Head slider with partially recessed magnetoresistive element
US5936801A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/58
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A head slider for use in a disc drive data storage system includes a slider body substrate having a cavity formed therein. A transducer is positioned in the head slider such that walls of the cavity in the slider body substrate protect the transducer from contact with asperities on a surface of a data storage disc.
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