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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2009
Yiran Chen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Hai LI, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Wenzhong Zhu, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Xiaobin Wang, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Yuan Yan, Edina, MN (US);
Harry Hongyue Liu, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Yiran Chen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Hai Li, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Wenzhong Zhu, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Xiaobin Wang, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Yuan Yan, Edina, MN (US);
Harry Hongyue Liu, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method for generating a reference voltage with dummy resistive sense element regions. A first resistance distribution is obtained for a first dummy region of resistance sense elements and a second resistance distribution is obtained for a second dummy region of resistive sense elements. A user resistive sense element from a user region is assigned to a selected resistive sense element of one of the first or second dummy regions in relation to the first and second resistance distributions.