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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| 5,068,759 Thin film magnetic head of small size capable of certainly and stably connecting lead wires | 24 | 1990 | |
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| * 5,384,432 Two-layered tape lead wire for magnetic head | 24 | 1993 | |
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| 6,349,017 Magnetic head suspension assembly using bonding pads of a slider to an attachment surface of a flexure | 37 | 1997 | |
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| 6,125,014 Via-less connection using interconnect traces between bond pads and a transducer coil of a magnetic head slider | 13 | 1998 | |
| 6,796,018 Method of forming a slider/suspension assembly | 16 | 2001 | |
| 6,947,258 UV curable and electrically conductive adhesive for bonding magnetic disk drive components | 16 | 2002 | |
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| 5,530,604 Electrical connection and slider-suspension assembly having an improved electrical connection | 53 | 1994 | |
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| 6,757,135 Leading edge bond pads | 9 | 2001 | |
| 7,254,885 Wafer-level fabrication method for top or side slider bond pads | 3 | 2002 | |
| * 7,929,248 Top bond pad for transducing head interconnect | 9 | 2006 | |
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| 4,789,914 Thin film magnetic read-write head/arm assemblies | 91 | 1986 | |
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| 7,006,330 Head stack assembly including a ground conductive pad for grounding a slider to a gimbal | 20 | 2003 | |
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| * 5,914,834 Head suspension assembly with electrical interconnect by slider bond pads and gimbal bonding zones | 27 | 1997 | |
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| 7,307,816 Flexure design and assembly process for attachment of slider using solder and laser reflow | 9 | 2001 | |
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