Patent ID: 8598460

Claim:
An interleaved conductor structure for electrically connecting between the read/write electronics and a head and head slider adjacent to a magnetic recording disk, the interleaved conductor structure comprising: a conductive underlayer; a first electrical insulation layer disposed over the conductive underlayer; a first plurality of electrical traces disposed on the first electrical insulation layer and spaced apart from each other by a first distance, each electrical trace of the first plurality of electrical traces having a first width; a second electrical insulation layer disposed on the first plurality of electrical traces; and a second plurality of electrical traces disposed on the second electrical insulation layer and spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is substantially equal to the first distance, each electrical trace of the second plurality of electrical traces has a second width, wherein each electrical trace of the second plurality of electrical traces is offset from each electrical trace of the first plurality of electrical traces, wherein the first and second plurality of electrical traces each include negative and positive phase traces, wherein the first plurality of electrical traces are interleaved relative to the second plurality of electrical traces, and wherein a periodic maximum trace length is less than 1/10 of the wavelength of a maximum symbol transfer rate.