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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Beverley Phipps, Saratoga, CA (US);
Erhard Theodor Schreck, San Jose, CA (US);
Albert John Wallash, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438-3 ; 438132 ;
Abstract
In a magnetic read/write assembly, a removable fusible-link shorts the magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element to minimize electrical current through the MR sensing element during discharge of static electricity. Other magnetic head assembly elements such as the write coil and MR magnetic shields are also shorted using fusible-links. The fusible-link is removable during the assembly process. The existing terminal pads and wires are used to remove the fusible-link.