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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Hathai Panitchakan, Muang, TH;
Kittikom Nontprasat, Klongluang, TH;
Prasertsak Naksakul, Muang, TH;
Chupong Pakpum, Thanyaburi, TH;
Hathai Panitchakan, Muang, TH;
Kittikom Nontprasat, Klongluang, TH;
Prasertsak Naksakul, Muang, TH;
Chupong Pakpum, Thanyaburi, TH;
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive read head includes a slider. The slider has an air bearing surface, a trailing face, and a mounting face opposite the air bearing surface. The mounting face includes a mounting face recession. An interior surface of the mounting face recession includes an electrically conductive terminal. The read head also includes a magnetic transducer disposed on the trailing face of the slider. The read head also includes a laser device affixed to the electrically conductive terminal by a solder material. The laser device is at least partially recessed into the mounting face recession.