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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Peter J. Golcher, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Icko E. T. Iben, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ho-yiu Lam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jose Luis A. Salenga, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter J. Golcher, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Icko E. T. Iben, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ho-Yiu Lam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jose Luis A. Salenga, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetoresistive transducer head assembly includes a reader element, a writer element and a high impedance shunt electrically connecting the reader element and the writer element. The high impedance shunt provides a high impedance conductive path for maintaining electrostatic charge equipotential between the reader element and the writer element.