IP Library Granted Patent US 6,894,874
Granted Patent B2
US 6,894,874 · App. 10/624,839 · Granted May 17, 2005

Disk drive having magnetic head conduction paths with arrangements to control impedance

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Patent No.
US 6,894,874
App. No.
10/624,839
Granted
May 17, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Magnetic disk apparatus includes an electric wiring capable of satisfying an electric condition under which high frequency recording higher than or equal to 200 MHz, a magnetic head having at least a recording device to a magnetic recording medium, and also the electric wiring corresponding to a recording current supplying device to this magnetic head are formed on a suspension member for mechanically suspending the magnetic head, the recording current being supplied to a magnetic head recording device by employing such electric wiring, the characteristic impedance of which is higher than a maximum impedance of the magnetic head recording device.

Claims (32)

1. A constructural member comprising:

a magnetic head including a write element and a read element,

an integrated circuit for executing an electric signal received from said magnetic head,

a pair of write wirings which form an electric conducting path for interconnecting said write element and said integrated circuit,

a pair of read wirings which form an electric conducting path for interconnecting said read element and said integrated circuit,

a suspension for suspending said magnetic head, and

an arm for supporting said suspension,

wherein an interval between the pair of write wirings is larger than an interval between the pair of read wirings.

2. A constructural member comprising, according to claim 1 , wherein said pair of read wirings is formed between one write wiring and another write wiring.

3. A constructural member comprising, according to claim 1 , wherein a characteristic impedance of said write wiring is higher than an impedance of said write element within a range less than an operation frequency.

4. A constructural member comprising, according to claim 1 , wherein a characteristic impedance of said write wiring is higher than an impedance of said read wiring.

5. A constructural member comprising:

a magnetic head including a write element and a read element,

an integrated circuit for executing an electric signal received from said magnetic head,

at least one electric conducting path for interconnecting said write element and said integrated circuit,

at least another electric conducting path for interconnecting said read element and said integrated circuit,

a suspension for suspending said magnetic head, and

an arm for supporting said suspension,

wherein a width of said another electric conducting path is larger than a width of said one electric conducting path.

6. A constructural member comprising, according to claim 5 , wherein a characteristic impedance of said electric conducting path is higher than an impedance of said write element within a range less than an operation frequency.

7. A constructural member comprising, according to claim 5 , wherein a characteristic impedance of said one electric conducting path is higher than an impedance of said another electric conducting path.

8. A constructural member comprising:

a magnetic head including a write element and a read element,

an integrated circuit for executing an electric signal received from said magnetic head,

at least one electric conducting path for interconnecting said write element and said integrated circuit,

at least another electric conducting path for interconnecting said read element and said integrated circuit,

a suspension for suspending said magnetic head, and

an arm for supporting said suspension,

an insulating layer formed between said suspension and said electric conducting path,

wherein a thickness of said insulating layer positioned under said one electric conducting path is larger than a thickness of said insulating layer positioned under said another electric conducting path.

9. A constructural member comprising, according to claim 8 , wherein a characteristic impedance of said one electric conducting path is higher than an impedance of said write element within a range less than an operation frequency.

10. A constructural member comprising, according to claim 8 , wherein a characteristic impedance of said one electric conducting path is higher than an impedance of said another electric conducting path.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 052915 FRAME 0566 Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2020
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2019
From: HGST JAPAN, LTD.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 11, 2019
From: HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
To: HGST JAPAN, LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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