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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Michael Xuefei Tang, Bloomington, MN (US);
Ming Sun, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Dimitar V. Dimitrov, Edina, MN (US);
Patrick Ryan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael Xuefei Tang, Bloomington, MN (US);
Ming Sun, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Dimitar V. Dimitrov, Edina, MN (US);
Patrick Ryan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic element having a ferromagnetic pinned layer, a ferromagnetic free layer, a non-magnetic spacer layer therebetween, and a porous non-electrically conducting current confinement layer between the free layer and the pinned layer. The current confinement layer forms an interface either between the free layer and the non-magnetic spacer layer or the pinned layer and the non-magnetic spacer layer.