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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2009
Vladyslav Alexandrovich Vas'ko, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Venkateswara Rao Inturi, Shakopee, MN (US);
Michael C. Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Zhihong LU, Tuscaloosa, AL (US);
Mark T. Kief, Lakeville, MN (US);
Yifan Zhang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Vladyslav Alexandrovich Vas'ko, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Venkateswara Rao Inturi, Shakopee, MN (US);
Michael C. Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Zhihong Lu, Tuscaloosa, AL (US);
Mark T. Kief, Lakeville, MN (US);
Yifan Zhang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A magneto-resistive reader includes a first magnetic shield element, a second magnetic shield element and a magneto-resistive sensor stack separating the first magnetic shield element from the second magnetic shield element. The first shield element includes two ferromagnetic anisotropic layers separated by a grain growth suppression layer.