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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2004
Applicant:

Mustafa Michael Pinarbasi, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Inventor:

Mustafa Michael Pinarbasi, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A magnetic head with improved hard magnet properties includes a read sensor; a multi-layered seed layer structure in end regions adjacent the read sensor; and a multi-layered seed layer structure formed upon crystalline materials of the read sensor in the end regions. The multi-layered seed layer structure includes a first seed layer made of chromium-molybdenum (Cr—Mo); a second seed layer made of nickel-tantalum (Ni—Ta); and a third seed layer made of chromium-molybdenum (Cr—Mo). The hard bias layer is preferably cobalt-platinum-chromium (Co—Pt—Cr).


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