Electrical connection between a suspension flexure cable and a head stack assembly flexible circuit
A method and apparatus for electrically coupling a slider to a controller circuit are disclosed. In one embodiment, a pre-amplifier with an integrated electrical connector (I-connector) may be connected via an electrical trace to a slider and via a head stack assembly flexible circuit to a control circuit. The pre-amplifier may have two parallel series of spring probe claws, two parallel series of contact pegs, two slots, or a slot and a rotary cam.
1. A method, comprising:
electrically coupling at least one electrical trace termination pad to a slider;
electrically coupling a head stack assembly flexible circuit to a control circuit;
electrically coupling the at least one electrical trace termination pad to the head stack assembly flexible circuit with a pre-amplifier with an integrated connector;
coupling the pre-amplifier to an actuator circuit board mounted on an actuator arm
pressure coupling the pre-amplifier to the at least one electrical trace termination pad using at least one slider spring probe claw protruding from the pre-amplifier; and
pressure coupling the pre-amplifier to at least one electrical actuator controller connection tab of the head stack assembly flexible circuit using at least one controller spring probe claw protruding from the pre-amplifier.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising coupling the pre-amplifier to the actuator circuit board by a fastener.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one slider spring probe claw and the at least one controller spring probe claw curve inward.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one slider spring probe claw and the at least one controller spring probe claw extend outward.