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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Kathy X. Tang, Fremont, CA (US);
Jai N. Subrahmanyam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rahmat Karimi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kathy X. Tang, Fremont, CA (US);
Jai N. Subrahmanyam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rahmat Karimi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B021/20 ; G11B005/33 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A Head Gimbal Assembly (HGA) for use in a disk drive and comprising an ESD-protected slider comprising a head formed on a slider substrate. The slider may comprise an electrical-isolation circuit; an electrically-resistive path between head input connections and the slider; or both isolation circuits and resistive paths for reducing electrostatic charge on the slider while remaining connected during disk drive operations.