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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2009
Brian S. Lee, Boston, MA (US);
Haiwen Xi, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Patrick J. Ryan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Rod Bowman, Bloomington, MN (US);
Brian S. Lee, Boston, MA (US);
Haiwen Xi, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Patrick J. Ryan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Rod Bowman, Bloomington, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for tuning a variable resistance resistive sense element of an electronic device. In some embodiments, a value indicative of a selected number of consecutive pulses is stored in a memory location and a resistive sense element (RSE) is set to a baseline RSE resistance. A tuning operation is performed by applying the selected number of consecutive pulses to the RSE to tune the baseline RSE resistance to a final adjusted resistance.