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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2011
Jason Bryce Gadbois, Shakopee, MN (US);
Michael Christopher Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Mark William Covington, Edina, MN (US);
Dian Song, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Dimitar Velikov Dimitrov, Edina, MN (US);
Qing He, Plymouth, MN (US);
Wei Tian, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas Boonstra, Chaska, MN (US);
Sunita Gangopadhyay, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jason Bryce Gadbois, Shakopee, MN (US);
Michael Christopher Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Mark William Covington, Edina, MN (US);
Dian Song, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Dimitar Velikov Dimitrov, Edina, MN (US);
Qing He, Plymouth, MN (US);
Wei Tian, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas Boonstra, Chaska, MN (US);
Sunita Gangopadhyay, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method may be used to produce a magnetic element capable of detecting changes in magnetic states. Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a magnetically responsive lamination of layers with a first portion and a laterally adjacent second portion. The second portion having a predetermined roughness between at least two layers capable of producing orange-peel coupling.