Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Western Digital (fremont), Inc.

Sandisk Technologies Inc.

Grandis, Inc.

Zhanjie Li

Zhigang Bai

Quang Le

Suping Song

Feng Q Liu

Kuok San Ho

Michael Kuok San Ho

Xiaoyong Liu

Lijie Guan

Michael Ho

Thao Anh Nguyen

Terence T Lam

Paul Vanderheijden

Alexander Michael Zeltser

Rajeev Nagabhirava

Hisashi Takano

Yi Wang

Daniele Mauri

Peng Luo

Yunfei Ding

Hongquan Jiang

Yongchul Ahn

Cherngye Hwang

Brian Rodrick York

Ut Tran

Tao Pan

Changqing Shi

Yaguang Wei

Yunfei Li

Kevin K Lin

Lisha Wang

David John Seagle

Dmytro Apalkov

Yingjian Chen

Sining Mao

Yugang Wang

Alexander Goncharov

Jinqiu Zhang

Ying Hong

Matthew R Gibbons

Hai Sun

Michael V Morelli

Hongxing Yuan

Sharat Batra

Yukimasa Okada

Terence Tin-Lok Lam

Laurence Lujun Chen

Shengyuan Wang

Dehua Han

Yu Lo

Samuel Weisan Yuan

Anna Zheng

Goncalo Marcos Baião De Albuquerque

Yang Xiang

Chengtao R Yu

Yonghua Chen

Jian Xiang Shen

The present disclosure generally relates to a dual free layer two dimensional magnetic recording read head. The read head comprises a lower shield, a first sensor disposed over the first lower shield, a first rear hard bias (RHB) structure recessed from a media facing surface (MFS), a first upper shield disposed over the first sensor, a middle shield disposed over the first sensor at the MFS, a second sensor disposed over the middle shield, a second RHB structure recessed from the MFS, and an upper shield disposed over the second sensor. The middle shield has a U-like shape and a ratio of a width to a throat height of 6:1, where the throat height is less than or equal to about 2 μm. The first and second RHB structures each individually has a stripe height about 3 times greater than a stripe height of the middle shield.

DFL TDMR middle shield throat height control for improved stability

An apparatus is provided that includes an array including n rows and m columns of nodes, each row of nodes coupled to one of n first conductive lines, each column of nodes coupled to one of m second conductive lines, each node of the n rows and m columns of nodes including a spin orbit torque MRAM non-volatile memory cell configured to store a corresponding weight of an n×m array of weights each having a first weight value or a second weight value, and a control circuit configured to apply n input voltages each having a first input value or a second input value to corresponding n first conductive lines, the n input voltages corresponding to an n-element input vector. The spin orbit torque MRAM non-volatile memory cells are configured to generate m output currents at the m second conductive lines upon application of the n input voltages. The m output currents corresponding to a result of multiplying the input vector by the n×m array of weights.

Matrix-vector multiplication using SOT-based non-volatile memory cells

The present disclosure generally relates to a bismuth antimony (BiSb) based STO (spin torque oscillator) sensor. The STO sensor comprises a SOT device and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure. By utilizing a BiSb layer within the SOT device, a larger spin Hall angle (SHA) can be achieved, thereby improving the efficiency and reliability of the STO sensor.

Topological insulator based spin torque oscillator reader

The present disclosure relates to a magnetic recording head having an exchange biased leading shield or leading edge shield (LES). The LES is a bilayer structure. One or more layers are coupled below the LES such that the LES is disposed between the main pole and the one or more layers. The one or more layers exchange bias the LES such that the upper layer of the LES has a magnetization parallel to the magnetization of the trailing shield. The lower layer of the LES has a magnetization that is antiparallel to the magnetization of the upper layer of the LES. The one or more layers set the preferred direction for the lower layer of the LES and sets the LES as a two-domain state without relying upon the anisotropy field (Hk) of either the upper or lower layers of the LES.

Leading shield for magnetic recording heads

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to optical devices and related methods that facilitate tilt in camera systems, such as tilt of a lens. In one example, an optical device includes a lens, an image sensor disposed below the lens, a plurality of magnets disposed about the lens, and a plurality of: (1) vertical coil structures coiled in one or more vertical planes and (2) horizontal coil structures coiled in one or more horizontal planes. When power is applied, the coil structures can generate magnetic fields that, in the presence of the magnets, cause relative movement of the coil structures and associated structures. The plurality of vertical coil structures are configured to horizontally move the lens. The plurality of horizontal coil structures are configured to tilt the lens when differing electrical power is applied to at least two of the plurality of horizontal coil structures.

Optical devices for tilt in camera systems

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording device. The magnetic recording device comprises a trailing gap disposed adjacent to a first surface of a main pole, a first side gap disposed adjacent to a second surface of the main pole, a second side gap disposed adjacent to a third surface of the main pole, and a leading gap disposed adjacent to a fourth surface of the main pole. A side shield surrounds the main pole and comprises a heavy metal first layer and a magnetic second layer. The first layer surrounds the first, second, and third surfaces of the main pole, or the second, third, and fourth surfaces of the main pole. The second layer surrounds the second and third surfaces of the main pole, and may further surround the fourth surface of the main pole.

Magnetic recording devices using virtual side shields for improved areal density capability

The present disclosure generally relates to magnetic recording devices with stable magnetization. The magnetic recording device comprises a lower leading shield, an upper leading shield disposed on the lower leading shield, a main pole disposed above the upper leading shield, a trailing shield disposed above the main pole and upper leading shield, and an upper return pole disposed above the trailing shield. A first non-magnetic layer is disposed between the lower leading shield and the upper leading shield, and a second non-magnetic layer is disposed between the trailing shield and the upper return pole. The lower leading shield has a different domain state than the upper leading shield, and the trailing shield and the upper leading shield have a same domain state. The materials and thickness of the first and second non-magnetic layers result in magnetostatic coupling or anti-ferromagnetic coupling.

Anti-parallel coupled writer shields with stable magnetic domain configuration

The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices, and more specifically, to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording head. The head includes a main pole at a media facing surface (MFS), a trailing shield at the MFS, and a heavy metal layer disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield at the MFS. Spin-orbit torque (SOT) is generated from the heavy metal layer and transferred to a surface of the main pole as a current passes through the heavy metal layer in a cross-track direction. The SOT executes a torque on the surface magnetization of the main pole, which reduces the magnetic flux shunting from the main pole to the trailing shield. With the reduced magnetic flux shunting from the main pole to the trailing shield, write-ability is improved.

Areal density capability improvement with a main pole skin

The present disclosure generally relates to spin-orbital torque (SOT) differential reader designs. The SOT differential reader is a multi-terminal device that comprises a first shield, a first spin hall effect layer, a first free layer, a gap layer, a second spin hall effect layer, a second free layer, and a second shield. The gap layer is disposed between the first spin hall effect layer and the second spin hall effect layer. Electrical lead connections are located about the first spin hall effect layer, the second spin hall effect layer, the gap layer, the first shield, and/or the second shield. The electrical lead connections facilitate the flow of current and/or voltage from a negative lead to a positive lead. The positioning of the electrical lead connections and the positioning of the SOT differential layers improves reader resolution without decreasing the shield-to-shield spacing (i.e., read-gap).

SOT differential reader and method of making same

The present disclosure generally relates to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording head. The magnetic recording head comprises a main pole, an EAMR stack disposed on the main pole, and a trailing shield disposed on the EAMR stack. The EAMR stack comprises a seed layer disposed on the main pole, a spin torque layer disposed on the seed layer, and a spacer layer disposed on the spin torque layer. At least one surface of the spacer layer in contact with the spin torque layer has a smaller or reduced area than the spin torque layer. The at least one surface of the spacer layer in contact with the spin torque layer is recessed from a media facing surface and has a smaller cross-track width than the spin torque layer and a smaller width in the stripe height direction than the spin torque layer.

Energy assisted magnetic recording head having improved areal density capability

A MRAM device includes a magnetic tunnel junction containing a reference layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a free layer, and a nonmagnetic tunnel barrier layer located between the reference layer and the free layer, a negative-magnetic-anisotropy assist layer having negative magnetic anisotropy that provides an in-plane magnetization within a plane that is perpendicular to the fixed magnetization direction, and a first nonmagnetic spacer layer located between the free layer and the negative-magnetic-anisotropy assist layer.

Spin-transfer torque MRAM with a negative magnetic anisotropy assist layer and methods of operating the same

The present disclosure generally relates to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording head. The magnetic recording head comprises a first write head, a second write head, at least one read head, and a thermal fly height control element. The first write head is a wide writing write head comprising a first main pole and a first trailing shield. The second write head a narrow writing write head comprising a second main pole, a trailing gap, a second trailing shield, and one or more side shields. The first main pole has a shorter height and a greater width than the second main pole. The second main pole has a curved or U-shaped surface disposed adjacent to the trailing gap. The thermal fly height control element and the at least one read head are aligned with a center axis of the second main pole of the second write head.

Dual writer for advanced magnetic recording

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Zhanjie Li