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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
Meng Ding, Mountain View, CA (US);
Surya Narayan Pattanaik, San Jose, CA (US);
Chie Ching Poon, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil Leslie Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Meng Ding, Mountain View, CA (US);
Surya Narayan Pattanaik, San Jose, CA (US);
Chie Ching Poon, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil Leslie Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method for shorting, unshorting, and reshorting an electronic component such as an MR sensor provides a repeatable ESD protection scheme. A conductive line of an electrically conductive first shorting material is created between electrical leads operatively coupled to an electronic component for creating a short therebetween. The short is severed using a laser. The short is recreated by applying a second shorting material, which may or may not be the same as the first shorting material.