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A flexible circuit incorporating electrostatic discharge (ESD) limiting features and being suitable for use in the fabrication of hard disk drives for computer applications. Conductive polymer strips are implemented to enhance the static dissipative characteristics of the flexible circuit and to pro

A flexible circuit incorporating electrostatic discharge (ESD) limiting features and being suitable for use in the fabrication of hard disk drives for computer applications. Conductive polymer strips are implemented to enhance the static dissipative characteristics of the flexible circuit and to protect magnetorestistive (MR) heads of a hard disk drive (HDD) from damage during the manufacture of the head gimbal assembly (HGA) of the HDD.

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1. A flexible circuit, comprising:a dielectric substrate; a conductive layer on a surface of the dielectric substrate, the conductive layer patterned to define a plurality of spaced apart conductive elements; and a conductive polymer strip in contact with and extending between at least two of the co

1. A flexible circuit, comprising:a dielectric substrate; a conductive layer on a surface of the dielectric substrate, the conductive layer patterned to define a plurality of spaced apart conductive elements; and a conductive polymer strip in contact with and extending between at least two of the conductive elements, the conductive polymer strip forming an electrical shunt between the at least two conductive elements.