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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
May. 06, 1997
Louis J Shrinkle, Leucadia, CA (US);
Seagate Technology, Inc., Longmont, CA (US);
Abstract
A head-disk assembly contains an actuator that includes magnetoresistive heads and a preamplifier. The preamplifier is grounded to the actuator, and the actuator is grounded to a baseplate head-disk assembly via a ground conductor. A first inductive loop, which results in noise coupling on the pre-amplifier, exists based on the unequal potential between the actuator and the baseplate. The length of the ground conductor is minimized to reduce the area of the first inductive loop. A second inductive loop arises from a conductive path from the pre-amplifier leads to the baseplate via the actuator suspension, slider body assembly, magnetoresistive head, and magnetic disk media. A reduction of the unequal potential, which results in the second inductive loop, reduces noise coupling onto the inputs of the pre-amplifier. Conditioning of power, signal and control traces are also disclosed.