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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2005
Applicants:

Shaoping LI, Naperville, IL (US);

Lei Wang, Apple Valley, MN (US);

Chunhong Hou, Savage, MN (US);

Song S. Xue, Edina, MN (US);

Daniel John Brown, Woodbury, MN (US);

Inventors:

Shaoping Li, Naperville, IL (US);

Lei Wang, Apple Valley, MN (US);

Chunhong Hou, Savage, MN (US);

Song S. Xue, Edina, MN (US);

Daniel John Brown, Woodbury, MN (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

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

A perpendicular writer includes a surface, a main pole proximate the surface, a return pole proximate the surface, and a back yoke connecting the main pole to the return pole distal the surface. The return pole is configured such that a magnetization of a portion of the return pole adjacent the surface is held substantially parallel to the surface during a write operation.


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