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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Declan Macken, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Kent Bodurtha, Richfield, MN (US);
Sissay Yoseph, St. Paul, MN (US);
Song Chen, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/6076 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/3945 (2013.01); G11B 5/6088 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a slider configured for magnetic recording. The slider comprises an air bearing surface (ABS), a writer, a reader, and a plurality of electrical bond pads. A thermocouple is situated at the ABS proximate the reader and coupled to a pair of the electrical bond pads. The thermocouple is dimensioned to sense for a thermal asperity on a surface of a magnetic recording medium.