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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Gary A. Gibson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Walmsley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James W. Pearson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gary A. Gibson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Walmsley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James W. Pearson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a data storage device and a method of reading data in a data storage device. Accordingly, a first aspect of the present invention is a data storage device. The data storage device includes a probe tip mounted on a suspension mechanism, a data storage layer, at least one conducting layer wherein a capacitance is formed between the suspension mechanism and the at least one conducting layer and a sensor for sensing a change in the capacitance based on a displacement of the probe tip due to the presence of a bit.