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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2004
Jih-shiuan Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Ali Sanayei, San Jose, CA (US);
Darrick Taylor Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Jih-Shiuan Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Ali Sanayei, San Jose, CA (US);
Darrick Taylor Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A device for handling and testing individual sliders in a row-like format utilizes an elongated, row-like holder having a series of small pockets, each of which receives a single slider. After the sliders enter the holder, a clamp is moved to a closed position to retain the sliders in the holder. The holder is placed in a test fixture such that permanently mounted probes precisely engage the small pads on the sliders for multiple testing purposes. Enlarged probe pads on the test fixture are electrically interconnected with the probes to provide an operator with easy access to the slider pads. The sliders are tested in a row-like format, side by side, to reduce handling-induced electrostatic discharge and mechanical damage.