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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Martin Blaber, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jie Gong, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Dimitar Dimitrov, Edina, MN (US);
Steven Riemer, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Yongjun Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices having an air bearing surfaces (ABS), the devices including a near field transducer (NFT) that includes a disc having a front edge; a peg, the peg having a front surface at the air bearing surface of the apparatus, an opposing back surface, a top surface that extends from the front surface to the back surface, two side surfaces that expend from the front surface to the back surface and a bottom surface that extends from the front surface to the back surface; and a barrier layer, the barrier layer separating at least the back surface of the peg from the disc and the barrier layer having a thickness from 10 nm to 50 nm.