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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Weidong Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert N. Payne, San Jose, CA (US);
Qinghua Zeng, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Weidong Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert N. Payne, San Jose, CA (US);
Qinghua Zeng, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/21 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to reducing the probability of a slider contacting a surface of a disk. According to one embodiment, a first etch is performed on the slider. Air compression mechanisms are created near each corner associated with a trailing edge of the slider so that the probability that the corners will contact the surface of the disk is reduced.