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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
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 device according to one embodiment includes an electronic component such as an MR sensor, a pair of leads operatively coupled to the electronic component, and shorting material between the leads, the shorting material having been applied by a laser deposition process, the shorting material having been severed. A magnetic storage system according to another embodiment includes magnetic media; and at least one head for reading from and writing to the magnetic media, each head having: a sensor; and a writer coupled to the sensor. The system also includes a pair of pads or leads operatively coupled to the head; shorting material between the leads, the shorting material having been applied by a laser deposition process, the shorting material having been severed; a slider for supporting the head; and a control unit coupled to the head for controlling operation of the head.