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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2009
Applicants:
Kaizhong Gao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Haiwen Xi, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Song Xue, Edina, MN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/82 (2006.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); G11B 5/74 (2006.01); H01F 10/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/82 (2013.01); H01L 21/02112 (2013.01); G11B 5/746 (2013.01); H01F 10/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of producing bit-patterned media is provided whereby a shell structure is added on a bit-patterned media dot. The shell may be an antiferromagnetic material that will help stabilize the magnetization configuration at the remanent state due to exchange coupling between the dot and its shell. Therefore, this approach also improves the thermal stability of the media dot and helps each individual media dot maintain a single domain state.