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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yuhang Cheng, Edina, MN (US);
Scott Franzen, Savage, MN (US);
Michael Seigler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
James Wessel, Savage, MN (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
John Duda, Bloomington, MN (US);
Sarbeswar Sahoo, Shakopee, MN (US);
Hui Brickner, Savage, MN (US);
Michael Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/3106 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices that include a write pole; a near field transducer (NFT) that includes a peg and a disk, wherein the peg is at the ABS of the device; and a diffusion barrier layer positioned between the write pole and the peg of the NFT, the diffusion barrier layer including metals, nitrides, oxides, carbides, silicides, or amorphous material.