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Integrated circuit chip supporting and electrically connecting a head slider

US6400529B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 2000
Grant dateJun 4, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/4853
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A head assembly has a head slider including a magnetic head and a first electrode, an IC chip supporting the head slider on a principal surface of the IC chip, and a suspension supporting the IC chip, the IC chip comprising a second electrode and a third electrode on the principal surface thereof, the third electrode being connected to the suspension, the second electrode being electrically connected to the first electrode.

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