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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark Thomas Kief, Lakeville, MN (US);
Thomas Roy Boonstra, Chaska, MN (US);
Victor Boris Sapozhnikov, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Harry Sam Edelman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A read head includes a bottom shield configured as a bottom electrical contact. A bottom reader stack is disposed on and electrically coupled to the bottom shield. A middle electrical contact is electrically coupled to a top layer of the bottom reader stack. A top reader stack is disposed on the bottom reader stack. A bottom layer of the top reader stack electrically coupled to the middle electrical contact. A top shield is configured as a top electrical contact. The top shield is disposed on and electrically coupled to the top reader stack.