Patent ID: 8837075
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An assembly comprising: a head including a slider body and deposition layers on a trailing edge of the slider body, the deposition layers forming a plurality of elements on the trailing edge of the slider body, the plurality of elements including: a sensor element on the slider body and recessed from an air bearing surface of the slider body, the sensor element configured to provide an input detection signal responsive to spacing between the head and a data storage media; a read element separate from the sensor element; a microactuator element on the head configured to actuate a portion of the head towards the data storage media; detection circuitry configured to receive the input detection signal responsive to the spacing between the head and the data storage media and provide an output indicative of the head-media spacing; and control circuitry configured to provide a control input to the microactuator element to actuate the portion of the head to adjust the head-media spacing utilizing the output from the detection circuitry.