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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Mourad Benakli, Bloomington, MN (US);
Kirill Aleksandrovich Rivkin, Edina, MN (US);
James Gary Wessel, Savage, MN (US);
Dehua Han, Freemont, CA (US);
Huaqing Yin, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Scott Franzen, Savage, MN (US);
Jianhua Xue, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mourad Benakli, Bloomington, MN (US);
Kirill Aleksandrovich Rivkin, Edina, MN (US);
James Gary Wessel, Savage, MN (US);
Dehua Han, Freemont, CA (US);
Huaqing Yin, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Scott Franzen, Savage, MN (US);
Jianhua Xue, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A write head, the write head having an air bearing surface, the write head including a magnetic write pole, wherein at the air bearing surface, the write pole has a trailing surface, a leading surface that is opposite the trailing surface, and first and second surfaces; a trailing shield proximate the trailing surface of the magnetic write pole; first and second gaps proximate the first and second surfaces of the magnetic write pole; first and second side shields proximate the first and second gaps, each of the first and second side shields having a trailing shield surface; and first and second antiferromagnetic-coupling layers positioned between the trailing shield surfaces of the first and second side shields and the trailing shield.