A flexure is provided for a HGA suspension. The flexure includes a metal
base layer, a trace layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the
trace and base layers. The metal base layer includes a heat sink portion.
The trace layer includes a plurality of conductive traces, each
conductive trace having a curved section that terminates in a trace
termination pad. The dielectric layer includes a portion that underlies
the trace termination pads and overlies the heat sink portion. The base
layer and the dielectric layer each also include a window. The curved
section of each conductive trace extends over the window of the base
layer. The curved section of each conductive trace may at least partially
extend over the window of the dielectric layer.