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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Hugh C. Hiner, Fremont, CA (US);
Lijie Zhao, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Hariharakeshava Hegde, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Hugh C. Hiner, Fremont, CA (US);
Lijie Zhao, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Hariharakeshava Hegde, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A shaper mask for particle flux includes a central portion extending from a body of the shaper mask along a first axis to block at least a first portion of a particle flux through the shaper mask from a first direction. The mask also includes at least one off-axis portion. Each off-axis portions extends from the body of the shaper mask along a respective second axis different from the first axis. Each off-axis portion is shaped to block a respective second portion of the particle flux traveling through the shaper mask from a second direction different from the first direction.