Patent ID: 6125014
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An air bearing slider for supporting a planar thin film transducer comprising:a substrate having an air bearing surface, an opposing top surface, a leading end and a trailing end;a magnetic yoke including first and second magnetic pole layers formed over said air bearing surface;a coil structure formed over said air bearing surface between said first and second pole layers, said coil structure being electrically insulated from said first and second magnetic pole layers;first and second traces that are substantially planar, said traces extending along said air bearing surface to said trailing end of said substrate beyond said magnetic yoke, said first and second traces having respectively first and second exposed ends at said trailing end; andfirst and second rectangular bonding pads formed on said trailing end and attached respectively to said first and second exposed ends of said first and second traces, each of said bonding pads having a top side contiguous with said air bearing surface, said exposed ends of said traces making electrical contact with each of said top sides of said bonding pads at the air bearing surface;wherein said trailing end is formed without any magnetic yoke or magnetic transducer and without conductive leads; andwherein no vias are formed within said slider.