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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Robert Fontana, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, according to one embodiment, includes a write transducer having: a bottom yoke, a top yoke, a nonmagnetic write gap positioned between the top and bottom yokes, a bottom pole extending from the bottom yoke toward the write gap, and a top pole extending from the top yoke toward the write gap. A width of a media facing side of the bottom pole is about the same as a width of a media facing side of the top pole. The media facing side of the bottom pole is aligned with the media facing side of the top pole along a thickness direction. A method, according to one embodiment, includes performing bidirectional writing to a magnetic recording tape using a write transducer as described above.