A low impedance, low crosstalk disk drive suspension circuit has multiple traces carrying a first polarity of a differential signal, interleaved with multiple traces carrying the second polarity of a differential signal. Each pair of conductors consisting of a trace of the first polarity and a trace of the second polarity may cross over each other at multiple crossover points. The crossover connections may utilize a second layer of copper trace conductors over the first and main layer, or alternatively the crossover connections may utilize an isolated portion of the suspension substrate.

Low impedance, high bandwidth disk drive suspension circuit

In a method of sputtering thin films onto a substrate, the substrate is placed below a sputtering source assembly in a vacuum chamber. A light beam is projected onto the substrate and passes through an optical passage in the sputtering source assembly. In this way, the growth of the sputtered film can be accurately monitored at near normal angles of incidence.

Sputtering method and apparatus with optical monitoring

Sputtering system for cathode sputtering apparatus, having a cathode base body with a target of the material to be sputtered. In the marginal part of the target an anode is disposed which is provided with at least one groove. For the solution of the problem of obtaining stable operating conditions in the lengthy coating of substrates with insulating materials and of drawing a high portion of the cathode current to the anode for a long period of time, the at least one groove opens, in accordance with the invention, on a side of the anode that is not in line of sight with the target.

Sputtering system for cathode sputtering apparatus

A disk drive suspension interconnect, and method therefor. The interconnect has a metal grounding layer, a metal conductive layer and an insulative layer between the metal grounding layer and the conductive metal layer. A circuit component such as a slider is electrically connected to the conductive layer along a grounding path from the circuit component and the conductive layer to the metal grounding layer through an aperture in the insulative layer. For improved electrical connection a tie layer is provided through the insulative layer onto the grounding layer in bonding relation with the ground layer. A conductor is deposited onto both the conductive metal layer and the tie layer in conductive metal layer and tie layer bonding relation, and the circuit component is thus bonded to the grounding layer by the conductor.

Disk drive suspension via formation using a tie layer and product

A method and system for DC magnetron sputtering deposition of films on plastic substrates. The method includes using a shield to block deposition in a spatial region corresponding to a plasma region formed during magnetron sputtering. An optoelectronic device including an amorphous electrode film is also disclosed.

Optoelectronic devices having electrode films and methods and system for manufacturing the same

In a method of making a magnetic gap by depositing a glass layer on a surface of magnetic head core materials by cathodic sputtering of a glass target and cementing a pair of the resulting glass-coated magnetic head core materials, the improvements constituted by monitoring the thickness of the sputtered glass layer by an interference of a light beam guided onto a surface of the magnetic head core materials during the deposition and using a sputtering apparatus having a sample holder beside the target for securing the magnetic core materials and a mask plate for achieving uniform thickness of the sputtered glass layer. The method makes possible production of magnetic heads having excellent electromagnetic conversion characteristics with high accuracy.

Method of making a magnetic head

in a method of making a magnetic gap by depositing a glass layer on a surface of a magnetic head element by cathodic sputtering of a glass target and cementing the resulting glass-coated magnetic head element to a similar element or an uncoated magnetic head element, the thickness of the sputtered glass layer is monitored by an interference of a light beam (31) guided on a surface of the magnetic head element (32) during deposition, using a sputtering apparatus having a sample holder (33) beside the sputtering target for securing the magnetic head element (32) and a mask plate (37) for achieving uniform thickness of sputtered glass layer(s). The magnetic head produced has excellent electromagnetic conversion characteristics and high accuracy.

Kazuo Yokoyama

Papers

Method of making a magnetic head

Method of forming a glass spacer in the magnetic gap of a magnetic head