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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Paul Julio Sonda, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Edwin Frank Rejda, Bloomington, MN (US);
Declan Macken, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Paul Julio Sonda, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Edwin Frank Rejda, Bloomington, MN (US);
Declan Macken, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic head that includes: a slider having a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a transducer, the transducer formed on the trailing edge of the slider and the transducer including: a substrate; a basecoat positioned adjacent the substrate, wherein the basecoat includes a material having a Young's modulus that is less than that of alumina and a coefficient of thermal expansion that is less than that of alumina; a reader; a writer; a heater; and an overcoat encasing at least a portion of the transducer, wherein the overcoat includes a material having a Young's modulus that is less than that of alumina and a coefficient of thermal expansion that is less than that of alumina.