Method of attaching and electrically interconnecting a read/write head to a flexure

摘要

An improved method for electrically interconnecting a read/write head (36) to a flexure (14) having integral conductors (30). The flexure includes patterned electrical conductors which are exposed at an end of the flexure. A tooling fixture holds the head in alignment with a mounting region of the flexure such that a portion of each conductor extends beyond an end surface of the head. An ultrasonic probe tip (40) is used to bend each extending conductor portion and to press it into contact with a corresponding electrical bonding pad fabricated on an end surface of the head. The ultrasonic probe tip is energized to complete the electrical interconnection of each of the flexure's conductors to the read/write head.