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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);

W. Stanley Czarnecki, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Venus Hipolito, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/10 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/10472 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 5/3909 (2013.01); G11B 5/0083 (2013.01); G11B 5/00817 (2013.01); G11B 5/00826 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for screening a multichannel head, according to one embodiment, includes measuring a channel signal to noise ratio value for each read transducer over a plurality of sense currents, wherein each transducer is one of a plurality of transducers in a multichannel head. The measured channel signal to noise ratio values are compared to a specification of a pre-defined value. The multichannel head is dispositioned to enable the multichannel head to perform to the specification of the pre-defined value, if possible.


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