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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Christian René Bonhôte, San Jose, CA (US);
Quang Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Lille, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vladimir Nikitin, Campbell, CA (US);
Aron Pentek, San Jose, CA (US);
Christian René Bonhôte, San Jose, CA (US);
Quang Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Lille, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vladimir Nikitin, Campbell, CA (US);
Aron Pentek, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A system according to one embodiment includes a write pole having an end region positioned towards an air bearing surface, a first flare point, and a second flare point positioned between the air bearing surface and the first flare point; and a shield positioned above the write pole, wherein a cross sectional area of the write pole at a point between the first and second flare points along a plane passing through the write pole and oriented about parallel to the air bearing surface is greater than a cross sectional area of the end region of the write pole along a plane oriented parallel to the plane passing through the second flare point. Additional systems and methods are also presented.