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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:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott Warren Cameron, Milpitas, CA (US);
Axel Alegre de La Soujeole, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 66 ; 360 46 ; 360 67 ;
Abstract
An innovative disk drive system which provides a regulated bias current to a magnetoresistive read head, and controls the voltage of the magnetoresistive read head terminals so that the CENTER of the resistor is at ground. This halves the peak magnitude of the head-to-disk voltage.