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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:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Isabel G. Trindade, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 ;
Abstract
A dual spin valve read head includes first and second spin valve stacks configured to operate in a current perpendicular to plane (CPP) mode. The first and the second spin valve stacks each include a free layer. A spacer is positioned adjacent the free layers of the first and the second spin valve stacks and spaces the first spin valve stack apart from the second spin valve stack.