Patent ID: 8305712
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for a tunable microstrip transmission path in a hard disk drive, said system comprising: a housing; a disk pack mounted to said housing and comprising at least one hard disk that is rotatable relative to said housing, the disk pack defining an axis of rotation and a radial direction relative to the axis; at least one actuator coupled with a suspension and mounted to said housing and being movable relative to said disk pack; a slider coupled with said suspension, said slider comprising a slider body and a head configured to read data from and write data to said at least one hard disk; a first suspension electrical interconnect configured to electrically couple a first signal conducting pathway with said slider and with a first non-terminated signal pathway; and a second suspension electrical interconnect configured to electrically couple a second signal conducting pathway with said slider and with a second non-terminated signal pathway and wherein the length of said second non-terminated signal pathway is selected to achieve a desired impedance level for said second signal conducting pathway.