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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Mark William Covington, Edina, MN (US);
Qing He, Plymouth, MN (US);
Wonjoon Jung, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Vladyslav Alexandrovich Vas'ko, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark William Covington, Edina, MN (US);
Qing He, Plymouth, MN (US);
Wonjoon Jung, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Vladyslav Alexandrovich Vas'ko, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a magnetically responsive lamination that may be constructed with a spacer layer disposed between a first and second ferromagnetic free layer. At least one ferromagnetic free layer can have a coupling sub-layer that enhances magnetoresistance ratio (MR) of the magnetically responsive lamination.