公开(公告)号：US10410663B1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15812486

申请日：2017-11-14

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Declan Macken ,  Kent Bodurtha ,  Sissay Yoseph ,  Song Chen

IPC: G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/39 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B5/00

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a slider configured for magnetic recording. The slider comprises an air bearing surface (ABS), a writer, a reader, and a plurality of electrical bond pads. A thermocouple is situated at the ABS proximate the reader and coupled to a pair of the electrical bond pads. The thermocouple is dimensioned to sense for a thermal asperity on a surface of a magnetic recording medium.