Patent ID: 6271995
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A data storage device comprising:a housing;at least one data storage disk rotatably mounted in said housing having means for storing data in tracks provided thereon;means for rotating said data storage disk in said housing;an actuator arm positioned in said housing in proximity to said data storage disk;an integrated thin film slider and transducer formed in its entirety by a process of thin film deposition and having thin film lead layers for activating said thin film transducer;a thin film suspension formed in its entirety by a process of thin film deposition of a predetermined length, a length portion at a first end of said suspension being deposited on said integrated thin film slider and transducer, said thin film suspension being attached at a second end to said actuator arm such that said integrated thin film slider and transducer is positioned proximate to said data storage disk, said thin film suspension including thin film conductor layers extending from said second end of said thin film suspension to said first end and electrically connected to said lead layers of said integrated thin film slider and transducer by thin film deposition; andeach of the integrated thin film slider and transducer and the thin film suspension consisting essentially of a plurality of thin film layers, all of the thin film layers of the integrated thin film slider and transducer extending substantially perpendicular to the thin film layers of the thin film suspension.