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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Richard Dale Bunch, San Jose, CA (US);
Linden James Crawforth, San Jose, CA (US);
Eduardo Padilla, Hayward, CA (US);
Xiao Z. Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Dale Bunch, San Jose, CA (US);
Linden James Crawforth, San Jose, CA (US);
Eduardo Padilla, Hayward, CA (US);
Xiao Z. Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to a evaluating the quality of a lapping plate. In one embodiment, an information receiver receives information while the lapping plate is being used to lap a slider. The information indicates the quality of a lapping plate. A quality determiner that evaluates the quality of the lapping plate based on the information while the lapping plate is being used to lap the slider.