A slider having a lead circuitry configured to minimize capacitive coupling between leads in a slider having a read head, a write head and an extra device such as a heater element. The leads are configures so that wherever a pair of leads cross one another, they do so at right angles or at nearly right angles. The leads can cross one another at angles of between 45 and 135 degrees, but preferably cross one another at an angle of about 90 degrees. The leads are electrically insulated from one another by a dielectric material formed between them. By crossing a pair of leads at right angles to one another, the overlapping area between the leads is minimized, thereby minimizing the capacitive coupling between them.