
US Patent No: 8,164,858
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Read head having conductive filler in insulated hole through substrate
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Apr 24, 2012
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Nov 4, 2009
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12/612,575
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Abstract
A novel read head includes a substrate having a trailing face and a leading face opposite the trailing face. The substrate includes a first hole therethrough that extends continuously from the trailing face to the leading face. The read head also includes a read transducer disposed on the trailing face, and a first plurality of electrically conductive trailing connection pads disposed on the trailing face. A first insulative layer is disposed on an inner surface of the first hole. A first electrically conductive filler is disposed in the first hole but is insulated from the substrate by the first insulative layer. A first electrically conductive leading connection pad is disposed on the leading face and is electrically connected to the first conductive filler.
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| 6,757,135 Leading edge bond pads | 8 | 2001 | |
| 7,254,885 Wafer-level fabrication method for top or side slider bond pads | 1 | 2002 | |
| 7,929,248 Top bond pad for transducing head interconnect | 4 | 2006 | |
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| 4,789,914 Thin film magnetic read-write head/arm assemblies | 88 | 1986 | |
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| 7,006,330 Head stack assembly including a ground conductive pad for grounding a slider to a gimbal | 13 | 2003 | |
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| 5,914,834 Head suspension assembly with electrical interconnect by slider bond pads and gimbal bonding zones | 19 | 1997 | |
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| 2007/0047,144 Magnetic head slider and suspension for magnetic head | 2 | 2006 | |
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