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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Edwin Frank Rejda, Bloomington, MN (US);
Joel William Hoehn, Hudson, WI (US);
Shanlin Hao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Lance Eugene Stover, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Todd Arthur Luse, Delano, MN (US);
James Richard Peterson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Edwin Frank Rejda, Bloomington, MN (US);
Joel William Hoehn, Hudson, WI (US);
Shanlin Hao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Lance Eugene Stover, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Todd Arthur Luse, Delano, MN (US);
James Richard Peterson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for producing magneto resistive heads includes the steps of positioning at least two magneto resistive elements in spaced relation to one another and placing the at least two magneto resistive elements in an ion milling environment where material is removed nonselectively from items in the environment. A property of at least two of the plurality of magneto resistive elements is monitored. In response to monitoring, one of the at least two magneto resistive elements is dynamically covered to prevent additional removal of material from the covered magneto resistive element.