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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2007
Mallika Roy, Edina, MN (US);
Kaizhong Gao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Insik Jin, Eagan, MN (US);
William Bruce Fitzpatrick, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Housan S. Dakroub, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Sining Mao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Song S. Xue, Edina, MN (US);
Jeffrey Howard Lake, Bloomington, MN (US);
Dadi Setiadi, Edina, MN (US);
Mallika Roy, Edina, MN (US);
Kaizhong Gao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Insik Jin, Eagan, MN (US);
William Bruce Fitzpatrick, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Housan S. Dakroub, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Sining Mao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Song S. Xue, Edina, MN (US);
Jeffrey Howard Lake, Bloomington, MN (US);
Dadi Setiadi, Edina, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a magnetic device for writing to and reading from a magnetic medium and a sensor disposed adjacent to the magnetic device and proximate to the magnetic medium. The sensor generates signals related to thermal variations in the sensor caused by changes in a distance between the magnetic device and the magnetic medium.