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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2018
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Justin Brons, Savage, MN (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Yuhang Cheng, Edina, MN (US);
Dimitar V. Dimitrov, Edina, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having at least one external surface; and at least one multilayer adhesion layer positioned on at least a portion of the at least one external surface, the multilayer adhesion layer including a first layer and a second layer, with the second layer being in contact with the portion of the at least one external surface of the NFT, the first layer including: yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), silicon (Si), boron (B), tantalum (Ta), barium (Ba), aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), calcium (Ca), beryllium (Be), strontium (Sr), magnesium (Mg), lithium (Li), or combinations thereof; and the second layer including: lanthanum (La), boron (B), lutetium (Lu), aluminum (Al), deuterium (D), cerium (Ce), uranium (U), praseodymium (Pr), yttrium (Y), silicon (Si), iridium (Ir), carbon (C), thorium (Th), scandium (Sc), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), phosphorus (P), barium (Ba), europium (Eu), or combinations thereof.