Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microactuator, head gimbal assembly, and disk drive device
- Patent Title (中): 微型致动器,头万向架组件和磁盘驱动器
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Application No.: US12271820Application Date: 2008-11-14
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Publication No.: US08068313B2Publication Date: 2011-11-29
- Inventor: Nobumasa Nishiyama , Ryo Yoshida , Haruhide Takahashi , Shinobu Hagiya , Toshiki Hirano
- Applicant: Nobumasa Nishiyama , Ryo Yoshida , Haruhide Takahashi , Shinobu Hagiya , Toshiki Hirano
- Applicant Address: NL
- Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL
- Agency: Mahamedi Paradice Kreisman LLP
- Agent Christopher J. Brokaw
- Priority: JP2007-296152 20071114
- Main IPC: G11B5/48
- IPC: G11B5/48

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to approaches to effectively let noise on a head slider bonded to a silicon substrate of a microactuator, escape to the ground. A head gimbal assembly (HGA) according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a microactuator bonded to a gimbal tongue. The microactuator comprises a piezoelectric element and a movable part for moving in response to expansion or contraction of the piezoelectric element. The motion of the movable part causes a head slider to slightly move. The microactuator further comprises a conductive path including an impurity-containing silicon layer formed on the silicon substrate. The conductive path transmits electric charge of the head slider to a suspension. The conductivity of the impurity-containing silicon layer is lower than the one of the silicon substrate so that the noise charge of the head slider may escape to the suspension.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090135523A1 MICROACTUATOR, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-05-28
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