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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Mark J Schaenzer, Eagan, MN (US);
Beat G Keel, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Lance E Stover, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Shanlin X Hao, St. Paul, MN (US);
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrical lap guide (ELG) for use in lapping a bar of magnetic transducer carrying sliders to a desired height is disclosed. A first lapped or analog ELG element is positioned in a first dice lane on the bar between first and second sliders. A first electrical connection is positioned on a surface of the first dice lane for coupling the first ELG element to external circuitry. A second reference ELG element is positioned in the first slider at a position recessed from the lapped surface. A second electrical connection is positioned on the first slider for coupling the second ELG element to external circuitry.