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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2002
Weijin LI, San Jose, CA (US);
Weijin Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital (Fremont), Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrically conductive adhesive includes a resin component, a photoinitiator, and metal-coated polymer beads. The beads have an average diameter and a very narrow size distribution around the average diameter. The adhesive is applied between a read/write head and a suspension to attach the two, and the adhesive is cured by exposure to an illumination and/or heat. A pad spacer is included between the read/write head and the suspension to define a spacing and parallelism therebetween. The beads in the adhesive can form one or more layers between the read/write head and the suspension or can be disordered. The metal coating of the beads provide electrical conductivity between the read/write head and the suspension.