There is provided a head gimbal assembly (HGA) for a disk drive. The HGA includes a slider and a flexure. The slider includes first, second and third electrically conductive pads disposed upon a trailing side. The first electrically conductive pad is disposed between the second and third electrically conductive pads. The flexure includes first, second, and third patterned conductive traces respectively electrically connected to the first, second, and third electrically conductive pads. The first patterned conductive trace is disposed between the second and third patterned conductive traces in a flexure body portion.