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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Christian Rene Bonhote, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Lille, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vladimir Nikitin, Campbell, CA (US);
Aron Pentek, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil Leslie Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christian Rene Bonhote, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Lille, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vladimir Nikitin, Campbell, CA (US);
Aron Pentek, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil Leslie Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method in one embodiment includes forming an electric lapping guide layer; forming a write pole; forming a first gap layer over the write pole; masking a portion of the first gap layer for defining a window over the write pole and at least a portion of the electric lapping guide layer; and forming a bump over the write pole in the window. Additional methods and systems are presented.