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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1990
Samuel H Gailbreath, Jr, Boise, ID (US);
Robert J Davidson, Eagle, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A thin film magnetic data transducer which prevents capacitive coupling between the transducer and the disk of a disk drive system, has a magnetic circuit which is maintained at the same potential as the disk, usually ground potential. With the disk and the magnetic pole tips of the magnetic circuit at the same potential, capacitive charging and consequent current flow or arcing or discharge noise between the two are prevented. Noise from current due to the variable capacitive coupling of the coil to the disk during disk rotation is also eliminated. The thin film magnetic transducer is fabricated by depositing successive layers of an electrical insulating material, a magnetic material, insulating material, electrical conducting material for a planar coil, insulating material and magnetic material, in the order named on a substrate. The planar coil comprises spiral turns and the magnetic material layers are joined with each other within the spiral turns of the coil and encircle the coil, providing a magnetic gap between pole tips outside the of the coil. A thin film extension of the magnetic circuit is part of a circuit which connects the magnetic circuit to the frame of the disk drive as are the disks, which is usually ground potential.