of gold bond and other efficient bonding methods at the slider connection possible wire bonding of the wire bundle to the flexible conductive laminate conductor at the load beam and versatility in wire gage selection e g 46 50 gage the lower cost of wire bundle conductors and their better electrical performance particularly at the higher frequencies now wanted in the industry argue for use of wire bundles as the electrical connection in a load beam suspension flexible conductive laminate conductors are favored where reduction in the torque normally exerted on the slider by wires is problematic as where the sliders are quite small or where the possibility of automated slider to flexure assembly in which the slider bonding pads are matched to the corresponding flexure bond pads at a fixed location relative to the tooling features of the suspension justifies the use of these conductors despite their fragility and costliness the invention hybrid electrical connector uses a flexible circuit type flexure with circuit traces contained on it and connected to wire bundle wires immediately at the proximate end of the flexure this assembly offers the advantages that the flexible circuit can be smaller than it would if it extended all the way to the actuator connection points a important consideration given the high material cost of the.