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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Scott M. O'brien, Bloomington, MN (US);
Michael P. Straub, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey A. Gleason, Burnsville, MN (US);
Shubha Bommalingaiahnapallya, Eagan, MN (US);
Nameeta Krenz, Carver, MN (US);
Arvind Aemireddy, Irving, TX (US);
Scott M. O'Brien, Bloomington, MN (US);
Michael P. Straub, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey A. Gleason, Burnsville, MN (US);
Shubha Bommalingaiahnapallya, Eagan, MN (US);
Nameeta Krenz, Carver, MN (US);
Arvind Aemireddy, Irving, TX (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for determining a resistance of a magneto-resistive head. A current drawn by the head, in response to a fixed bias voltage across the head, is converted to a zero temperature coefficient current such that when supplied to a resistor connected to an input terminal of a comparator the effects of variations in the resistance value are avoided. An output signal of the comparator indicates the resistance of the magneto-resistive head.