US 12,094,501 B1
Hard disk drive slider split pad configuration
David P. Druist, Meridian, ID (US)
Assigned to Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/225,084.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/457,358, filed on Apr. 5, 2023.
Int. Cl. G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/455 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 5/4853 (2013.01) [G11B 5/455 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head slider housing a read-write transducer, the head slider comprising:
a plurality of bonding electrical pads;
a plurality of electrically conductive bonding studs each extending into a head slider body from a corresponding bonding electrical pad;
a plurality of testing electrical pads each positioned proximate to and at a distance from a corresponding bonding electrical pad;
a plurality of electrically conductive testing studs each extending into the head slider body from a corresponding testing electrical pad; and
a conductive layer within the head slider body and electrically connecting a bonding electrical pad of the plurality of bonding electrical pads with a corresponding testing electrical pad of the plurality of testing electrical pads via a respective bonding stud of the plurality of bonding studs and a respective testing stud of the plurality of testing studs.