Seagate Technology Incorporated

Jay A Loven

Erik Jon Hutchinson

Kevin Richard Heim

Anthony M Mack

Steve A Mastain

An apparatus that includes a writer that includes a write pole, at least one return pole, a writer coil and a write pole tip, wherein the write coil wraps around the write pole such that the flow of electrical current through the write coil generates a magnetic flux at the write pole tip, and wherein the write coil has a writer coil shape; and a heater that includes a resistive material, wherein the heater has a heater shape that substantially matches the writer coil shape.

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Bloomington, MN, United States of America

Jay A Loven