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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2008
Benjamin Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Hongping Yuan, Fremont, CA (US);
Danning Yang, Fremont, CA (US);
Wei Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Hugh C. Hiner, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Lei Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Yingjian Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Brant Nease, Fremont, CA (US);
Benjamin Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Hongping Yuan, Fremont, CA (US);
Danning Yang, Fremont, CA (US);
Wei Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Hugh C. Hiner, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Lei Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Yingjian Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Brant Nease, Fremont, CA (US);
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic element includes a pinned layer, a nonferromagnetic spacer layer, and a free layer. The nonferromagnetic spacer layer resides between the pinned layer and the free layer. The free layer has a track width of not more than 0.08 micron.