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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexey Dobrynin, Londonderry, GB;
Kevin Anthony McNeill, Londonderry, GB;
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3909 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reader includes a bearing surface and a free layer having a front surface and a rear surface. The front surface of the free layer forms a portion of the bearing surface. The reader also includes a compensating layer behind the rear surface of the free layer. The reader further includes a tunnel barrier layer below the free layer.