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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Satoru Araki, San Jose, CA (US);
Ying Hong, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Edward Hin Pong Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Tsann Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
David John Seagle, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Satoru Araki, San Jose, CA (US);
Ying Hong, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Edward Hin Pong Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Tsann Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
David John Seagle, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A system in one approach includes a sensor stack formed of a plurality of thin film layers; a shunt formed of at least some of the same layers as the sensor stack, the shunt being spaced from the sensor stack; a first lead coupled to the sensor stack and the shunt; and a second lead coupled to the sensor stack and the shunt. A method in one embodiment includes forming a plurality of thin film layers; removing a portion of the thin film layers for defining at least a portion of a sensor stack and at least a portion of a shunt spaced front the sensor stack; forming a first lead coupled to the at least a portion of the sensor stack and the at least a portion of the shunt and a second lead coupled to the at least a portion of the sensor stack and the at least a portion of the shunt. Additional systems and methods are also presented.