonding adhesive to couple the slider to the suspension assembly;
- and
- conductive fibers embedded in the bonding adhesive to improve conductivity between the slider and the suspension assembly;
- wherein the conductive fibers comprise carbon coated potassium titanic acid whiskers.
A method, comprising:
- mixing conductive fibers with a bonding adhesive;
- and
- coupling a slider to a suspension assembly of a head gimbal assembly using the bonding adhesive;
- wherein the conductive fibers comprise carbon coated potassium titanic acid whisker.
A head gimbal assembly (HGA), comprising:
- a slider;
- an actuator arm to position the slider above a storage disk;
- a suspension assembly to couple the slider to the actuator arm;
- a bonding adhesive to couple the slider to the suspension assembly;
- and
- conductive fibers embedded in the bonding adhesive to improve conductivity between the slider and the suspension assembly;
- wherein the conductive fibers are mixed with the bonding adhesive in a 1% to 4% mixing ratio.
A system, comprising:
- a base to support the system;
- a disk containing data;
- a spindle motor coupled to the base to rotate the disk relative to the base;
- a pivot assembly to facilitate rotation around an axis;
- a slider;
- an actuator arm to position the slider above a storage disk;
- an actuator driving mechanism to rotate the actuator arm;
- a suspension assembly to couple the slider to the actuator arm;
- a bonding adhesive to couple the slider to the suspension assembly;
- and
- conductive fibers embedded in the bonding adhesive to improve conductivity between the slider and the suspension assembly;
- wherein the conductive fibers are mixed with the banding adhesive in a 1% to 4% mixing ratio.
A method, comprising:
- mixing conductive fibers with a bonding adhesive;
- coupling a slider to a suspension assembly of a head gimbal assembly using the bonding adhesive;
- and
- mixing the conductive fibers with the bonding adhesive in a 1% to 4% mixing ratio.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.