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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Diane L. Brown, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Hin Pong Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
David John Seagle, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Inventors:
Diane L. Brown, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Hin Pong Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
David John Seagle, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes an array of sensor structures formed on a common substrate. Each sensor structure further comprises: a magnetic tunnel junction sensor spaced from a media-facing surface of the head; and a flux guide between the media-facing surface of the head and the sensor, the flux guide guiding magnetic flux from a magnetic medium adjacent the media-facing surface to the sensor. Additional systems and methods are also presented.