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Abstract

A glide head includes a transducer mounted on a side surface, e.g., the leading side, as opposed to the top surface of the glide head slider. Thus, a suspension arm may be mounted to the top surface of a small glide head slider, e.g., thirty percent, without interference from the transducer. The glide head slider may include a notch or groove on the side surface into which the transducer is at least partially inserted to assist in securely mounting the transducer to the glide head slider. The height of the glide head slider is increased to accommodate the thickness of the notch, and thus, the glide head slider may have a height to length ratio of forty percent or greater. For example, a thirty percent glide head slider may have a height to length ratio of approximately seventy percent. The transducer is laterally mounted to the side surface of the glide head slider such that an axis between the collectors of the transducer is horizontally oriented. Laterally mounting the transducer to the side surface of the glide head slider prevents wires extending from the collectors from undesirably and uncontrollably extending above or below the top or bottom surfaces of the glide head slider.

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