Read/write head with a switching element coupled to read or write transducers
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- two or more first transducers comprising two or more magnetic read transducers located on a common head-gimbal assembly or two or more magnetic write transducers located on the common head-gimbal assembly; and
a switching element located on the head-gimbal assembly and coupled to the two or more first transducers, the switching element configured to, in response to a control signal, couple a selected one of the two or more first transducers to a preamplifier circuit and decouple others of the two or more first transducers from the preamplifier circuit.
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Abstract
A read/write head includes two or more first transducers of a first type, the first type selected from a magnetic read transducer and a magnetic write transducer. The read/write head includes one or more switching elements coupled to the two or more first transducers. The switching elements are configured to, in response to a control signal, couple a selected one of the two or more first transducers to a preamplifier circuit and decouple others of the two or more first transducers from the preamplifier circuit.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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two or more first transducers comprising two or more magnetic read transducers located on a common head-gimbal assembly or two or more magnetic write transducers located on the common head-gimbal assembly; and a switching element located on the head-gimbal assembly and coupled to the two or more first transducers, the switching element configured to, in response to a control signal, couple a selected one of the two or more first transducers to a preamplifier circuit and decouple others of the two or more first transducers from the preamplifier circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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determining a change of an operational criterion of a disk drive; in response to the change of the operational criterion, sending a signal to a read/write head comprising a plurality of transducers, the plurality of transducers comprising at least one of read transducers and write transducers; in response to the signal, coupling, via a switching element of the read/write head, a first group of the transducers to a preamplifier circuit and decoupling a second group of transducers from the preamplifier circuit; and using the first group of transducers to access a recording medium according to the change in the operational criteria. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a read/write head comprising; first and second groups of transducers, the transducers comprising at least one of magnetic read transducers and magnetic write transducers; and a switching element coupled to the two or more groups; and a controller coupled to the read write head, the controller configured to; determine a change of an operational criterion of the apparatus; in response to the change of the operational criterion, send a signal to the read/write head, the read/write head coupling the first group of the transducers to a preamplifier circuit and decoupling the second group of transducers from the preamplifier circuit in response to the signal; and use the first group of transducers to access a recording medium according to the change in the operational criteria. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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