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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
Robert E. Fontana, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Calvin S. Lo, Saratoga, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a module having an array of first read transducers each having a tunnel valve structure and a second read transducer coupled to the array of first read transducers, the second read transducer having a tunnel valve structure. The apparatus also includes a controller, and a cable coupling the read transducers to the controller, thereby forming a plurality of circuits extending from the controller, each circuit corresponding to one of the transducers. Resistances of the circuits are about the same.