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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2001
Thomas Edward Dinan, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil Leslie Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alan Jun-Yuen Tam, Berkeley, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
In the NiFe electroplating method of the present invention, the atomic percent (at. %) composition of Ni and Fe in NiFe electroplated material is controlled by selection of the duty cycle of the electroplating current during the electroplating process. Generally, for a particular electroplating bath, where the electroplating current duty cycle is greatest the NiFe electroplated material has a higher Fe at. %, and where the electroplating current duty cycle is reduced, a lower Fe at. %. Therefore, electroplated NiFe components from a single electroplating bath can have differing NiFe concentrations where the electroplating current duty cycle is altered. Additionally, NiFe components can be electroplated with a graduated or changing Ni and Fe concentration by altering the electroplating current duty cycle during the electroplating process.
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