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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tim Rausch, Farmington, MN (US);
Jon D. Trantham, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Jason Bryce Gadbois, Shakopee, MN (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A read/write head has a set of components that at least include: at least one clearance actuator; at least one read transducer configured to read from a magnetic recording medium; and at least one write transducer configured to write to the magnetic recording medium. A switch network is coupled to the set of components and configured to, in response to a control signal, couple a selected sub-combination of the components to a common set of signal lines. The coupling of the selected sub-combination facilitates operation in a selected mode of the read/write head.