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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Edward Eric Baglin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Richard D. Bunch, San Jose, CA (US);
Linden James Crawforth, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric W. Flint, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew J. Kellock, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy Clark Reiley, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 ; G11B 1/564 ; G11B 1/732 ; G11B 2/121 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 ; G11B 1/564 ; G11B 1/732 ; G11B 2/121 ;
Abstract
At least one modified strain region having a damage depth between 0.1 and 2 microns in a disk drive slider is created by implantation with ions, electrons or neutral atoms. The modified strain region induces a deformation of the disk drive slider. The nature and extent of this deformation is determined by the interaction between the slider and the modified strain region.