Bond pad sharing for powering a multiplicity of electrical components of a recording head

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9607640
APP PUB NO 20170032810A1
SERIAL NO

14812041

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An apparatus includes a slider of a recording head comprising a plurality of electrical bond pads coupled to bias sources and a ground pad. Each of a plurality of electrical components of the slider is coupled to at least one of the electrical bond pads. At least one of the electrical bond pads is a shared electrical bond pad coupled to at least two of the electrical components. At least one diode is coupled to at least one of the electrical bond pads and at least one of the electrical components.

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  • SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

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Gadbois, Jason Bryce Shakopee, US 19 262
Macken, Declan Eden Prairie, US 91 1104
Ramakrishnan, Narayanan Eden Prairie, US 24 143
Stoebe, Timothy William Minnetonka, US 12 160

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