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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Mark Lee Watson, Louisville, CO (US);
Kevin Dale Mckinstry, Arvada, CO (US);
Jeffrey Glenn Villiard, Broomfield, CO (US);
Inventors:
Mark Lee Watson, Louisville, CO (US);
Kevin Dale McKinstry, Arvada, CO (US);
Jeffrey Glenn Villiard, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/10 (2006.01); G11B 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data storage device head having reduced media induced micro-discharge events. The data storage device head includes a support structure, and a wafer. A mitigation voltage, other than a ground potential, is presented to the wafer at a level sufficient to suppress media induced micro-discharge events.