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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

May. 21, 2015
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Inventor:

Dennis W. Hogg, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/455 (2006.01); G11B 5/58 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/55 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/455 (2013.01); G11B 5/4853 (2013.01); G11B 5/58 (2013.01); G11B 5/09 (2013.01); G11B 5/5526 (2013.01);
Abstract

A disk drive slider is disclosed comprising a first read element for generating a first read signal, and a first sense amplifier comprising a first input terminal coupled to the first read element, a first output terminal coupled to a first output line, and a first supply terminal coupled to a supply line. The first sense amplifier is for amplifying the first read signal to generate a first amplified read signal, the first output line is for transmitting the first amplified read signal to a preamp, and the supply line is for coupling to the preamp in order to supply power to the first sense amplifier and supply a first bias to the first read element.


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