Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080237590 | DESIGN STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE RESISTOR - A design structure for an electrically tunable resistor. In one embodiment, the design structure is embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing an integrated circuit, and includes a resistor including: a first resistive layer; at least one second resistive layer; and an intermediate interdiffused layer of the first resistive layer and the at least one second resistive layer. | 10-02-2008 |
20080316632 | METHOD FOR READING DATA FROM A MAGNETIC RECORDING TAPE - A method for reading data from a magnetic recording tape having multiple adjacent data tracks according to one embodiment includes simultaneously detecting signals from a plurality of read devices, at least some of the read devices being positioned over multiple data tracks while other of the adjacent read devices are positioned over single data tracks; determining which of the read devices is positioned over a single data track; and simultaneously reading data from the data tracks using only those read devices over the single data tracks. A method for reading and writing data to a magnetic recording tape according to another embodiment includes simultaneously writing data tracks to a magnetic medium; and simultaneously reading the data tracks on the magnetic medium using a plurality of adjacent read devices; wherein the number of the adjacent read devices is at least twice the number of the adjacent write devices. | 12-25-2008 |
20110285394 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO TEST AND/OR RECOVER MAGNETIC SENSORS WITH ESD OR OTHER DAMAGE - A system according to one embodiment includes a power supply for charging a lead of a magnetic sensor to a voltage; an interface for operatively coupling the power supply to the lead of the magnetic sensor; a relay for selectively coupling the lead of the magnetic sensor to ground for causing a discharge event, wherein the discharge event reverses a magnetic orientation of a pinned layer of the magnetic sensor; and a shorting resistor between the relay and ground. | 11-24-2011 |
20120033332 | LOW VISCOSITY ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) DISSIPATING ADHESIVE - In one embodiment, a system includes a cable comprising a plurality of leads and an ESD dissipating adhesive coupled to the plurality of leads in a coverage area for providing ESD protection to an element of an electronic device. The ESD adhesive comprises a mixture of a polymeric thin film and electrically conductive fillers dispersed in the film, and the ESD adhesive has a resistivity from about 50 to 100 MΩ. In another embodiment, a method for providing ESD protection to an element of an electronic device includes applying an ESD adhesive across exposed leads of a cable and evaporating the solvent from the ESD adhesive. At least some of the leads are coupled to an element of an electronic device. The ESD adhesive comprises a polymeric thin film, electrically conductive fillers dispersed in the polymeric thin film, and a solvent for controlling a viscosity of the ESD adhesive. | 02-09-2012 |
20130057999 | LOW VISCOSITY ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) DISSIPATING ADHESIVE SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF AGGLOMERATES - A system, in one embodiment, includes an ESD adhesive operatively coupled to leads of an electronic device for providing ESD protection thereto, the ESD adhesive including a mixture of a polymeric thin film and electrically conductive fillers dispersed in the polymeric thin film, and has a structural characteristic of being formed through at least partial evaporation of a solvent therefrom and being substantially free of agglomerates of the electrically conductive fillers. In another embodiment, a method for providing ESD protection to an element of an electronic device includes preventing formation of agglomerates of electrically conductive fillers in an ESD adhesive that includes a polymeric thin film, the electrically conductive fillers dispersed therein, and a solvent by subjecting the ESD adhesive to high-energy mixing during formation thereof, applying the ESD adhesive across exposed leads, such as leads of a cable, PCB, or other substrate, and evaporating solvent from the ESD adhesive. | 03-07-2013 |
20150015246 | CALIBRATING READ SENSORS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC READ-WRITE HEADS - Described are embodiments to calibrate read sensors, which in turn may ensure that the equipment utilized to detect antigens is reliable and accurate. If it is determined that a read sensor is degraded a method of calibrating a read sensor of a read head may be used. | 01-15-2015 |
20150097552 | CALIBRATION CORRELATION FOR CALIBRATION ASSEMBLY HAVING ELECTROMAGNETIC READ HEAD - According to one embodiment a method of performing a calibration correlation test for a calibration assembly includes sweeping a head module having a magnetic read sensor along a y-axis of the calibration assembly. The calibration assembly has at least one calibration trench having at least one nanoparticle at a known y-axis location in the calibration trench and the magnetic properties are known for the at least one nanoparticle. A read response of the at least one nanoparticles is obtained from the magnetic read sensor and a correlation is determined from the read response. The correlation of the read response is compared to a correlation threshold. The read response correlation is stored in memory in response to determining that the correlation of the read response is greater than the correlation threshold. When the correlation of the read response is not greater than the correlation threshold, a correlation test error is indicated. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097576 | CALIBRATION ASSEMBLY FOR AIDE IN DETECTION OF ANALYTES WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC READ-WRITE HEADS - According to one embodiment, a calibration assembly includes an outer layer having at least one calibration trench extending along a y-axis, and an encapsulation layer within the calibration trench. The encapsulation layer has a plurality of nanoparticles spaced apart along said y-axis of said at least one calibration trench. Each of said plurality of nanoparticles are provided at known y-axis locations in said calibration trench, and each of the plurality of nanoparticles have a known magnetic property. | 04-09-2015 |