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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaas Berend Klaassen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacobus van Peppen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 66 ; 360 67 ;
Abstract
A magnetoresistive transducer biasing technique that provides high common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) for a dual MR sensor head, while providing for short-circuit protection of the sensor elements within the head for short-circuits between the head and a disk.