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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Wen-yaung Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Jinshan LI, San Jose, CA (US);
Kebin LI, Singapore, SG;
Yihong Wu, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Wen-yaung Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Jinshan Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Kebin Li, Singapore, SG;
Yihong Wu, Singapore, SG;
Assignees:
Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/127 (2006.01); G11B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic head and magnetic storage system containing such a head, the head including a free layer and a layer of metal oxide substantially epitaxially formed relative to the free layer. Preferably, the layer of metal oxide is a crystalline structure, and is of ZnO.