US Patent Issued to Avago Technologies International Sales on Oct. 21 for "Head gimbal assembly height determination with charge-to-voltage converter" (Singaporean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,158, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Head gimbal assembly height determination with charge-to-voltage converter" was invented by Kin Wai Roy Chew (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit for determining head gimbal assembly (HGA) height is provided. The circuit includes a first switch configured to be controlled by a first clock signal, an amplifier, and a first capacitor coupled to the first switch, wherein the first capacitor is formed by at least part of a head gimbal assembly and a storage media. The circuit further includes a second capacitor coupled to...